Department of Political Science
University of Alberta
10-25 Tory Bldg.
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Canada
ABOUT
Mojtaba Mahdavi is a Professor of Political Science and the ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is the author and editor of numerous works on post-Islamism, contemporary social movements and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), postrevolutionary Iran, and modern Islamic political thought. He is the co-editor of "Towards the Dignity of Difference: Neither ‘End of History’ nor ‘Clash of Civilizations’", and the guest editor of "Contemporary Social Movements in the Middle East and Beyond" – Sociology of Islam.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Democratization
Development
Foreign Relations
Globalization
Iranian Studies
Islamic Thought
Middle East/Near East Studies
Political Economy
Theory
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Iran
Islamic World
Specialties
Rel & Pol
Critical International Relations
MENA Social Movements
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Persian (native)
English (fluent)
Education
PhD
| 2006
| Political Science
| Western University
MA
| 2001
| Political Science
| Western University
MA
| 1996
| Political Science
| University of Pune
