Senior Lecturer\Reader Dept. Politics and International Relations University of Wales, Swansea

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1 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Abbas Vali Dept. Sociology, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: and Education and Qualifications BA Political Science (1973) National University of Iran, Tehran, Iran MA Politics (1997) University of Keele, Staffordshire, UK Ph.D. Sociology (1983) Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Employment 2008-Present Professor Dept. Sociology, Bogazici University, Istanbul Vice Chancellor (Rector) University of Kurdistan, Erbil, Iraq Senior Lecturer\Reader Dept. Politics and International Relations University of Wales, Swansea Lecturer University of Wales, Swansea Research Officer (ESRC) Department of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London Visiting Professorships Visiting Professor Centre for Fro-Asian Studies University of Uppsala Sweden Visiting Professor Department of Sociology University of Bogazici Turkey

2 2 Teaching Experience: Undergraduate Teaching University of Wales Swansea ( ) ( ): The Modern State Modern Ideologies Class, Nation and Politics Political Sociology Postcolonial State Politics and Society in Contemporary Middle East Power and Governance History of Political Thought Nationalism and State Formation in the Middle East: Political Classics: Hobbes to Weber University of Bogazici: ( ) (2008-Present) Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East Theories of Class, Nation and National Identity Political Classics: Machiavelli to Marx Classical Social Theory Marxism to Deconstruction University of Kurdistan Erbil: ( ) The Modern State Bogazici University: (2008-Present) Theories of Class, Nation and Nationalism Islam, Modernity and Political Dissent in the Middle East Modern Political Classics: Machiavelli to Marx Graduate Teaching University of Wales Swansea ( ) ( ) Power, Sovereignty and Identity: From Machiavelli to Foucault Postmodernism and Political Reason Conceptual Issues in Social Research Islam, Modernity and Political Dissent in the Middle East International Relations of the Middle East University of Uppsala: ( ) Politics and Culture in Modern Iran University of Bogazici: ( ) (2008-Present) Power, Law and Violence Enlightenment, History and Politics Foundations of Post-Structuralist Thought

3 3 University of Erbil: ( ) Conceptual Analysis in Modern Politics PhD Supervision I supervised 13 PhD students during my years in Swansea; all but one have successfully completed and obtained their degrees. Topics included Modern Political and Social Theory, Post-Colonial State, Modern Middle Eastern History and Politics, Iranian History, Politics and Culture, Kurdish History and Politics. In Erbil I supervised 4 PhD students at the Dept. of Politics and International Relations writing their theses on aspects of Kurdish history and politics. Administrative Responsibilities University of Wales Swansea ( ) I have taken on a wide range of administrative roles at various points during my time at Swansea, including Admissions Tutor, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Chair of Research Committee, Chair of Departmental Examination Board, and Undergraduate Course Coordinator. I have also been departmental representative to various university committees, including Faculty Research Boards (Humanities and Social and Political Studies). University of Kurdistan Erbil ( ) Vice-Chancellor Head of Department of Politics and International Relations Research interests Political and Historical Sociology of Middle Eastern Societies in particular processes of state formation and the construction of the nation and national identity in Iran, Iraq and Turkey Modernity, the Nation-State and Stateless Nations in the Middle East: Kurds and Palestinians Modern Political and Social Thought especially Marxism, Structuralism and Contemporary Post-Structuralist Thought on issues related to Sovereignty, Power and Violence. Languages Kurdish, Persian, Azeri and English Arabic and French (Reading only) Turkish (Intermediate)

4 4 Publications (in English) (Publications in Persian, Turkish and Kurdish are not included) Books Pre-Capitalist Iran : A Theoretical History, (London: I.B. Tauris,!993), pp [ISBN ] Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, (Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers 2003), pp. 234 [ISBN X] Modernity and the Stateless: Sovereignty and the Dialectics of Violence in Iran, (London: I. B. Tauris, 2011) The Kurds and the State in Modern Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity, (London: I. B. Tauris, 2011) Kurdish Nationalism in Iran: The Forgotten Years ( ) (Istanbul: Avesta Publishers, 2012 Contributions to Edited Works Characterisation of the Organisation and Relations of Production in Iranian Agriculture , in G. Stauth (ed.): Iran: Pre-Capitalism, Capitalism and Revolution, (Fort Lauderdale: University of Florida Press, 1980), pp [ISBN ] Politics and Ideology in the Kurdish National Movement in Iran in C. Borck et al (eds.): Ethnizitat, Nationalismus und Religion in Kurdistan, (Munster: LIT Verlag, 1996), pp [ISBN ] Genealogies of the Kurds: Constructions of Nation and National Identity in Kurdish Historical Writing in A. Vali (ed.): Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, (Costa Mesa: Mazda 2002), pp [ISBN X] Nationalism and the Question of Origins in A. Vali (ed.): Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, (Costa Mesa: Mazda 2002) [ISBN X] The Nation-State and the Kurds in the Modern Middle East in Jabbar, A (ed.): The Kurds: Nationalism and Politics, (London: Saqi Books, 2006) [ISBN ]

5 5 Academic Journal Articles The Concept of Democracy and Kurdish Autonomy in Revolutionary Iran, Studia Kurdica, no.1. (1984), pp Factionalism and Political Discourse in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Economy and Society, Vol. 14, no. 3. (1985), pp (with S. D. Zubaida) Theoretical Remarks on the Development of Commodity Relations and the Integration of Iranian Economy into the Capitalist World Market, Studia Kurdica, no. 2. (1989), pp Theory and Fact in the Historiography of Pre-Capitalist Iran, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis, Vol. 10. no. 1. (1994), pp Genese et Structure du Nationalisme Kurde en Iran, Peuples Mediterraneens, nos (1994), pp The Making of Kurdish Identity in Iran Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East, Vol. 4. no. 1. (1995), pp Writing Iranian History: Objective Truths and Discursive Constructs, Critique, Vol. 5, no.8. (1996), pp Nationalism and Kurdish Historical Writing, New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 7, no. 14. (1996), pp Kurdish Identity, Civil Society and Citizenship in the Middle East, War Reports, no. 47. (1996), pp.3-15 The Concept of the Asiatic Mode of Production and the Definition of Iran as an Asiatic Society, Political and Economic Quarterly, nos (1997), pp Kurdish Nationalism in Iran: The Formative Period , The Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 11. no. 2. (1997), pp.1-12 The Kurds and Their Others: Fragmented Identity and Fragmented Politics, Comparative Studies of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. XVIII, no. 2. (1999), pp Modernity and Political Reason, Politics, no.1. (2002), pp Reflections on the Nature of the Current Political Crisis in Iran International Journal of Middle East Studies, forthcoming 2012 Official Academic Reports The Islamisation of the State in Post-Revolutionary Iran , First Progress Report to the ESRC ( May 1882) (with S. D. Zubaida)

6 6 Religion and the Intelligentsia in the Islamic Revolution, End of Grant Report to the ESRC (June 1984) (with S. D. Zubaida) The Politics of the Stateless Nations: The Kurds in the Contemporary Middle East, End of Grant Report to the ESRC (October 1995) Work in Progress Currently working on a book on Crisis of Sovereignty and Prospects for Democratic Change in Iran Conference papers I have presented papers at a large number of academic conferences and seminars (around 120) in Britain, Europe, the United States and various Middle Eastern countries, chiefly on topics relating to the history and politics of Middle Eastern societies. Other academic activities Research grants and fellowships ESRC research award for project The Politics of the Stateless Nations, 25,000 External Examiner for Ph D Theses I have acted as external examiner for doctoral theses at a number of British and European universities, including Essex, Manchester, Durham, Kent Canterbury, Leeds, Uppsala, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki and Tampere Editorial board membership Founding member of editorial board, Etudes kurdes: revue semestrielle de recherches, a bilingual journal of Middle East studies published by L Harmattan, Paris Professional organisations Member of British Middle East Studies Association; European Middle East Studies Association; Middle East Studies Association of North America Conference organisation Departmental conferences, Gregynog Conference Centre, Wales: 1991: The Gulf War and the New World Order 1992: Postmodernism and Political Discourse 1996: Weber and Non-European Societies International conferences, University of Wales Swansea: 1988: New Directions in Socialism 2003: In the Shadow of 9/11: Islam and Political Dissent in the Middle East 2006: Iran since the Revolution: Political and Cultural Transformation (in collaboration with Middle East Centre, St. Antony s College, Oxford University and the Centre for Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Leiden )

7 7 References Professor Robert Bideleux Department of Politics and International Relations University of Swansea Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP UK Professor Nukhet Sirman Dept. Sociology University of Bogazici Bebek Istanbul Turkey Professor Bruce Haddock School of European Studies University of Cardiff Park Place PO Box 908 Cardiff CF10 3YQ UK

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