Occupation
Professor Emeritus
Contact
Secondary Phone: (408) 286-9399
219 S MORRISON AVE
SAN JOSE
CA
95126
United States
ABOUT
William O. Beeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He was trained at the University of Chicago as a linguistic anthropologist. He is past-President of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association and Former Director of Middle East Studies at Brown University. The author of more than 100 scholarly articles and 600 opinion pieces, appearing internationally, Dr. Beeman has also served as consultant to the U.S. State Department, The Department of Defense, the United Nations, and the European Union, as well as having testified before the U.S. Congress. His books include, Language, Status and Power in Iran; Culture, Performance and Communication in Iran; The “Great Satan” vs. the “Mad Mullahs”: How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other, and Iranian Performance Traditions.
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Central Asian Studies
Ethnography
Ethnomusicology
Folklore/Folklife
Gulf Studies
Identity/Representation
Iranian Studies
Language Acquisition
Music
Persian
Public Policy
South Asian Studies
Theater
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Central Asia
Gulf
Iran
Specialties
Cult & Intl Affs
Performance Stds
Socioling
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Azeri (elementary)
French (advanced)
German (advanced)
Hebrew (elementary)
Japanese (intermediate)
Kazakh (elementary)
Kyrgyz (elementary)
Persian (advanced)
Russian (intermediate)
Spanish (advanced)
Tajik (elementary)
Turkish (advanced)
Urdu
Uzbek (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 1976
| Anthro
| U of Chicago
Abstracts
Iranian Arts: The Heart of Iranian Identity in a Changing World
The Theatrical Body in Iranian Traditional Performance
