Prof. Dr. Philip G. Kreyenbroek
Professor and Director of Iranian Studies Georg-August University of Göttingen (1996-2017)
| 1966-70 | B.A. Arabic, Persian, Turkish, University of Amsterdam |
| 1970-72 | M.A. Persian, Ancient Iranian Studies, history of Religions, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| 1972-73 | Studied Zoroastrianism, Old and Middle Iranian, and Gujarati, SOAS, London |
| 1973-85 | Lecturer in Iranian Studies, University of Utrecht |
| 1982 | Doctorate, University of Leiden |
| 1985-88 | Senior Lecturer in Iranian Studies, University of Utrecht |
| 1988-94 | Lecturer in Modern Iranian Languages, SOAS, London |
| 1991-96 | Honorary Secretary, the Royal Asiatic Society |
| 1994-96 | Reader in Iranian Languages and Religions, University of London (SOAS) |
| since 1996 | Professor of Iranian Studies, University of Göttingen |
| since 1998 | Consulting Editor (Kurdish Studies), Encyclopaedia Iranica, New York |
| since 2000 | Member, Board of Directors, European Council, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies |
| 2004 | Best Research of the Year Prize (with F.M. Kotwal), Iranian Ministry for Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran |
| since 2006 | Editor, Göttinger Orientforschungen: Iranica, Harrassowitz |
| 2008 | Best Research Award, Razi University, Kermanshah |
| 2011 | International Farabi Award, Tehran |
Research Topics:
Zoroastrianism, Yezidism, Minority Religions among the Kurds, Oral Literature and Culture, Ancient Iranian Literature, Memory in Iranian Cultures
Organised Symposia and Conferences:
1993 London
Conference ‘Kurdish Cultural Identity’, 26 March, SOAS Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies and World Circuit Art.
2003 Göttingen
Symposium ‘Kulturland Iran – iranische Tradition als Weltkultur: 100-Jahr-Feier Iranistik in Göttingen’, 24-5 October.
2006 Paris
with Christine Allison, Colloquium ‘Discourses of memory in Iranian Languages’, 23-24 February, Mondes Iranien et Indien, CNRS.
2008 Göttingen
International Symposium ‘Non-Islamic Religions in Iran: a non-essentialist perspective’, 6-7 June, Graduate Research Programme. ‘Götterbilder, Gottesbilder, Weltbilder’.