Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor Shahram AkbarzadehIslamic Studies Professional AddressRoom 240 Tel: + 61 3 8344 8895
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Degrees, Qualifications
| 1998 | Ph.D., LaTrobe University, Australia |
| 1992 | M.A. in Russian and East European Studies, Birmingham University, United Kingdom |
Principal Publications
Books- Co-authored with Kylie Baxter: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East (London: Routledge, 2008)
- Co-edited with Benjamin MacQueen: Islam and Human Rights (London: Routledge, 2008)
- Co-edited with Fethi Mansouri: Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West (London and NY: IB Tauris, 2007)
- Co-edited with Fethi Mansouri: Political Islam and Human Security (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006).
- Sole edited: Islam and Globalization: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies (4 Volumes), London: Routledge, 2006. More Information and Order Online
- Sole-authored: Uzbekistan and the United States: Islamism, Authoritarianism and Washington's Security Agenda, London: Zed Books, 2005. More Information and Order Online
- Co-edited with Samina Yasmeen: Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia, Sydney: UNSWPress, 2005. More Information and Order Online
- Co-edited with Abdullah Saeed: Islam and Political Legitimacy, London: Routledge/Curzon Press, 2003. More Information and Order Online
- Co-authored with Kamol Abdullaev: Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan, Lanham, Md. & London: Scarecrow Press, 2002. More Information and Order Online
- Co-edited with Abdullah Saeed: Muslim Communities in Australia, Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2001. Order Online
- Co-authored with Benjamin MacQueen: ‘Framing the debate on Islam and human rights’ in Shahram Akbarzadeh & Benjamin MacQueen (eds): Islam and Human Rights (London: Routledge, 2008), pp. 1-11.
- Co-authored with Benjamin MacQueen: ‘Islamic reformism and human rights in Iraq’ in Shahram Akbarzadeh & Benjamin MacQueen (eds): Islam and Human Rights (London: Routledge, 2008), pp.52-74.
- Co-authored with Fethi Mansouri: ‘Contextualising New Islamism’, in Shahram Akbarzadeh & Fethi Mansouri (eds). Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West (London and NY: IB Tauris, 2007). pp. 1-12.
- Co-authored with Kylie Baxter: "The rise of anti-Americanism in the Middle East", in Brendon O'Connor (ed), The Global Rise of Anti-Americanism (Greenwood Press, 2007). pp. 281-302.
- "Globalization of Islam", in Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke & Jim George (eds). Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press).
- "Islam on the global stage", in Shahram Akbarzadeh & Samina Yasmeen:Islam and the West. UNSW Press, 2005, pp. 1-12.
- Co-authored with Kylie Baxter: "In search of the Caliphate", in Shahram Akbarzadeh & Samina Yasmeen: Islam and the West, UNSWPress, 2005, pp. 26-44.
- Co-authored with Rafis Abazov: "The Politics of Status Quo in Central Asia", in Albrecht Schnabel and David Carment (eds), Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Reality: Organizations and Institutions, Lexington Books, June 2004.
- "Calculating the Risk in Central Asia - the case of Uzbekistan", in Marika Vicziany, David Wright-Neville & Pete Lentini (eds), Regional Security in the Asia Pacific: 9/11 and After, Edward Elgar, 2004.
- "Islam & the State", in Akbarzadeh & Saeed (eds), Islam and Political Legitimacy, Routledge/Curzon Press, 2003.
- "The Islamic Dilemma in Uzbekistan", in Akbarzadeh & Saeed (eds),Islam and Political Legitimacy, Routledge/Curzon Press, 2003
- Co-authored with A Saeed: "Islam and Politics", in Akbarzadeh & Saeed (eds), Islam and Political Legitimacy, Routledge/Curzon Press, 2003.
- "Unity or Fragmentation?", in Saeed & Akbarzadeh (eds) Muslim Communities in Australia, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, September 2001, pp.228-34.
- Co-authored, "Searching for Identity: Muslims in Australia", in Saeed & Akbarzadeh (eds) Muslim Communities in Australia, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, September 2001, pp.1-11.
- "The Soviet Union: Collapse of the USSR and Formation of Independent Republics", History Behind the Headlines, Michigan, The Gale Group (2000), pp.252-65.
- "Reformism in the Bukharan Khanate", in David Christian & Craig Benjamin (eds), World of the Silk Roads: Ancient and Modern, Belgium, Brepols (1998), pp.165-180. Reprinted in 2000.
- Co-authored with Rebecca Barlow: ‘Prospects for Feminism in the Islamic Republic of Iran’, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol.30, No.1 (February 2008), pp. 21-40
- "Uzbekistan and the United States: Friends or Foes?", Middle East Policy, Vol. 14, No.1 (Spring 2007), pp.107-116
- Co-authored with Rebecca Barlow: "Islamic feminism caught between reconstruction and reform", Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 8 (December 2006), pp. 1481-1494
- "Geo-politics versus Democracy in Tajikistan", Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Fall 2006), pp. 563-¬578.
- "Islam in Global Politics", Keynotes, June 2006, pp.1-7
- 'Does Hamas Victory Advance Peace in the Middle East?", Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, No.2, 2006, pp. 201-6.
- Co-authored with Kylie Connor: "The Organization of Islamic Conference: Sharing an Illusion" Middle East Policy, Vol.12, No.2 (Summer 2005), pp.1-14.
- "Where is the Islamic Republic of Iran heading?"' Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol.59, No.1 (March 2005), pp.25-38.
- "US-Uzbek partnership and democratic reforms", Nationalities Papers, Vol.32, No.2 (June 2004), pp.271-287.
- "Keeping Central Asia stable", Third World Quarterly, Vol.25, No.4 (June 2004), pp.689-705.
- " India and Pakistan's geostrategic rivalry in Central Asia",Contemporary South Asia, Vol.12, No. 2
(June 2003), pp.219-228. - "Political Islam in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan", Central Asian Survey, London, Vol.20, No.4 (2001), pp.449-63.
- "Uzbekistan Looks West", Russian and Euro-Asian Bulletin, Vol.8, No.4, April 1999, pp.1-8.
- "National Identity and Political Legitimacy in Turkmenistan",Nationalities Papers, Vol.27, No.2 (1999), pp.271-290.
- "How the Elite Survives in Uzbekistan", Political Expressions, Vol.2, No.1 (1998), pp.31-45.
- "Islamic Clerical Establishment in Central Asia", South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.20, No.2 (December 1997), pp.73-102.
- "The Political Shape of Central Asia", Central Asian Survey, London, Vol.16, No.4 (1997), pp.517-42.
- "A Note on Shifting Identities in the Ferghana Valley", Central Asian Survey, London, Vol.16, No.1 (1997), pp.65-8.
- "Why Did Nationalism Fail in Tajikistan?", Europe-Asia Studies formerly Soviet Studies, Vol.48, No.7 (November 1996), pp.1105-29.
- "Nation-Building in Uzbekistan", Central Asian Survey, London, Vol.15, No.1 (1996), pp.23-32.