Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Battelle-Tompkins Memorial Building, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Department of History
Washington
DC
20016
United States
ABOUT
Reza H. Akbari is a PhD candidate at American University where he focuses on the history of modern Middle East, modern Iran, and critical theory. Reza conducts research on state-society relations, social movements, political parties, Iranian domestic politics, political transition, and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. He has previously served as a Research Associate for the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute and a Research Assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Comparative
Democratization
Foreign Relations
Theory
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Bahrain
All Middle East
Specialties
State-society Relations, State Formation, Social Movements, Colonialism, Nationalism, Political Parties, American Foreign Policy Toward The Middle East
Languages
Persian (native)
Arabic (elementary)
Education
MA
| 2012
| Middle East Studies
| George Washington University
BA
| 2007
| Political Science + International Studies
| State University of New York at Fredonia
Abstracts
Etched in Mistrust: Continuity and Change in U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiations (1969–1978)
