Institutional Affiliation聽
Associate Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.
Director, Center for Middle East Studies.
Education
- PhD, University of Toronto
- MA, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
- BA (Honors), University of Western Ontario
Regional and Thematic Interests
Middle East and Islamic affairs, religion and democracy, secularism, comparative politics and
political theory, politics of the Middle East, democracy and human rights, Islam-West relations.
Profile
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California-Los Angeles and Global Fellow, UCLA International Institute (2007-2008)
- Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University (2005-2007)
- Research Affiliate, Center for Middle Easter Studies, Harvard University (2005-2006)
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (2004-2005); Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo (2003-2004)
Selected Publication
Contemporary Islam in Critical Dialogue Series (Singapore: Wardah Books, 2017)
"Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East,"听聽15 (Fall 2017)
"Toward a Political Theory of Sectarianism in the Middle East: The Salience of聽
Authoritarianism over Theology,"听聽1 (September 2016).
"Charles Taylor's聽A Secular Age聽and the Secularization from Below in Iran," in Mirjam聽
K眉nkler, John Madeley and Shylashri Shankar eds.,聽A Secular Age Beyond the West聽
(Cambridge University Press, 2016).
"The ISIS Crisis and the Broken Politics of the Middle East: A Human Rights Framework for聽
Understanding Radical Islamism," in Anthony T. Chase,聽Handbook on Human Rights and the聽
Middle East and North Africa聽(New York: Routledge, forthcoming).
Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shariah in the Modern Age Critical Muslim,聽no. 14 (2015).
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Cairo Review of Global Affairs聽(Spring 2014).
"Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies: Rethinking the Relationship
between Islam and Secularism across the Islam-West Divide," in Ahmet Cavuldak,
Oliver Hidalgo, Philipp Hildmann and Holger Zapf eds.,聽聽(Wiesbaden: Springer, 2014), 121-136.聽
"Rethinking Religion and Political Legitimacy Across the Islam-West Divide,"
聽volume 40, no. 3 (April 2014).
"Re-negotiating Iran's Post-Revolutionary Social Contract: The Green Movement and the聽
Struggle for Democracy in the Islamic Republic," in Mehran Kamrava ed.,聽聽(New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).聽
"The Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement: A Comparison" in Brian Calfano and Emile聽
Sahliyeh eds.,聽(Lanham, MD: Lexington/Roman and Littlefield, 2014).聽
Co-authored with Mahmoud Sadri.聽
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Dilemma聽(MIT Press, 2013).听
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Review of Global Affairs聽(Summer 2013).听
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and International Affairs 27聽(Summer 2013).听
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2013).听
"Islam and Democracy after 9/11," in Benjamin Isakhan and Stephen Stockwell eds.,聽聽(Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh聽
University Press, 2013).听
Hashemi, Nader. "Islam and Democracy," in John Esposito and Emad Shahin eds.,聽聽(New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).听
""听Policy Brief by the Institute for Social Policy聽
and Understanding and the British Council 41聽(December 2012).聽
"The Arab Spring, US Foreign Policy and the Question of Democracy in the Middle聽
East,"听Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 41聽(Fall 2012).聽
Hashemi, Nader. "Religious Leaders, Sectarianism and the Sunni-Shia Divide in Islam," in聽
Timothy Sisk ed.,聽聽(Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011).