Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh
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Arabic and Islamic Studies Room 215 Tel: + 61 3 8344 8895
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Background
Assoc. Prof. Akbarzadeh completed his MA in Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University (1992) and his PhD at La Trobe University (1998). Assoc. Prof. Akbarzadeh has taught International Relations, Russian politics, and Middle Eastern politics.
In 2000 Assoc.Prof. Akbarzadeh was the Middle East Studies conference co-convener and served as the Central and West Asia Councillor for the Asian Studies Association of Australia (1999-2004). He has promoted Asian studies through contacts with industry and the academia by research and publication. He guest edited a special issue of Asian Studies Review on the Middle East (Vol.25, No.2, 2001) and a special issue of the Journal of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies on Globalisation (Vol. 5, No.2, 2000). He has published in many refereed journals. Among his latest publications are a co-edited book on Muslim Communities in Australia, and a co-authored book on Tajikistan. Between 1999 and 2004 he co-edited the internationally refereed journal of Global Change, Peace & Security (formerly Pacifica Review), published by Taylor and Francis in the United Kingdom.
Assoc. Prof. Akbarzadeh has produced a report for the Australian Research Council, (ARC) Researching Islam in Australia. He is also a regular media commentator on issues relating to political Islam and the Middle East with opinion pieces in The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and Eureka Street.
Research Interests
Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh researches the politics of Central Asia and the Middle East, political Islam, and US relations with the Muslim world. He is deputy Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (NCEIS).