Mahdavi, Mojtaba

Assistant Professor 

Contact Information:

• Office:  10-25 H.M. Tory Building
• Office Phone:  (780) 492-0736
• Fax:  (780) 492-2586
• E-mail:  mahdavia@ualberta.ca
• Office Hours:  Wednesdays - 1400-1500 or by appointment.

Degrees:

• BA:  Iran
• Master of Politics and Publlic Administration:  University of Pune (India)
• MA:  University of Western Ontario
• PhD:  University of Western Ontario

Research Interests:

• Politics, Government and Social Movements in the Muslim World/Middle East
• Modern Islamic Political Thought, Religions and Politics, Islamism and Post-Islamism
• Comparative Politics of the Global South/Democratization and Development

Current Research Projects:

"Towards 'the Dignity of Difference': Neither 'the Class of Civilizations' nor 'the End of History'": http://www.dofdifference.org

Post-Islamist Trends in the Muslim World: Neo-Sharlati Discourse