Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2695
E-Mail:	m.m.mojahedi@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES APT
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CV

Education
- 2008-09, Second MA in Human Rights at the University College London;
- 2005, Ph.D. in Political theory, “A Critical Reading of the Epistemic, Non- Jurisprudential, Foundations of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Political Thought;”
- 2003-4, awarded a one-year fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (German Institute for Advanced Studies) on the comparative political hermeneutics of religious texts;
- 1998, standing first in the entrance exam of The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in Tehran for a PhD degree in “political thought;”
­- 1997, M.A. thesis defence in the field of “Islamic culture and political science” under the title of “A Methodological Approach to the Critical Study of Normative Facets of Political Thought Theories” supervised by Hossain Bashiriyeh and advised Mostafa Malekian, with an A+;
- 1997, M.A. in political and Islamic sciences from the Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, with an overall average: A;

Employment
- October 2011 – December 2012, Visiting Scholar, LIAS, University of Leiden
- January 2011, By-Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
- January 2011 – September 2011, Research Fellow, CRASSH, University of Cambridge
- January 2011 – September 2011, Research Fellow, CGHR, University of Cambridge
- Oct 2009 – Dec 2010, Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam;
- 2005 onwards, Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Mofid University, Qom;
- 2004-05, director of Cultural Studies Department, Institute for National Studies, Tehran;
- 2002-03, associate director and faculty member, Political Science Faculty in the Research Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities, Tehran;
- 2001-2002, director, Political Philosophy Faculty, Research Institute for Curriculum and Innovation affiliated with the Educational Research and Curriculum Planning Organization, the unique and official organisation for planning, designing and preparing K-12 curricula in Iran, Iranian Ministry of Education
- 2000 – 2005, scientific and cultural advisor, Organisation for Educational Research and Curriculum Planning;
- 1999 – 2000, internal manager and secretary of editorial board, ‘MATIN’ – an Iranian academic quarterly journal.

Skills
- Arabic and English proficiency at the level of writing, translating, speaking and reading;
- German language, having completed the courses at the level of ‘Mittelstufe I’ and busy learning;
- Holding the highest degree in Iranian-Islamic calligraphy from The Iranian Calligraphers Association, equivalent to M.A. in Iranian Arts from Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in Iran;
- General computer and Internet applying skills, holding ICDL diploma.

Key publications

A. Books / articles in journals / contributions to books   
1. “Green Movement and the Politics of Small Thing: Prospects for Political Change in Iran,” upcoming, 2012.

2. Book entitled Enigma of the Universality of Human Rights, in Persian, upcoming, 2013

3. “Rethinking the Relationship between Politics and Ethics,” upcoming, Feb 2012.

4. “A Critical Rational Reading of Modern Religious Emancipatory Thought” in Persian.

5. “The Ethics of Religious Modern Thought” in Persian.

6. “Monistic Pluralism: A Critique of Abdolkarim Soroush’s Political Pluralism” in Persian.

7. “Green Logic: Delicate and Tough ” in Persian.

8. “Human Rights and Muslim Forms of Life,” Religion, International Relations and development Cooperation, Berma Klein Goldewijk (Ed.), Netherlands, Wageningen Academic Publishers, March 2007, ISBN: 978-90-8686-035-7, pp. 187-216.

9. “Islam between Culture and Politics, a book review,” National Studies, vol. vi, 2006, no. 21, pp. 143-158.

10. [original Persian title:] "amuzesh va parvaresh, siasat va hoviyat dar iran e emruz; ruykardi kasrat garayaneh," [English trans.:] "Education, Politics, and Identity in Today Iran: a Pluralist Approach," [original Persian title of the book:] nahad haye madani va hoviyat dar iran, [English trans.:] Civil Institutions and Identity in Iran, Davoud Gh. Zandi (ed.), Tehran: entesharat e tamaddone irani, 2007, ISBN: 964-9959-03-3, 133-152.

11. “A methodological Critique of Religious Pedagogy in K-12 Educational System in Iran,” in Persian, in Religious Pedagogy in Iran, Tehran, Iran Ministry of Education, 2002.

12. “A Theoretical Model for educational Reform in Iran,” in Educational Reform, Iran Ministry of Education, Tehran, 2002.

13. “Critical Rationalism and Educational Reform” in Curriculum Planning and Rational Education, Iranian Society of Curriculum Planning, Tehran, 2010.

14. [original Persian title:] "din bedune khoda," [English trans.:] “Religion without God,” (Summer 2005), Madrese, journal of the Institute for Epistemological Research, managed by Dr Abdolkarim Soroush, Tehran, vol. 1, 1, 90-94.

15. [original Persian title:] "kheslate ranginkamani va khassiyate aayinegi, naghdo barrasie naghde b. abdolkarimi bar ideye afsunzadegie jadide daryushe shayegan," [English trans.:] “The Iridescence Ethos and the Mirrorlikeness Virtue: An analytical criticism on B. Abdolkarimi’s critique of Daryush Shayegan’s Reénchantment idea,” (2005), in Abdolkarimi, B. (ed.), [original Persian title:] monism ya peluralism, tahlili az teorie ejtema'iye ontologic, [English trans.:] Monism or Pluralism, An Analysis of the Ontological Social Theory, Tehran, The Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations, ISBN: 964-5824-11-7, 85-106.

16. [original Persian title:] "ranginkamane eshraghe gharbi dar goftoguye ayinehaye shekaste, tahlili peluralisti az ideye afsunzadegie jadide daryushe shayegan" [English trans.:] “The Iridescence of Occidental Illumination in the Dialogue of broken Mirrors: A pluralistic analysis of Daryush Shayegan’s Reénchantment idea,” (2005), in Abdolkarimi, B. (ed.), [original Persian title:] monism ya peluralism, tahlili az teorie ejtema'iye ontologic, [English trans.:] Monism or Pluralism, An Analysis of the Ontological Social Theory, Tehran, The Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations, ISBN: 964-5824-11-7, 15-38.

17. [original Persian title:] "barrasie tahlilie nesbate erfan va siasat; moredpazhuhie ayatollah khomeini," [English trans.:] “Analytical relationship between Islamic Mysticism and Politics, case study of Ayatollah Khomeini,” (Autumn 2004), Name- ye-Mofid Scientific Quarterly, Mofid University, 44, 33-60.

18. [original Persian title:] pluralism e falsafeye isasie aisia berlin [English trans.:] “Pluralism of the Political Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin,” (Autumn 2001) in Rahbord, Tehran, 21, 262-278.

19. [original Persian title:] "sarmaghaale"ha [English trans.:] “Editorials” (1999-2000) in Matin Academic Quarterly Journal of Research Institute for History of the Islamic Revolution, 5 first issues.

20. [original Persian title:] nesbate ma'refate erfani ba ma'refate siasi [English trans.:] Political Knowledge and “Irfani” Knowledge Relationship, (2000) in MATIN Academic Quarterly, Tehran, vol.1, 3, 97-125.

B. Published contributions to academic conferences (selected)

1. [original Persian title:] nesbate din va hoghughe basher dar partove khaanesh haaye segane az eslam, [English trans.:] “Relationship between three readings of Islam and Human Rights,” (2003), in Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference of The Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights, held by UNESCO, UNDP and International Centre for Dialogue Among Civilizations, Mofid University, 17-18 May, 2003, 535-552.

2. [original Persian title:] mabaanie nazarie eslahat dar aamuzesho parvaresh dar iran, [English trans.:] "Theoretical Foundations of educational Reform in Iran," presented in International Conference on Educational Reform in Iran, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2001, published in the book titled "Theoretical Foundations of educational Reform in Iran," Tehran, Research Institute for Education, 2003, 4 volumes, vol. 1, 20-45.

3. [original Persian title:] "aghlaniyat: gozineshi akhlaghi; barnameye darsi va parvareshe shakhsiyate aghlani"[English trans.:] “Rationality: A Moral Choice; Curriculum and Rational Character Training,” delivered in the Seminar of Curriculum and Rational Character Training, held by the Iranian Curriculum Designing Association, 29 January 2002,Tehran; in Proceedings of the Seminar of Curriculum and Rational Character Training, ( Feb. 2003), 23-45.

4. [original Persian title:] naghdi ravesh shenakhti bar asibshenashihaye tarbiate dini [English trans.:] “A Methodological Criticism on Pathologies of Religious Pedagogy,” key article in seminar of “Pathology of Religious Pedagogy”, Iranian Ministry of Education, 2-3 January 2002, Tehran, published in ETTELA’AT newspaper, Tehran, 7-8 & 14 January 2002 and Proceedings of the seminar of “Pathology of Religious Pedagogy, vol. 1, 3-25.

C. Invite-Based Contributions to International Academic Workshops, Conferences and Seminars (selected)  

1. “A Critical rational Review of the Correspondence between Ibn Sina and Farabi” delivered in the conference Prince of Physicians: The Legacy of Avicenna in the Islamic World and the West, Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, January, 16, 2002.

2. “‘Westoxification' in Reverse: A Framework for an Intellectual History of Post-Revolutionary Iran” as part of the SMES/LUCIS Lecture Series, Leiden University, December 1, 2011.

3. “Westoxification in Reverse: Post-revolutionary Politics in Iran” delivered as part of the Wright Lecture Series, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, November, 24, 2011.

4. “Political Change and the Politics of Small Things” at the Centre for Governance and Human Rights, Department of Political Science studies, University of Cambridge, November 7, 2011.

5. “Politics of Small Things: How people are changing the politics through their everyday lives in Iran” University of Amsterdam, October 13, 2010, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam.

6. “Green Movement and Politics of Small Things in Iran,” Workshop on Resilience and Authoritarian Regimes, International Conference of Knowledge and Change, UvA and HIVOS, The Hague, September 2010.

7. “Fiqh and the Politics of Violence: From Discursive Indifference to Discursive Legitimisation (With Special Emphasis on the Post-Revolutionary Developments of Politicised Shi’i Fiqh), University of Exeter, September 2010.

8. “Muslim Modern Thinkers and Social Change: Necessity of a Paradigmatic Shift (with Special Emphasis on Human Rights),” keynote speech in the conference Muslim Modern Thought: Hermeneutics and Change, Isfahan university of Technology, 17th of Dec. 2007.

9. Granted to Participate and present the paper “From Universalism to Universality: Prospects of a Paradigm Shift” in the ESF-LiU Conference Human Dignity: From Cultural Traditions to a New Paradigm in Wadstena, Sweden, 31st of Oct. to 4th of Nov. 2007.

10. Participating and presenting the paper "Human Rights as Fairness" in the Fourth International Mofid Conference on Human Rights and Religion, The Center for Human Rights Studies, Qom, Iran, 16-17 May 2007;

11. Invited to deliver a lecture titled "Why, Which and How Human Rights Do Matter in an Era of Multiculturalism?" in the workshop From Monologue to Dialogue: International Relations and Human Rights, held by the University of Amsterdam (UvA), 28 March 2007;

12. Granted to participate and present a paper in the Summer Academy of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, “Islam and the Repositioning of Religion,” Essen, 16-30 July 2006 to present a research paper titled “A Cultural Approach towards Democracy and Human Rights in Iran”: ;

13. Granted to participate and present a paper in the workshop "Archetypes of Liminality: Cultural Patterns of Apostasy, Heresy, and Conversion in the Monotheistic Milieu," WIKO, Berlin, 22 to 25 April 2004;

14. Participating and presenting a paper titled "Iranian Modern Religious Intellectuals’ Debate: Between Theory and Practice" in the 10th DAVO Congress; 20th – 22nd December, 2003, Hamburg: ;

15. Granted to participate in the Summer Academy of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, “Jewish and Islamic Hermeneutics as Cultural Critique,” Berlin, 3-13 Aug. 2003, to present a research paper titled “Comparative Interdisciplinary Study on Hermeneutical Criteria of Distinguishing between Core and Margin in Mystical-Experience-Oriented Interpretation of the Holy Qur’an”: .

Teaching

Academic
- October 2011-December 2012, teaching Modern Middle East and Middle East in the 20^th Century at Leiden Institute for Area Studies.
- 1999-2007, teaching courses in the Departments of Political Science, Quranic Studies and Philosophy, Mofid University and Open University

BA courses
1. Western Political Thought (A) & (B)
2. Methodology and Philosophy of Political Science (A) & (B)
3. Political Renovation and Change: Theories of Human Rights Development and Democratization
4. Roots of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, (guest lecturer, Department of Political Science, Open University, Tehran)
5. Political Philosophy (guest lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Mofid University)
6. Applied Logic, Methods of Critical Thinking for Political Thought
7. Political Theories in 20th Century (guest lecturer, Department of Political Science, Free University, Qom)

MA courses
8. Islam and Modernity, guest lecturer, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London.
9. Advanced “Foundations of Political Science” (guest lecturer, Department of the Qoranic Studies, Mofid University)
10. Classics of Political Thought in Islam and Iran
11. Modern Political Thought in the Muslim World
12. Recent Political Theories in Political Science
13. Iran, Islam and Modernity: Human Rights and Democratization
14. Advanced Methodology
15. Professional English for Political Science
16. Supervising 5 M.A. theses in the Department of Political Science, Mofid University
17. Busy supervising 1 M.A. thesis in the Center for Human Rights Studies, Mofid University

Other Experiences
- 1996 – 1998, teaching two courses, “Methodology of Human Sciences” and “Islamic Culture” at high schools, Tehran;
- 1998, planning and moderating the weekly radio program, “Let’s Think” through IRIB radio channel for Iranian youth, with a topic of “applying methods of critical thinking in social issues”;
- 1996, designing and participating in administrating “Teaching Evaluation Plan for the Islamic Sciences Courses” at the Imam Sadiq University, Educational Planning Office;
- 1996–1998, participating in establishing the Students Representation Institution (student-guided Council) at the Imam Sadiq University, as well as being secretary general of the central council;
- 1995 –1998, participation in commissioning the first student research group for “critical reading of the complete writings of Mortaza Motahhari at the Imam Sadiq University”;
- 1995 –1998, commissioning the student centre for “professional studies of political thought” at the Imam Sadiq University.

Grants & Awards

Fellowships
- EURIAS Fellowship at NIAS (the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies), 2012-2013
- By-Fellowship, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 2011
- Research Fellowship, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge, 2011
- Research Fellowship, Centre for Governance and Human Rights, Cambridge, 2011
- Departmental Fellowship, 2008-09, UCL
- Fellowship, Summer Academy, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen, 2007
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 2003-04
- Fellowship, Summer Academy, Wissenschaftskollege zu Berlin, 2003

Funded research
- 2011 and ongoing, Transformations of the conception and perception of violence in the Muslim world mirrored in the literature, and the legal, ethical and theological scholarship, CRASSH, CGHR, Cambridge
- 2009-2010, A critical analysis of the Muslim Approaches to Democratisation and Promotion of Human Rights and Civil Society, UvA;
- 2005, Rethinking the Relationship among Islam, Human Rights and Democracy: a cultural approach, Institute for National Studies, Tehran, Iran;
- 2002 to 2003, A Comparative Study on Cultural Diversity and Globalisation Trend, with Special Emphasis on Human Rights and Education, Organisation for Educational Research and Curriculum Planning, Tehran, Iran;
- 2002, Typology of Pathologies of Religious Pedagogy in Iranian Education System, Organization for Educational Research and Curriculum Planning;
- 2001, Theoretical Basis of Curriculum Planning in Iran: A Pathological Approach, Research Institute for Curriculum and Innovation.