Nikki Keddie
University of California, Los Angeles · History
Active 1954–2023
About
Nikki Keddie is a Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of History, specializing in Near Eastern history with a particular focus on Iran. Her scholarly work encompasses social history, women’s history, and comparative and world history. Keddie has authored and edited numerous publications, including books such as 'Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution' (1995), 'Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan: 1796-1925' (1999), 'Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics' (2002), 'Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution' (2006), and 'Women in the Middle East: Past and Present' (2007). Her research explores themes of religious politics, secularism, gender, and social change in Iran and the broader Middle East. Keddie has contributed articles and chapters to various academic journals and books, addressing topics such as religious fundamentalism, women's roles, and political transformations in Iran and the Middle East. Her work is recognized for its detailed historical analysis and its focus on understanding the cultural and political dynamics of the region.
Research topics
- Political Science
- History
- Archaeology
- Ancient history
Selected publications
Why has Iran been revolutionary?
Routledge eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Political Science
- Political Science
In a 1983 article Iran’s revolutions compared with other great world revolutions, and also compared and contrasted the Iranian constitutional revolution of 1905–11 with its Islamic Revolution of 1979. It looks in a different way at the history of revolts and revolutions in Iran since 1890, and poses the question of why Iran has, overall, been so revolutionary, having more revolutions and rebellions than other Muslim countries, and more than all but one or two Third World countries. Chinese Neo-Confucianism and popular religion are nothing like Iranian Shi’i Islam, so that the most obvious aspects of the two cultures are very different. It is significant that both China and Iran remained formally independent in modern times, but that both had a maximum of western imperialist penetration and manipulation. Every Iranian revolt had a strong anti-foreign cultural and political content, and so too, sometimes to a lesser degree, but very strongly in the Boxer Rebellion, did the Chinese movements.
5. The History of the Muslim Middle East
Cornell University Press eBooks · 2020
1st authorCorresponding- History
- Ancient history
- Archaeology
Secularism and the State: Towards Clarity and Global Comparison
2019-07-15 · 29 citations
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingDebates about the process of secularization have, centred on the work of a group of sociologists and historians, mostly British, who have put forth and debated what is known as ‘the secularization thesis’. Secularization is attributed almost exclusively to socio-economic change, without significant reference to the state, to ideas, or to political movements. The secularization thesis concentrates heavily on Great Britain, with some attention to western Europe. The original secularization thesis, and even its modifications, tended to see secularization as a one-way street. The very strengthening of a state demanded by modern economies requires considerable state control of public education, civil law, welfare and other spheres that is more secular than anything that existed in the past. Rapid modernization has contributed not only to secularism but to major anti-secularizing trends, especially in countries with growing fundamentalist movements. A large degree of secularism is a necessary concomitant of the modern industrial world.
Yale University Press eBooks · 2017-12-31
paratext1st authorCorrespondingYale University Press eBooks · 2017-10-23
book1st authorCorrespondingThis book invites readers to enter a two-floor virtual gallery” where 60-plus images of birds reflecting the accomplishments of human pictorial history are on display. These are works in a genre the authors term Science Art that is, art that says something about the natural world and how it works. Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy show how these works of art can advance our understanding of the ways nature has been perceived over time, its current vulnerability, and our responsibility to preserve its wealth. Each room in the gallery is dedicated to a single topic. The rooms on the first floor show birds as icons, birds as resources, birds as teaching tools, and more. On the second floor, the images and their captions clarify what Science Art is and how the intertwining of art and science can change the way we look at each. The authors also provide a timeline linking scientific innovations with the production of images of birds, and they offer a checklist of steps to promote the creation and accessibility of Science Art. Readers who tour this unique and fascinating gallery will never look at art depicting nature in the same way again. Published with assistance from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program.
Appendix 1. Timeline Linking Art, Technology, and the Study of Birds
Yale University Press eBooks · 2017-12-31
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingPaved with Good Intentions: The American Experience and Iran
The SHAFR Guide Online · 2017-10-02
dataset1st authorCorresponding1. Introduction: Deciphering Middle Eastern Women's History
Yale University Press eBooks · 2017-12-31 · 4 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingYale University Press eBooks · 2017-12-31
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingThe End of the Cold War in the Near East: What It Means for Historians and Policy Planners
The SHAFR Guide Online · 2017-10-02
dataset1st authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 8 shared
Eric Hooglund
- 8 shared
John C. Campbell
- 7 shared
Beth Baron
The Graduate Center, CUNY
- 6 shared
Lois Beck
- 5 shared
Juan Cole
- 4 shared
Yann Richard
- 4 shared
Robert W. Hefner
- 4 shared
Michael J. Hogan
- Resume-aware match score
- Save to shortlist
- AI-drafted outreach
See your match with Nikki Keddie
PhdFit ranks faculty by your research interests, methods, and publications — grounded in their actual work, not templates.
- Free to start
- No credit card
- 30-second signup