Hashem Rajabzadeh (Persian: هاشم رجب‌زاده) is a Retired Professor of Osaka University, researcher, translator, and Japanese language expert. He is an Iranian and he was born in 1941 in Tehran. He received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tehran and in 1973, he received a doctorate in human rights from the same university. His doctoral dissertation is titled Ritual of Government in the Ministry of Rashid al-Din Fazlullah Hamedani. Hashem Rajabzadeh was a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran in 1970, and from 1981 to 2011. He was a professor of Persian language and literature in the Department of Foreign Studies at Osaka University.[1] On 23 May 2009 during a ceremony he received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, awarded by the Emperor of Japan for his efforts to introduce Iranian culture and civilization to Japan and to introduce Japanese culture and literature to Iranians, for 27 years.

Works

  • History of Iran from Ilkhanids to Qajar era (14th to 20th Centuries)
  • Persian Literature
  • Japanese History and Literature

Education

  • Primary School: Iran, Shari’t, and Râzî Primary Schools, Tehran, 1948–54
  • High School: Dar al-Fonoon High School, Graduated 1960
  • University: Tehran University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences:
    • BA in Law, 1960–1964
    • MA in Law and Political Sciences, 1964–1968
    • PhD in Political Sciences and History, 1968–1972

Decoration

Order of the Sacred Treasure; Gold Rays with Rosette from the Japanese Emperor and Government, conferred on April 29, 2009.

History of Membership in Academic Associations

  • Japanese Society for Near Eastern Studies (the Oriento Gakkai)
  • Japanese Society for Middle Eastern Studies (Nihon Chuto Gakkai)
  • Society for Iranian Studies (North America)
  • British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
  • Japanese Society for Iranian Studies
  • Kansai Society for Iranian Studies
  • Society for Iranian Studies
  • Societas Iranologica Europaea (European Society for Iranian Studies))
  • The International house of Japan (Nihon Kok)

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "سومین ایرانی موفق به دریافت نشان امپراتوری ژاپن شد" [The third Iranian won the Emperor of Japan Award]. سایت واضح. April 10, 2013.
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