Editing Eternal Performance: Taziyeh and Other Shiite Rituals (section)

== About the author ==
[[Peter J. Chelkowski]] received his M.A. in Oriental philosophy from Jagiellonian University, his Ph.D. in Persian from Tehran University of Iran, and his Postgraduate in history and Islamic studies from London. He is professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. He joined the faculty of NYU (New York University) as a cultural historian of the Middle East in 1968. His academic background is an intensely multi-cultural, multi-disciplined one. He studied Oriental Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and Theater Arts in the School of Drama in the same city. After he moved to London, he studied Islamic Middle Eastern History and Culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Finally, he went to Tehran University to study Persian Literature. While in Iran, he also worked for a charitable organization called CARE Mission.

He is the author of ''Mirror of the Invisible World'' and [[Taziyeh: Ritual and Drama in Iran|''Ta''’''ziyeh'': ''Ritual and Drama in Iran'']], among other works.  He has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the American Association of University Presses; the Smithsonian Institute; the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace Fellowship; and the Social Science Research Council.