Ali Gheissari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Law and Political Science, University of Tehran (BA) Sociology of Knowledge, University of Essex (MA) History, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford (D.Phil.) |
| Thesis | The Ideological Formation of the Iranian Intelligentsia: From the Constitutional Movement to the Fall of the Monarchy (1989) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History of Modern Iran |
| Institutions | University of San Diego |
Ali Gheissari (born 1954) is an Iranian historian and sociologist. He is research associate of history at the University of San Diego and has research interest in the intellectual history of modern Iran and in modern philosophy and social theory. He has been visiting professor of religious studies at Brown University,Iranian Studies at St. Antony's College,Oxford,and History of Modern Iran at the University of California,Irvine. He is known for his works on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran. He is on the editorial board of Iran Studies book series published by Brill,and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Iranian Studies . [1] [2] [3] [4]
Iranian Studies (English and Persian)
Philosophy and Social Theory (Persian)