Education
PhD (Harvard University)
Richard Foltz is a cultural historian specializing in the broader Iranian world. He has published 12 books and over one hundred articles, and his work has appeared in over a dozen languages. His most recent book is The Ossetes: Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus (Bloomsbury Publishers, 2022).
Research interests
Iran
Central Asia
Caucasus
Silk Road
Tajiks
Ossetia
Mughal India
Religions of Iran
Traditions
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Yezidism
Mithraism
Manichaeism
Uatsdin
