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Mojtaba Mahdavi
University of Alberta
Occupation
Professor
Contact
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
Development
Iranian Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Theory
Democratization
Islamic Thought
Political Economy
Foreign Relations
Globalization
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
Abstracts
Will Green Movement succeed? The Challenge of Democratization under Iran's Neo-conservatives Modernity from Below: Making Sense of Post-Islamism in Iran Rentier State and Beyond: Problematizing Politics of Petro Populism in Postrevolutionary Iran The Rise and Crisis of Post-Islamist Social Movements in the Post-Arab Spring MENA “What Are the Iranians Dreaming About?” The Zan, Zendegi, Azadi Movement and Iran’s Post-Islamist Renaissance