Abbas Vali
Abbas Vali (born 1949) is an Iranian political and social theorist specialising in modern and contemporary political thought and modern Middle Eastern Politics.
Biography
[edit]Vali was born in 1949 in Mahabad, Iran. He obtained a BA in Political Science from the National University of Iran in 1973. He then moved to the UK to continue his graduate studies in modern political and social theory. He obtained an MA in Politics from the University of Keele in 1976. He then received his PhD in Sociology from the University of London in 1983.[1]
Vali was an academic at the University of Wales, Swansea, from 1985 to 2004, and in the Department of Sociology at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul from 2004 to 2006.[2] He became president of the University of Kurdistan Hewler[3] until 2008. Vali then returned to Boğaziçi University until 2017, when the Turkish government revoked his work permit over his protests against Turkish crackdowns on the Kurds.[4]
Selected works
[edit]- Pre-Capitalist Iran: A Theoretical History, New York: New York University Press, 1993.[5]
- Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, (ed.), Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 2003.[6]
- Kurds and the State in Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity, London, I.B. Tauris, 2014.[7]
- The Forgotten Years of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Professor Abbas Vali". Washington Kurdish Institute. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Author biography from Publisher web page for Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Matur, Bejan (2 June 2007). "We are training the future leaders of Kurdistan". Today's Zaman. Kurdish Institute of Paris. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Noémi Levy-Aksu and Abbas Vali". Academic Freedom Monitoring Project. Scholars at Risk. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ Reviews of Pre-Capitalist Iran:
- Hamit Bozarslan, CEMOTI, Cahiers d'Études sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le monde Turco-Iranien, [1]
- John Foran, International Journal of Middle East Studies, doi:10.1017/S0020743800062012, JSTOR 176105; Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, doi:10.1080/10669929608720086
- Ali Akbar Mahdi, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, JSTOR 195501; Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, doi:10.1080/10669929608720085
- ^ Reviews of Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism:
- Michael M. Gunter, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, doi:10.1017/S0026318400047167, JSTOR 23062829
- Eden Naby, Iranian Studies, doi:10.1017/S002108620002483X, JSTOR 4311882
- ^ Reviews of Kurds and the State in Iran:
- Cüneyt Doğrusözlü, Ortadoğu Yilliği, [2]
- Joe Ellery, Jo Manby, & James West, Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World, ProQuest 1525465191
- Brendan O’Leary, "The Kurds, the Four Wolves, and the Great Powers", The Journal of Politics, JSTOR 26551143
- Michael Rubin, Middle East Quarterly, ProQuest 1641986820
- ^ Reviews of The Forgotten Years of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran:
- Michael M. Gunter, Middle East Journal, JSTOR 26933175
- Martin van Bruinessen, Kurdish Studies Archive, doi:10.1163/9789004726215_010
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