Academic Profile
1991-93 Tehran University guest student, 1995-98 Research Associate of Tokyo University, 1998-preseent Tenured teaching staff of Meiji University (Lecturer-Associate Professor- Professor)
Sample Publications
“Can Japan embrace a Mullim Public? A study on responses to newcomer Muslims,” K.OHTSUKA & D. Eickelman eds., Crossing Boundaries; Gender, the Public, and the Private in Contemporary Muslim Societies(Studia Cultura islamica no.89) pp.91-118 Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo 2008 "A Study Concerning Maqtal Documents," C.Melvill ed. Proceedings of the Third Europen Conference of Iranian Studies Part 2 Medieval and Modern Persian Studies 219-236 Dr.Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 1999
Scholarly Interests
Political Culture, Iranian networking, culture in the age of globalization, identity politics, image construction, narrative, shi'i ritual and society, female Muslim athletes
Current Position
Professor,
Meiji University