Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (born 1960) an Iranian historian and sociologist and Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He is known for his works on Iranian revolution and its aftermath.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Ghamari is the Director of Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies.

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
Born1960
NationalityIranian
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (PhD)
Scientific career
Fieldshistory of modern Iran
InstitutionsPrinceton University
ThesisIslamism and the Quest for Alternative Modernities (1998)
Doctoral advisorPaul Lubeck

Career

He joined Princeton University in February 2019. Previously he was professor of history and sociology and the Director of the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was awarded a Beckman Fellowship in 2008.[7][8][9][10]

Works

  • Islam and Dissent in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Abdolkarim Soroush and the Religious Foundations of Political Reform, London, New York: I. B. Tauris (Palgrave-Macmillan), 2008
  • Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2016
  • Remembering Akbar: Inside the Iranian Revolution, New York, London: O/R Books (Counterpoint), 2016

References

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