Mahdavi, Mojtaba

ECMC Chair of Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

mahdavia@ualberta.ca
+1 780 492-0736

Website: https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/mojtaba-mahdavi/home

Link to CV

Mahdavi's recent books include Towards the Dignity of Difference? Neither End of History nor Clash of Civilizations (co-editor, Ashgate Publishing 2012), Under the Shadow of Khomeinism: Problems and Prospects for Democracy in Post-revolutionary Iran (forthcoming), and Towards a Progressive Post-Islamism: Neo-Shariati Discourse in Postrevolutionary Iran (co-editor, forthcoming). He is the guest editor of the special issue of Sociology of Islam on "Contemporary Social Movements in the Middle East and Beyond" (forthcoming). Dr. Mahdavi is currently working on two research projects: Universalism from Below? Muslims beyond Hegemonic Universalism and Regressive Cultural Essentialism and Political Sociology in Post-Revolutionary Iran. His contributions have appeared in several refereed journals and essays, edited volumes and interviews in North American, European and Middle Eastern venues. Dr. Mahdavi has given numerous public talks and lectures to many academic institutions and communities in North America, Europe and the Middle East. He was the Liu Institute Visiting Fellow in Residence at Green College, University of British Columbia (2012-13). He is the recipient of several awards and grants including the conference fund of SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), the IDRC Canada Partnership Grant, Killam Research Operating Grants, the Worldwide University Network (WUN) Grant, among others. Professor Mahdavi's research interests lie in social movements and democratization in the Muslim World; secularism, Islamism and post-Islamism; modern Islamic political thought, comparative political theory, and international politics of the Middle East.

Areas of Interest

Islam and Muslims
Protests and Uprisings
Religion and Government
Religion and Politics
Secular and secularism

Related materials

"One Bed and Two Dreams? Contentious Public Religion in the Discourses of Ayatollah Khomeini and Ali Shariati." (Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 43.1 (2014): 25-52.

"Muslims and Modernities: From Islamism to Post-Islamism?" Religious Studies and Theology. 32.1 (2013): 57-71.

"Post-Islamist Trends in Postrevolutionary Iran." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 31.1 (2011): 94-109.

Mahdavi, M. and Andy Knight, eds. "Introduction." Towards 'the Dignity of Difference? Neither 'End of History' nor 'Clash of Civilizations.' 1-23. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012.