Visiting Fellow
Dr Pejman Abdolmohammadi joined the MEC as Visiting Fellow in March 2015. He is also Lecturer of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at John Cabot University in Rome. His PhD dissertation has been published as a book entitled La Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran: il pensiero politico dell'Ayatollah Khomeini (De Ferrari, 2009). His research and teaching activities focus on the politics and history of modern Iran, the intellectual history of Iran, geopolitics of the Persian Gulf, and international relations of the Middle East. As an Iranian-Italian Scholar, Dr. Abdolmohammadi gives his comments and analyses regarding Middle Eastern issues on the Italian National TV, RAIUNO and BBC Persian. He collaborates as expert on the Middle East, and especially Iranian politics, with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in Milan (ISPI). In the Fall of 2014, he was Visiting Lecturer in the Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki. He was also previously Visiting Researcher, through a DAAD Grant, at the Islamicwissenschaft Institute of the University of Kiel in Germany. His newest book Modern Iran: Between Domestic Affairs and International Relations was published by Mondadori, Italy's leading publisher, in October 2015.
Contact Details
Email: p.abdolmohammadi@lse.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)207 955 7530; +39 (0)347 5022310
Research Interests
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Iranian Politics and Foreign Affairs
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Iranian Intellectual History
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Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf
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International Relations of Middle East
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Democratisation in Middle East
Selected Publications
Books
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Abdolmohammadi, P., 2009. La Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran: Il pensiero politico dell’Ayatollah Khomeini. Genoa: De Ferrari Editore.
Articles/book chapters
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History, National Identity and Myths in the Iranian Contemporary Political Thought: Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh (1812-1878), Mirza Agha Khan Kermani (1853-1896) and Hassan Taqizadeh (1878-1970). In: “Perceptions of Iran: History, Myths and Nationalism from Medieval Persia to the Islamic Republic”, (ed. Ali Ansari), London: I.B. Tauris, 2014, pp. 27-38.
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The Political Thought of Mirzā Aqā Khān Kermāni, The Father of Persian National Liberalism, In "Oriente Moderno", Brill, Rome, vol. 94, 1/2014, pp. 148-161.
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The Islamic State in the Shiite Political Thought: from quetism until interventism, in: “Il concetto ambiguo di Stato Islamico” (The Ambigous Theory of Islam State), In "Journal of Storia del Pensiero Politico”, il Mulino, Bologna, 3/2014.
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"Gas and Geopolitics: New Perspectives for a StrategicAlliance between Middle East and the West in an Anti-Russia Stance?”, in Italian Review of Geopolitics and international affairs (ISPI), 1/2015.
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The Utopia of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, In “Limes” (Italian Review of Geopolitics), Rome, Gruppo Editoriale Espresso, n. 9/2013, pp. 131-140.
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The Presidential Elections in Iran: a political analysis, In “Limesonline” (Italian Review of Geopolitics), Rome, Espresso, 5/2013.
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The modern Iran: between political Islam and secular trends, In: “Diritto e Religioni” Catanzaro, Pellegrini Editor, vol. 2, 2011, pp. 339-353, ISSN: 1970-5301.
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Iran and Iraq and the Shiite Triangle, In: “Panorama 2013” (Specialised Magazine of the Italian Ministry of Defence), Rome, G.A.N. Editor, pp. 143-149.
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Iran and U.S. relations: military intervention, political compromise or Persian reneissance?, In “Limesonline”, Rome, Espresso, 10/2012.