Education
Shayegan studied at Sorbonne University in Paris.
Shayegan studied at Sorbonne University in Paris.
He was a Professor of Sanskrit and Indian religions at Tehran University. He was a founding director of the Iranian Center for the Studies of Civilizations. In 1977, Shayegan initiated an international symposium on the "dialogue between civilizations," a concept that has been selectively appropriated by the former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.