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Navid Fozi
Bridgewater State University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
Theory
State Formation
Ethnography
Iranian Studies
Islamic Studies
Minorities
Persian
Nationalism
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Globalization
Middle East/Near East Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
All Middle East
Caucasus
Specialties
Ethno-Religious Minorities
Hisoricity
Religion, Ritual, Performance
Languages
English (advanced)
Persian (native)
Arabic (intermediate)
Urdu (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2011 | Anthropology | Boston University
MA | 2004 | Anthropology | University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA | 2001 | Social Sciences | University of Texas-Dallas
BA | 2000 | Social Sciences | University of Texas-Dallas
Abstracts
Historicities of Iranian Political Legitimacy: The Case of President Ahmadinejad’s Nationalist Discourse Emergent Pluralism in a Fragmented and Polarized Diaspora: the Politics of Iranian Diasporic Identity Formation in Malaysia Diasporic Counterpublics: Iranian Asylum Seekers in Turkey Iranian Shi'a Converts to Christianity: Seeking Asylum While Transiting Through Tukey A Religious Minority in Transit: Iranian Baha’i and Convert Asylum Seekers in Turkey Liminal Counterpublics: Diasporization of Iranian Transit Asylum Seekers in Turkey Iranian Zoroastrians, Nationalism, and the Dilemma of Cultural Ownership