MEHRZAD BOROUJERDI

CURRICULUM VITAE

   
 
Department of Political Science
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-1090
Tel: (315) 443-5877
Fax: (315) 443-9082
mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/mborouje/

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Employment
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (August 1992-August 1998)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (August 1998-present)
Teaching Interests
  • Comparative Politics
  • Middle East Politics
  • Religion and Politics
  • Social Theories
Education
Publications
Books

Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996.

Articles and Chapters
  1. "Iranian Intellectuals and the Enigma of Westernization," Kankash [a Persian language journal specializing in theoretical study of Iranian history, politics and culture], 2&3 (Spring 1988), pp. 11-47. (in Persian).
  2. "The Distinctive Features of the Iranian Revolution," Kankash, 5 (Fall 1989), pp. 19-49. (in Persian).
  3. "Westoxication and Orientalism in Reverse," Iran Nameh [a leading Persian language journal of Iranian Studies], 8:3 (Summer 1990), pp. 375-390. (in Persian).
  4. "Prospects for Civil Society and Secularism in Iran," Kankash, 8 (Spring 1992), pp. 13-44. (in Persian).
  5. "Gharbzadegi: The Dominant Intellectual Discourse of Pre and Post-revolutionary Iran," in Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic, eds. Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayekhi. London: Routledge, 1992, pp. 30-56.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared in Farhang-e Siyasi Dar Jomhuriyeh Eslami-e Iran (Tehran: Entehsarat-e Baz, 1379 [2000]), pp. 51-80.
  6. "Rethinking The Third World," (co-authored with Ali Mirsepassi), International Third World Studies Journal and Review, 5:1 (1993), pp. 51-58.
  7. "Can Islam be Secularized?" in In Transition: Essays on Culture and Identity in the Middle Eastern Society, eds. M.R. Ghanoonparvar and Faridoun Farrokh. Laredo, TX: Texas A&M International University, 1994, pp. 55-64.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared in Kiyan [a leading Iranian journal on philosophy, religion and literature], no. 49, September-December 1999, pp. 40-44.
  8. "The Encounter of Post-revolutionary Thought in Iran with Hegel, Heidegger and Popper," in Cultural Transitions in the Middle East, ed. Serif Mardin. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994, pp. 236-259.
  9. “Iranian Cultural Identity: A Dissident View,” Kankash, 12 (Fall 1995), pp. 9-33. (in Persian).
  10. “Hizbullah in Iran,” Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 129-130.
  11. “Iran’s Intellectual Panorama,” Bulletin of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, 11:3 (Spring 1996), pp. 22-24.
  12. "Iranian Islam and the Faustian Bargain of Western Modernity," Journal of Peace Research, 34:1 (February 1997), pp.1-5.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared in Neshat [a popular daily newspaper published in Tehran] (July 8, 1999), p. 9.
  13. “Orientalism in Reverse," Kiyan, 35 (March 1997), pp. 22-31. (in Persian).
  14. “Khatami’s Election: Implications for Iranian Politics,” in Iran’s Elections: Implications for U.S. Policy, ed. John Calabrese. Washington, DC: Middle East Institute, 1997, pp. 5-7.
    • Reprinted in The Middle East Economic Survey, 40:31 (August 4, 1997), pp. D3-D5.
  15. "Contesting Nationalist Constructions of Iranian Identity,” Critique: Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East, 12 (Spring 1998): 43-55.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared in Kiyan, 47 (June-July 1999), pp. 44-52.
  16. “Challenges to the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Their Northern Neighbors: An Integrated View of Empirical Indicators,” (co-authored with Haleh Vaziri), The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, 10: 1&2 (Spring/Summer 1998), pp. 36-71.
  17. “Continuities and Discontinuities in Modern Iranian Intellectual Thought,” in Intellectual Change and the New Generation of Iranian Intellectuals, eds. Haleh Esfandiari, Andrea Bertone and Farideh Farhi. Washington, DC: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2000, pp. 13-18.For the Turkish translation of this essay which appeared in the journal Dogudan (January-February 2008) click here.
  18. “Dialogue with Diasporic Iranians,” Bukhara, 16 [a leading Review of Arts, Culture, and Humanities published in Tehran] (January-February 2001), pp. 297-306. (in Persian).
  19. “The Paradoxes of Politics in Postrevolutionary Iran,” in Iran at the Crossroads, eds. John L. Esposito and R. K. Ramazani (New York: Palgrave, 2001), pp. 13-27.
  20. “What Have We Learned About Iranian Politics?” Aftab, 5 [a monthly magazine of political, economic & social issues published in Tehran] (June 2001), pp. 4-5. (in Persian).
  21. “Viewing Violence and Terrorism in a Larger Context,” Syracuse University Magazine, 18: 4 (Winter 2001-02), pp. 42-44.
    • An abbreviated version of this essay was published in Maxwell Perspective, 12: 1 (Fall 2001), pp. 10-11.
  22. "Subduing Globalization: The Challenge of the Indigenization Movement,” in Globalization and The Margins, eds. Richard Grant and John R. Short. New York: Palgrave, 2002, pp. 39-49.
    • Reprinted in Birgit Schäebler and Leif Stenberg (ed.), Globalization and the Muslim World: Culture, Religion and Modernity (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004), pp. 30-38.
  23.  “Triumphs and Travails of Authoritarian Modernization in Iran,” in The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society Under Riza Shah, 1921-1941, ed. Stephanie Cronin. London: Routledge, 2003, pp. 146-154.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared both in Iran Nameh, 20: 4 (Fall 2002), pp. 475-488 and Madraseh, 1 (2005), pp. 6-10.
  24. “The Ambivalent Modernity of Iranian Intellectuals,” in Intellectual Trends in Twentieth –Century Iran: A Critical Survey, ed. Negin Nabavi. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003, pp. 11-23.
  25. “The Reformist Movement in Iran,” in Oil in the Gulf: Obstacles to Democracy and Development, eds. Daniel Heradstveit and Helge Hveem. London: Ashgate, 2004, pp. 63-71.
    • German translation of this essay appeared as “Die Reformbewegung in Iran,” in Sowi: Das Journal fur Geschichte, Politik, Wirtschaft und Kulture (February 2005), pp. 37-44.
    • Persian translation of this essay appeared in Iran Nameh, 20: 2-3 (Spring & Summer 2002), pp. 285-299.
  26. “`The West’ in the Eyes of the Iranian Intellectuals of the Interwar Years (1919-1939),” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 26: 3 (2006), pp. 391-401. 
  27. “Iranian Nuclear Miasma” (with Todd Fine), Syracuse Law Review, 57: 3 (2007), pp. 619-635.
  28. “Bet on the Optimists: Prospects for Reform,” Foreign Service Journal (June 2007), pp. 26-31.
Other Professional Writings
  1. “U.S. Should Drop Gunboat Diplomacy in Middle East.” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (April 2, 1998): A-15.
  2. Letter to the Editor: “Story on Iranian Bomb Fanned Flames of Discord,” Syracuse Post-Standard (April 29, 2004), p. A-17.
  3. “Why and What Do We Compare? The Story of Revolution and Democratization,” in College Board Advanced Placement Government and Politics: Comparative: 2005-2006 Professional Development Workshop Materials (New York: College Board, 2005), pp. 30-44.
  4. “Iran Briefing Paper,” in Advanced Placement Program Professional development for Government and Politics – Comparative: 2004-2005 Workshop Materials. New York: College Board, 2005, pp. 1-59. Also available at AP Central: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/42256.html
  5. “Will Iran Agree to Talk to U.S.?” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (December 10, 2006): E-1.
  6. “Another Moment of Truth in Pakistan” The [Syracuse] Post-Standard (January 6, 2008): E-1 & E-4. Also appeared as “The Paradoxes of Pakistan,” in http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/ (Dec. 30, 2007).
Book Reviews:
  1. Misagh Parsa, Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution. Reviewed in Journal of Iranian Studies 23 (1990), pp. 112-114.
  2. Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Manshour Varasteh, Iran and the International Community. Reviewed in Middle East Journal 46 (Spring 1992), pp. 322-323.
  3. Barry Rubin, Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics. Reviewed in Millennium: Journal of International Studies 21 (Spring 1992), pp. 130-131.
  4. Ian Brown, Khomeini's Forgotten Son's: The Story of Iran's Boy Soldiers; and Dilip Hiro, The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict. Reviewed in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 26 (July 1992), pp. 87-89.
  5. Mark J. Gasiorowski, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Shah; and George Lenczowski, American Presidents and the Middle East. Reviewed in American Political Science Review 86 (December 1992), pp. 1102-1103.
  6. Mehran Kamrava, The Political History of Modern Iran: From Tribalism to Theocracy. Reviewed in International Journal of Middle East Studies 26 (May 1994), pp. 315-316.
  7. K. L. Afrasiabi, After Khomeini: New Directions in Iran's Foreign Policy. Reviewed in Middle East Journal 50 (Spring 1996), pp. 274-275.
  8. Simon Bromley, Rethinking Middle East Politics. Reviewed in International Journal of Middle East Studies 28 (May 1996), pp. 259-261.
  9. Nikki R. Keddie, Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution. Reviewed in Contemporary Sociology 25 (September 1996), pp. 628-629.
  10. Asghar Schirazi, The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic. Reviewed in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 32 (Winter 1998), pp. 260-261.
  11. Azadeh Kian-Thiebaut, Secularization of Iran A Doomed Failure? The New Middle Class and the Making of Modern Iran. Reviewed in Middle East Journal 54: 1 (Winter 2000), pp. 126-127.
  12. Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century. Reviewed in Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis 16:1 (April 2000), pp. 135-136.
  13. Abdolkarim Soroush, Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam. Reviewed in Middle East Journal 55:3 (Summer 2001), pp. 519-520.
  14. Masoud Kamali, Revolutionary Iran: Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process. Reviewed in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 35:1 (Summer 2001), pp. 117-118.
  15. Fariba Adelkhah, Being Modern in Iran. Reviewed in Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis 18:1 (April 2002), pp. 90-95.
  16. Daniel Brumberg, Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran. Reviewed in American Political Science Review 96:4 (December 2002), pp. 843-844.
  17. Roxanne Varzi, Warring Souls: Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolutionary Iran. Reviewed in Journal of the American Academy of Religion (forthcoming).
  18. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Refashioning Iran: Orientalism, Occidentalism and Historiography. Reviewed in Iranian Studies (forthcoming).
Published Profiles/Interviews/Panels on My Works
  1. “Author Meets Critics: Mehrzad Boroujerdi’s Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism,” Conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Atlanta, 1997.
  2. “Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Newsletter of the Program on Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts [PARC News] (Spring 2000), pp. 3-4.
  3. “Attracting Iranian Expatriates: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Bahar [a leading reformist Iranian newspaper], Mordad 6, 1379 [July 2000], p. 10.
  4. “The End of Otherness: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” in Qarn-e Rowshanfekran [The Century of Intellectuals], ed. Mohammad Taqi Qazalsafli. Tehran: Center for Dialogue of Civilizations, 1380 [2001], pp. 327-341.
  5. “The Meaning of Modernity: Dialogue with Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Farzin Vahdat,” in  Iran Dar Jostejoy-e Moderniteh (20 Goftegou dar BBC ba Saheb Nazaran-e Irani [Iran in Search of Modernity: 20 Dialogues with Iranian Thinkers in BBC), ed. Ramin Jahanbeglou. Tehran: Nashr-e Markaz, 1384 [2005], pp. 2-12.
  6. Profiled in Syracuse University Magazine (Winter 2006-07; p. 23) in an article entitled “Revolution and Reform in Iran.”
  7. “Intellectuals and Politics: Interview with Mehrzad Boroujerdi,” Ham-Mihan, Khordad 26, 1386 [June 16, 2007], p. 12. Click Here for text on-line.
Professional Appointments
  1. Member, Executive Board (elected), Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (1992-1998)
  2. Program Chair, Annual Conference of Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (1994)
  3. Editorial Board Member, Syracuse University Press (1995-1998)
  4. Editor of the Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East Series, Syracuse University Press (1996-present) (20 books published in the series so far)
  5. Member, Executive Council (elected), Society for Iranian Studies (1999-2001)
  6. Co-Chair of Membership Committee, Society for Iranian Studies (1999-2001)
  7. Scholar-In-Residence, Middle East Institute, Washington, DC (2000-2001)
  8. Book Review Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies, quarterly journal of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (2000-2007)
  9. Member, Steering Committee, Project on “Islam, Ethnicity and Geo-Politics along the Persian Gulf-Caspian Sea Axis,” The Research Council of Norway (2001-2003)
  10. Member, International Affairs Merit Review Panel, National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate International Fellowships, Academy for Educational Development (2001)
  11. Member, National Nominating Panel of the National Security Education Program’s (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC (2002)
  12. Member, AP Comparative Government Working Group, Educational Testing Services, (2003-2004)
  13. Member, Development Committee for the AP Comparative Government & Politics Course, Educational Testing Services/College Board (2004-present)
  14. Reader, AP Exam in Comparative Politics, Ft. Collins, Colorado (June 12-19, 2005)
  15. Adjunct Scholar in Public Policy and Media Expert, Middle East Institute (2005-present)
  16. Judge, Committee selecting best article published in Iranian Studies in 2005 (2006)
  17. Organizer, Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies in Upstate New York
  18. Tenure and Promotion Evaluator for cases at Hampshire College (Massachusetts) and Lake Forest College (Illinois)
  19. Consultant to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., College Board, Educational Testing Services, Human Rights Watch, InterMedia Survey Institute, Voice of America, Zogby International
  20. Member, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Religion and International Affairs Advisory Committee (2007-present)
  21. Institutional Trustee, The American Institute of Iranian Studies (2008-)
  22. Manuscript and Grant Referee for:
    • Academy for Educational Development
    • Congressional Quarterly Press
    • National Endowment for the Humanities
    • National Science Foundation
    • Oxford University Press
    • Research Council of Norway
    • State University of New York Press
    • Syracuse University Press
    • University of Texas Press
    • Cambridge Review of International Affairs
    • Comparative Politics
    • Critique: Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East
    • Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review
    • International Journal of Middle East Studies
    • International Studies Quarterly
    • Iranian Studies
    • Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis
    • Middle East Journal
    • National Bureau of Asian Research
    • New Political Science
    • New York University Press
    • Qualitative Sociology
    • Strategic Asia
    • Studies on Persianate Societies.
Awards, Honors and Grants
  1. Full Doctoral Fellowship, The American University (1985-1988)
  2. Dissertation Fellowship, The American University (1988-1989)
  3. Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Field of Islamic Studies, School of International Service, The American University (Spring 1989)
  4. Graduate Student Council Summer Research Grant, The American University (Summer 1989)
  5. Fred H. Nothman Award for Outstanding Published Research by a Graduate Student, School of International Service, The American University (Spring 1990)
  6. Best Dissertation Award, Foundation for Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Maryland (1990)
  7. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (1990-1991)
  8. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin/ Rockefeller Foundation (1991-1992)
  9. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for outstanding teaching, research and service by an untenured faculty member, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (1998)
  10. Appleby-Mosher Award for Faculty Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006)
  11. Junior Faculty Research Grants, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs ( 2002, 2003)
  12. Inducted as an Honorary Member of Theta Chi Beta [Religion Honorary Society at Syracuse University] (2003)
  13. Grant from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars to bring a visiting senior Fulbright scholar from Lebanon under the auspicious of the “Fulbright Visiting Specialist Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World” (Spring 2004)
  14. Principal Investigator on three separate grants totaling $40,000 from the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund Program (2004-06)
  15. $12,000 Grant from Syracuse University’s Ray Smith Symposium for organizing a conference entitled “Mirror for the Muslim Prince: Islam and the Theory of Statecraft” (2005).
  16. Project Assistantship Grant, Office of Associate Dean for Sponsored Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Summer 2005)
  17. Chancellor’s Feinstone Grant for Multicultural Initiatives (2006-2007)
  18. Principal Co-Investigator on a $370,000 three year grant from The Henry R. Luce Foundation for Religion, Media and International Affairs (2006-2009)
Administrative & Advising Activities at Syracuse University
  1. Lower Division Advisor, College of Arts & Sciences (1993-1997; 2001-2002; 2004-2005; 2007-08)
  2. Advisor, Political Science Undergraduate Majors (1993-1998; 2004; 2007); Honors Students (1998-2000)
  3. Instructor, Freshman Forum (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001)
  4. Undergraduate Research Program Sponsor (1995-1997)
  5. Summer Faculty Advisor (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007)
  6. Online List-Editor, Syracuse University Middle East Listserv (1995-present)
  7. Member, Executive Committee, Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts [PARC] (1996-1999; 2003-2005)
  8. Member, PARC 10th Anniversary Organizing Committee (1996-1997)
  9. Member, Scholarship and Research Committee, College of Arts & Sciences (1997-2000)
  10. Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Political Science Department (1997-1998; 2000-01)
  11. Member, PARC Administrative Assistant Search Committee (1997)
  12. Member, PARC Associate Director Search Committee (1999)
  13. Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Political Science Department (1999-2000); Chair 2001-2004)
  14. Director, Graduate Studies Program, Department of Political Science (2001-2004)
  15. Chair, Admissions & Aid Committee, Political Science Department (2001-2004)
  16. Maxwell School’s Grade Appeal Committee (2002)
  17. Member, Syracuse University’s Fulbright Candidate Review Committee (2002-2004)
  18. Member, University Senate (2002-2006)
  19. Founder and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program (2003-present)
  20. Member, Middle East History Search Committee, History Department (2003-2004)
  21. Member, Director Search Committee, Renee Crown Honors Program (2003-2004)
  22. Member, Search Committee, Director of PARC (October 2004-February 2005)
  23. Member, committee reviewing the Political Science Department’s doctoral program (October 2004-February 2005)
  24. Member, Renee Crown Honors Program Committee defining the “Global Awareness” requirement of the new Honors curriculum (December 2004-February 2005)
  25. Member, Search Committee, Director of the International Relations Program (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)
  26. Member, National Security Education Program (NSEP) Campus Review Committee (February 2006)
  27. Co-Director, Religion, Media and International Affairs Project (2006-present)
  28. Member, University Committee on Promotion & Tenure, Syracuse University (2006-present)
  29. Member, The Humanities Council (2006-2007)
  30. Member, Turkey Site Exploration Committee [inspected Turkish universities for the purpose of establishing an exchange relationship] (July 2006)
  31. Member, Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search Committee (Fall 2006)
  32. Member, Ad-hoc committee convened by Interim Provost to plan for “Small World/Big Divides” Symposium (September 2006)
  33. Member, Task Force on the Future Status of the International Relations Program (Fall 2006)
  34. Member, Search Committee, Senior Hire in Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science (2005-2006)
  35. Honors Thesis Advisor/Reader for: Andrea Allen (2001), Colleen M. Allen (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2002), Adam Chodak (2003), Iman Abraham (2003), Donald C. Jensen (2004), Ben Resnick (2005); Sarah Dickson (2006); Heather Freitag (2007), Emily Steakley (History Department Honors, 2007)
  36. Reader of Master’s Thesis of: Ahmet Sozen (1993), Kristen S. Smith (1994), Anne Larson  (1994), Margaret A. McPhee (1997), Allison A. Riley (1997), Suzanne Archuleta (2000), Kevin Kanesaka (2001), Tilla McAnthony (2001), Jelena Subotic (2001), Karen Culcasi (2003), and Julia Barth-Knowles (in progress)
  37. Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committees of: Peter Mameli (1995), Traci Fordham (2002), Marian H. Paules (2003), and Paul Edleman (2004)
  38. Member, Dissertation Committees of: Alireza Shomali (2006), Karen Culcasi (in progress), and Ermin Sinanovich (in progress)
  39. Member, Goekjian Summer Research Grants 2007 Review Committee, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs (March 2007)
  40. Member, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award Selection Committee, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Spring 2007)
  41. Member of the Omnibus Search Committee, Department of Political Science (2007-2008)
Scholarly Papers and Addresses
  1. "The West and the Identity Problematic of Iranian Intellectuals," presented at the conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Chicago (April 1988)
  2. "Iran: The Downfall of a Neopatrimonial Rentier State," presented at the meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore (March 1989)
  3. "The Iranian Revolution in Comparative Perspective," presented at the conference of the Capital Division of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC (October 1989)
  4. "The Encounter of Post-Revolutionary Thought in Iran with Hegel, Heidegger and Popper," presented at the conference on Religious and Secular Discourse in the Middle East, The American University, Washington, DC (December 1989)
  5. "The Iranian Revolution: Triumph of Orientalism in Reverse," presented at the convention of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC (April 1990)
  6. "Intellectuals, Literature and Publishing Houses in Iran: 1960-1990," presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, San Antonio (November 1990)
  7. "The Quest for Identity: Iranian Intellectuals and the West," presented at the seminar of the Committee on Iranian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (April 1991)
  8. "Iran: The Withering Away of a Civil Society?" presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC (November 1991)
  9. "Can Islam be Secularized?" presented at the conference of Texas Association of Middle East Scholars, Laredo, TX (February 1992)
  10. "The Misplaced Polarities of Third World Studies," presented at the convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta (April 1992)
  11. "Publishing Houses and the Politics of High Culture in Iran," presented at the conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Austin, TX (April 1992)
  12. "Nation-States and State-Nations in the Middle East," presented at the convention of the International Studies Association, Acapulco, Mexico (March 1993)
  13. "Circumscribed Nation-States in the Middle East: A Theoretical Canvas," presented at the conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Los Angeles (April 1993)
  14. "Political Science in a Politicized Polity: The Case of Iran," presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Research Triangle Park, NC (November 1993)
  15. "A Critical Look at Iranian Cultural Identity," presented at the conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Villanova, PA (April 1994)
  16. "The Torturous Labyrinth of National Identity," presented at the conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Columbus, Ohio (April 1995)
  17. Evaluating Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty-First Century (Random House, 1993), Threats to the Peace: Possibilities for the Future Lecture Series, Onondaga County Central Library (May 1995)
  18. “Shi`ite Modernists and Theological Acrobatics,” presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC (December 1995)
  19. “Nativist Movements in Iran’s Intellectual Tradition in the 20th Century,” presented at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (April 1996)
  20. “Social, Economic, and Military Challenges to the Gulf Cooperation Council States,” (co-authored with Haleh Vaziri). Presented at the seminar on “The Development and Stability of the Persian Gulf Region,” The Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, Iran (December 1996)
  21. “Khatami’s Election: Implications for Iranian Politics,” presented at the conference on “Iran’s Elections: Implications for U.S. Policy,” The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC (July 1997)
  22. “The Secularist Project in Early Twentieth Century Iran: An Assessment,” presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco (November 1997)
  23. “Countering Counterfeit Universalism: The Indigenization of Third World Social Science,” presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota (March 1998)
  24. “Countering Counterfeit Universalism: The Indigenization of Third World Social Science,” presented at the “Muslim Societies and Islams in the Age of Globalization and Postmodernity” conference sponsored by Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies (April 1999)
  25. “The Tormented Triumph of Nativism in Iran,” presented at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California at Berkeley (April 1998)
  26. “Intellectual Trends in Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Twenty-year Retrospective,” presented at the annual conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, United Kingdom (July 1998)
  27. “Developments in Iran,” presented at the 52nd annual conference of the Middle East Institute, National Press Club, Washington, DC (October 1998)
  28. “The Paradoxes of Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran,” conference on the 20th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC (February 1999)
  29. “The Paradoxes of Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran,” presented at the Columbia University Seminar on Iranian Studies, New York (April 1999)
  30. “Assessing Riza Shah’s Secularization Drive,” presented at the conference on “Iran under Riza Shah,” sponsored by the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, London (June 1999)
  31. “Assessing Riza Shah’s Secularization Drive,” presented at the “Modernization in Iran” workshop organized by Georgetown University’s National Resource Center on the Middle East, Washington, DC (October 1999)
  32. “Islam and Human Rights,” presented at the annual meeting of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineers, and the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC (October 1999)
  33.  “Comparing Turkish and Iranian Secularization Movements,” presented at the convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC (November 1999)
  34. “Toward a Sociology of Civil Society in Iran,” presented at the 9th Annual Symposium of Critique [Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East], Saint Paul, MN (March 2000)
  35. “Triumphs and Travails of Authoritarian Modernization Under Reza Shah,” presented at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Iranian Studies and The American Institute of Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Maryland (May 2000)
  36. “Dialogue with Expatriate Iranians,” presented at the First Conference of the Cultural and Islamic Communication Organization, Tehran, Iran (July 2000)
  37. “What Have We Learned About Iranian Politics?” presented at the 54th annual conference of the Middle East Institute, National Press Club, Washington, DC (October 2000)
  38. “Continuities and Discontinuities in Iranian Intellectual Thought,” presented at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC (October 2000)
  39. “Iranian Intellectuals and the Vortex of Western Modernity,” presented at the conference on “Intellectual Trends in 20th Century Iran,” Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (October 2000)
  40. “Iranian Intellectuals and the Vortex of Western Modernity,” presented at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (November 2000)
  41. “Muslim Intellectuals and Islamic Identity in Relations to the West,” presented at the Inaugural lecture series, Program in Religion and Society, Syracuse University (February 2002)
  42. “Muslim Intellectuals and Western Modernity,” presented at the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Focus Grant Faculty Workshop, Claremont Graduate University (February 2002)
  43. “Post-revolutionary Intellectuals in Iran and the Tradition-Modernity Debate,” 4th  Biennial Conference of the Society for Iranian Studies and The American Institute of Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Maryland (May 2002)
  44. “War with Iraq,” presented at a workshop organized by Syracuse University (January 2003)
  45. “September 11, Afghanistan and Iraq: The Down Payment on a New World Order?” presented at a symposium on "A New World Order? Iraq, Terrorism, and the Future of International Relations," Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (March 2003)
  46. ‘The Political Implications of Edward W. Said’s Work,” presented at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel (October 2003)
  47. “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq,” presented at the University College Lecture Series (October 2003)
  48. “Status of Secularism in Iran,” presented at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto (July 2004)
  49. “Javad Tabatabai’s Theory of Iranian Decadence,” presented at the 5th Biennial Conference of the Society for Iranian Studies and The American Institute of Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Maryland (May 2004)
  50. “Reconsidering the Intellectual Legacy of Reza Shah Era, 1921-1941,” presented at Kulturforeningen Ide, Stockholm, Sweden (September 2004)
  51. “Reconsidering the Intellectual Legacy of Reza Shah Era, 1921-1941,” presented at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. Persian version of the talk was also presented at a meeting of the Iranian Association at the University of Toronto (October 2004)
  52. “The End of an Era? Yasser Arafat and the Future of the Middle East,” presented at the Brown bag lecture series sponsored by Graduate Student Association, Political Science Department, Syracuse University (November 2004)
  53. “Circulation of Elites in Post-revolutionary Iran,” presented at the Yale University Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT (February 2005)
  54. “The West in the Eyes of the Iranian Intellectuals of the Interwar Years (1919-1939),” presented at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (April 2005)
  55. “Thinking critically about the Danish Cartoons Controversy,” presented as part of a panel discussion organized by the Program on Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Syracuse University (February 2006)
  56. “Constitutional Revolution Era and the Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran,” presented at the conference on “Centenary of the Persian Constitutional Revolution,” School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England (July 2006)
  57. “The Circulation of Elites in Post-revolutionary Iran,” presented at the 6th Biannual conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, England (August 2006)
  58. “Why is there a Democracy Deficit in the Middle East?” presented as part of the University College Lecture Series (October 2006)
  59. “The Iranian Nuclear Miasma,” presented at "A Nuclear Iran: The Legal Implications of a Preemptive National Security Strategy" conference, SU Law School (October 2006)
  60. “The Iranian Nuclear Miasma,” presented at the annual meeting of the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (October 2006).
  61. “The Circulation of Elites in Post-revolutionary Iran,” presented at the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association, Boston, MA (November 2006)
  62. Keynote Speaker, convocation of the Maxwell International Students Association (January 2007)
  63. “Democracy Deficit in the Middle East,” presented as part of a workshop for democracy activists from the Arab World, Syracuse University (February 2007)
  64.  “Rethinking the Intellectual History of the Reza Shah Period,” presented (in Persian) as part of the “Persian Lecture Series,” Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (February 2007). Click Here for link.
  65. “Circulation of Elites in Post-revolutionary Iran” presented as part of the “Persian Lecture Series,” Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (February 2007)
  66. “Media, Religion and International Relations,” presented at the Tuesday Humanities Coffee Hour, Syracuse University (February 2007)
  67. “Understanding Anti-Americanism in an `Axis of Evil’ Country: The Case of Iran,” presented at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York (March 2007)
  68. “Understanding Anti-Americanism in an `Axis of Evil’ Country: The Case of Iran,” presented at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire (March 2007)
  69. “Circulation of Elites in Iran,” Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University (October 4, 2007).
Workshop/Panel/Conference/Lecture Series Organizing
  1. Chair and discussant, "Current Events in the Middle East." Conference of Texas Association of Middle East Scholars, Laredo, TX (February 1992)
  2. Chair, "International Politics in the Third World.” Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia (April 1992)
  3. Organizer and Chair, "State of the Art on Social Sciences in Post-Revolutionary Iran." Convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Research Triangle Park, NC (November 1993)
  4. Organizer, Lecture Series, “Middle East: Visions for the Future,” Global Affairs Institute, Syracuse University (Fall 1994-Spring 1995)
  5. Chair, "State, Society, and Economy in the Contemporary Middle East." Convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ (November 1994)
  6. Chair and discussant, "The State and Ideology in Iran: Legitimation and Challenge." Conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Columbus, OH (April 1995)
  7. Discussant, “Islamic Political Thought in Post-Revolutionary Iran.” Convention of the Middle East Studies Association, Providence, RI (November 1996)
  8. Discussion Facilitator, “Conversation with Benedict Anderson Regarding Theories of Nationalism.” Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Program on Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Syracuse University (February 1997)
  9. Organizer and Chair, “Triumphs and Travails of Secularism in Turkey and Iran.” Convention of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco (November 1997)
  10. Discussant, “Tradition and Modernity in Islamic Movements: Problems and Prospects.” 2nd Biennial conference of the Society for Iranian Studies, Bethesda, MD (May 1998)
  11. Discussion Facilitator, “Islamic Democracy and Islamic Governance,” discussion with Abdolkarim Soroush and Charles Butterworth, Middle East Institute and Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC (November 2000)
  12. Critic and Chair: “Author Meets Critics: Fariba Adelkhah’s Being Modern in Iran, Conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis, Toronto (April 2001)
  13. Discussant, “Paradigmatics of Contemporary Iranian Politics,” 4th Biennial conference of the Society for Iranian Studies, Bethesda, MD (May 2002)
  14. Chaired a roundtable discussion with participants in “The Problem of Democratic Transition in an Islamic State: The Case of Iran,” conference, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars entitled  Washington, DC (May 2002)
  15. Organizer/Chair/Discussant, “Evaluating the Reformist Movement in Iran,” 36th annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC (November 2002)
  16. Introduced University Lecturer Rita Hauser (International Lawyer, Philanthropist, and President of the Hauser Foundation) before her campus address entitled "The U.S. Role in a Troubled Middle East" (March 30, 2004)
  17. Translator and host for Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Noble Peace Prize winner, during her visit to Syracuse University (May 10, 2004)
  18. Represented the Advanced Placement (AP) Comparative Government and Politics Development Committee at the 2005 AP National Conference held in Houston, Texas (July 16-17, 2005)
  19. Organizer, “Mirror for the Muslim Prince: Islam and Theory of Statecraft conference,” Syracuse University (March 31-April 1, 2006)
  20. Chair and Discussant, “Political Culture in Post-revolutionary Iran,” 6th Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (August 2006)
  21. Organizer, “Reforming Iran’s Theocratic State” annual conference of the Middle Eastern Studies Association, Boston, MA (November 2006)
  22. Respondent to “State of Democracy” Speaker Professor Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (November 10, 2006)
  23. “Teaching Iran as part of AP Comparative,” On-line tutorial for AP Teachers organized by College Board (December 2006)
  24. Moderator, discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Program, Syracuse University (March 2007)
  25. Introduced Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, at the 2006-07 Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series, Syracuse OnCenter (April 12, 2007)
  26. Session leader and Discussant, “Building Linkages between Civil Society and Constitutionalism in Iran,” annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec (November 19, 2007).
Community Education
  • Interviews with numerous national and international newspapers, radio and TV stations including Arab-American Radio (Washington, DC), Arabian Business (Dubai, UAE), SBS Radio station (Australia), Aventuras na História (Brazil), BBC Persian and BBC Arabic Programs (England), Bridges TV, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Dow Jones Wire Service, Free Speech Radio News (San Francisco), Houston Chronicle (Houston), International Herald Tribune, KRSI Radio (Los Angeles), Le Figaro (France), Mandagmorgen (Norway), McClatchy newspapers, New 940 Radio (Montreal), New Hampshire Union Leader, Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland), Radio Free Europe/Radio Farda (Czech Republic), The Blade [Toledo, Ohio], Toronto Star newspaper, Voice of America , WALE Radio (Providence, RI), WDEL radio (Delaware), and Washington Post Radio.
  • Interviews with numerous newspapers, radio and TV stations in Syracuse, New York including Channel 3 TV, Channel 13, Free Speech Radio News, News10 Now, WAER (FM 88.3), WCNY TV, WSYR Radio (AM 570), WTKW-FM, WTVH (Channel 5), Daily Orange, and Post-Standard.
  • Numerous lectures at a wide range of community organizations in Upstate New York and the rest of the country including: Cazenovia League of Women Voters (Cazenovia); Central New York Council for Social Studies; Century Club (Syracuse); Foreign Policy Association (Syracuse); Immaculate Conception Church (Fulton); Iranian Cultural Community (Berkeley, CA); Iranian Cultural Society (Washington, DC); Iranian Student Association (Washington, DC); Manlius-Pebble Hill School (Dewitt), New York Model United Nations (Syracuse); Onondaga County Central Library (Syracuse); Peace Action of Central New York (Syracuse); Persian Student Association at Cornell University (Ithaca); Society of Iranian Professionals (Austin, TX); SU’s Muslim Graduate Students Association (Syracuse); SUNY Cortland; SUNY Oswego; Syracuse Mosque (Syracuse); Syracuse Peace Council; Thursday Morning Roundtable (Syracuse); and United Church of Fayetteville (Fayetteville).
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