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- 2011: Between World Conqueror and Sage King: Alexander in the Shahnameh and Later Persian literature, Massumeh Farhad
- 2010: Shifting Political Visions in Modern Iran: Islamism and Neo-secularism, Mohamad Tavakoli
- 2009: The Shah, the United State, and the 1953 Coup: Facts and Fictions, Gholam Reza Afkhami
- 2008: Islam and Constitutional Democracy in Iran, Said Arjomand.
- 2007: The Icon and the Man: In Quest of the Historical Rumi, Franklin Lewis.
- 2006: At the Sign of Simorgh: Mythical Birds and Mystical Discourse in Persian Poetry, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak.
- 2005: The Dialectic of Love in Early Persian Sufism, William C. Chittick.
- 2004: The Musician in the Garden: On Translating Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, Dick Davis.
- 2003: An Eye and a Key: Paradoxes of Persian Painting, Oleg Grabar.
- 2002: Iranian Musical Culture in Central Asian Environment, Jean During.
- 2001: The History of the Achaemenid Empire Today, Pierre Briant.
- 2000: Perspectives on Iran's Post-revolution Economy, Jahangir Amuzegar.
- 1999: The Traditions of Philosophy in Iran, Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
- 1998: Searching for Turandokht: From Nezami to Puccini," Peter Chelkowski.
- 1997: In Search of the Secret of Survival: Reflections on the Khorassanian Cultural Resurgence, Ehsan Yarshater.
- 1996: Iran and the Silk Road: Art and Trade along Asia’s Crossroads, Guitty Azarpay.
- 1995: Is There an Ultimate Use for Historians? Reflections on History and Historiography, Roger Savory.
- 1994: Zaghe, Haft Tepe, and Marlik Excavations and Their Bearing on the Archeology of Iran, Ezat O. Negahban.
- 1993: The Origins of Literary Persian, Gilbert Lazard.
- 1992: Persian Influence on the Development of Literary and Sufi Traditions in South Asia, Khaliq Ahmad Nizami.
