# Appointments 2017 – **Harvard University** Department of the Classics, Postdoctoral Research Associate 2017-18 **Harvard University** Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies 2015-2017 **Harvard University** AKPIA Department of History of Art and Architecture Postdoctoral Associate: Aga Khan Program 2011-2015 **Harvard University** AKPIA Department of History of Art and Architecture Postdoctoral Fellow: Aga Khan Program 2010-2012 **Harvard University**: **Summer School** Lecturer: “The Age of Rūmī” (NELC S-180: 2012) Lecturer: “Windows into Early Science” (HSCI S-105: 2010-11) 2008-2011 **Harvard University Center for Middle-Eastern Studies,** Visiting Fellow 2007-2008 **Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization** Lecturer (NEC 193): “From Baghdad to Isfahan: Classical Science in Persian Lands (Fall ‘07) 2007-2008 **Harvard University** Freshman Seminar Program: Lecturer (FS 48q: “Historical Dialogues from the Near East: Case Studies in Early Science” (Spring ‘08) **Harvard University Extension School** Lecturer (HSCI E-103: Fall ’06, ’07, ’09) 2006-2010 “Science in the Islamic Middle Ages” **Harvard University Department of the Classics** 2006-2007 Research Associate: History of Mechanics (Fall ’06) (Project: Research and Publication, funded by Loeb Foundation) 2005-2006 Lecturer (Classics 192: Fall ’05): “From Alexandria to Baghdad”: Classical Sciences in Islamic Lands **Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Society, MIT, Cambridge MA** 2005-2006 Resident Affiliate: History of Optics Project (Spring) (Early Arabic Optics, funded by the National Science Foundation) 2004-2005 **Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (**Visiting Scholar) 2004-2005 **Harvard University Extension School** Lecturer (HSCI E-103: Fall ’04) “Science in the Islamic Middle Ages” 2003, 2004 **Max Planck Institute for the History of Science** Berlin, Germany: Visiting Scholar (June-July) 2003, 2004 **Harvard University Department of the Classics,** Lecturer (Classics 192: Fall ’03) “From Alexandria to Baghdad”: Classical Sciences in Islamic Lands 2001-2004 **Harvard University Department of the Classics** Research Associate: The Archimedes Project (Realizing the Vision of a Digital Library for the Long-Term History of Mechanics) NSF Funded Collaborative Project (Greco-Arabic Transmission) 2003-2004 **Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization** Senior Thesis Advisor (99r: Fall ’03) 2001-2002 **Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Society, MIT, Cambridge MA** Senior Resident Research Fellow: The Alexandrian Optical Tradition in Arabic and the “IOTA” Project 2000-2004 **Packard Humanities Institute (PHI), Cambridge MA** Project: Classical Library of Islam (Arabic and Persian) 1999-2000 **Brown University: Dept. of the History of Mathematics** Project: The Minassian Collection at John Hay Library (Rare Books and Special Collections). 1998-1999 **Brandeis University Dept. of Near Eastern Judaic Studies** Fall ‘98: Lecturer “Islam: Civilization and Institutions” (IMES 104a) “Explorations in Islamic Literature” (NEJS 128a) 1997-1999 **Harvard University Center for Middle-Eastern Studies,** 1998-1999 Visiting Scholar (Project: Sources for Islamic Science Studies) 1997-1998 Research Fellow (Project: Early Arabic optics) 1996-1997 **Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Society, MIT, Cambridge MA** Resident Research Fellow: History of Premodern Optics 1985-1996 **Harvard University: Department of the History of Science** 1995-1996 Teaching Assistant/Instructor: The Occult Sciences 1993-1995 Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of History of Science 1985-1993 Teaching Fellow: Sophomore, Junior and Senior Tutorials 1993-1995 **Academy of Philosophy,** **Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran** 1994-1995 Resident Research Faculty: History and Philosophy of Science Lecturer: History of Pre-modern Science 1993-1994 Editor: History of Science Division of the Journal *Farhang*(*Culture*)