Homa Katouzian is a social scientist, historian and literary critic. He is the Iran Heritage Research Fellow, St Antony's College and Member, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. He is also editor of Iranian Studies, Journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies and co-editor of the ISIS / Routledge Iranian Studies book series. He has published widely both in English and Persian. His books in English include Iran: Politics, History and Literature (Routledge, 2013) The Persians, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran (Yale, University Press, 2010), Sadeq Hedayat: His Work and His Wondrous World (ed., Routledge, 2011), Iran in the 21st Century (co-ed, Routledge, 2008), Iranian History and Politics: The Dialectic of State and Society (Routledge, 2007), Sa’di, the Poet of Love, Life and Compassion (One-world 2006), State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis (I. B. Tauris, 2006) Sadeq Hedayat: The Life and Legend of an Iranian Writer (I.B. Tauris, 2002) and Musaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran (I. B. Tauris, 1999). His research interests include Iranian history, comparative history, sociology of history, and modern and classical Persian literature.

English books include The Persians, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran (Yale, University Press, 2010), Sadeq Hedayat: His Work and His Wondrous World (ed., Routledge, 2011), Sa’di, the Poet of Love, Life and Compassion (One-world 2006), State and Society in Iran: the Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis (I. B. Tauris, 2006) and Musaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran (I. B. Tauris, 1999).

Research interests include Iranian history, comparative history, sociology of history, Sa’di, Sadeq Hedayat, and modern and classical Persian literature.