Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Degree
Ph.D., American University, 1990
Specialties
Middle East, comparative politics, international relations
Personal Website
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/mborouje/
Courses
Politics of the Middle East
International Relations of the Middle East
Politics of Iran
Representations of the Middle East
Publications
2010. “Iran”. In Ellen Lust (ed.), The Middle East (12th edition). Washington: Congressional Quarterly, pp. 411-436.
2010. “Iran’s Power Structure” and “Iran’s Political Elite” (with Korush Rahimkhani). In Robin Wright (ed.), The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, pp. 219-226.
2010. Tarashidam, Parastidam, Shikastam: Guftarhay-i dar Siyasat va Huvyiyat-i Irani [I Carved, Worshiped and Shattered: Essays on Iranian Politics and Identity] (in Persian). Tehran: Nashr-e Negah-e Mo`aser, 1389.
2007. “Iranian Nuclear Miasma” (with Todd Fine), Syracuse Law Review, 57: 3, pp. 619-635.
2006. “‘The West’ in the Eyes of the Iranian Intellectuals of the Interwar Years (1919-1939),” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 26: 3, pp. 391-401.
2004. “The Reformist Movement in Iran.” In Daniel Heradstveit and Helge Hveem, eds. Oil in the Gulf: Obstacles to Democracy and Development, pp. 63-71. London: Ashgate.
1996. Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Research Interests
My general interests are in the areas of non-Western political thought and Middle Eastern politics.
Research Projects
I am currently engaged in a large scale study of political elite in post-revolutionary Iran supported by a grant from the United States Institute of Peace.