Michael Bonner received his doctorate from Oxford in 2014. He has travelled throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan. A specialist in Late Antique Iran and its early Islamic history, his master’s thesis on sixth-century Iran was published in 2011 by Studia Iranica in Paris; they will publish his translation (with commentary) of part of the Iranian National Epic later this year. While completing his doctorate, he served as a policy adviser to a Member of Cabinet in Ottawa. Michael and his father, Communications and Negotiations Consultant Allan Bonner, have a long association with PAFSO and are notable friends of Canada’s Foreign Service.
