Didier Gazagnadou is Full Professor of Anthropology at the University-Paris VIII-Vincennes (Department of Sociology and Anthropology). He carries out researches on the Iranian and Arab worlds and on technical and cultural diffusions in the Middle East and Eurasia. He was several times a researcher at the French Institute of Research in Iran (IFRI -Tehran) and Cultural Advisor at the French Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (2007-2010).
He is member of a research team : Centre d'Histoire des Sociétés Médiévales et Modernes (MéMo - University Paris VIII and University Paris Nanterre). He is the author of several books : The Diffusion of a Postal Relay System in Premodern Eurasia (Kimé, 2017) ; Diffusion of Techniques, Globalization and Subjectivities (Kimé, 2017) ; La poste à relais en Eurasie (Kimé 2013, 2nd ed.) ; La diffusion des techniques et des cultures, (Kimé 2008) ; La poste à relais (Kimé, 1st edition, 1994) ; Joseph Needham, un taoïste d'honneur (Le Félin, 1991) ; L'oeuvre de Claude Cahen, lectures critiques, co-editor with A.
Cheikh-Moussa and F. Micheau (Brill, 1996) ; and of articles in various Journals, including : Studia Islamica ; Arabica, Etudes Mongoles et Sibériennes, Toplumbilim, Techniques et Culture, Anthropology of the Middle East, L'Encyclopédie de l'Islam (Brill), Commentaire, The journal of Persianate Studies.