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Khashayar Ostovany

PhD

Academic Profile

2013 Ph.D., Sociology and Historical Studies; The New School for Social Research, New York City, NY.

2000 M.A., Sociology and Historical Studies; The New School for Social Research, New York City, NY. Fields of study: historical and political sociology.

1981 B.S., Electrical Engineering; University of Nevada, Reno, NV.

Scholarly Interests

Religion, society, culture and politics in Iran since early 20th century; comparative history and politics of the modern Middle East; sociology of religion; sociology of radical religious movements in the Middle East.
The inter-relationship among domestic socio-economic inequality, economic globalization, and the emergence of religious fundamentalism.

CV

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Current Position

Independent Scholar, none