Nura Alia Hossainzadeh Princeton University 110 Jones Hall

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1 Nura Alia Hossainzadeh Princeton University 110 Jones Hall Princeton, NJ Telephone: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE September Lecturer May 2018 Princeton University Department of Near Eastern Studies Princeton, NJ August Postdoctoral Fellow Washington, D.C. May 2017 Georgetown University Department of Government EDUCATION Summer 2016 Berkeley, CA Ph.D., Political Science Dissertation: The Constitutionalism of Ruhollah Khomeini s Theory of Guardianship Dissertation Committee Members: Mark Bevir (chair), Kinch Hoekstra, Shannon Stimson, Hamid Algar Subfield Qualifications: History of Political Thought, Contemporary Political Theory, Comparative Analysis 2008 Berkeley, CA M.A., Political Science Jami at Al-Zahra Qom, Iran Seminary of Islamic Studies 2006 Harvard College Cambridge, MA A.B., Concentration: Government Foreign Language Citation: Persian 1

2 PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Democratic and Constitutionalist Elements in Khomeini s Unveiling of Secrets and Islamic Government, Journal of Political Ideologies 21:1 (2016). Ruhollah Khomeini s Political Thought: Elements of Guardianship, Consent, and Representative Government, Journal of Shi a Islamic Studies 7:2 (2014). Book Chapters: Democratic Themes in Ruhollah Khomeini s Public Speeches, Statements, and Correspondence: , In Comparative Democratic Theory, edited by Diego von Vacano, Cambridge University Press, (Forthcoming). Michel Foucault and Ali Shari ati on Shi ite Political Spirituality, In Creolizing Shari ati, edited by Max Hantel, Rowan and Littlefield, (Forthcoming). Conference Proceeding: Political Thought in Contemporary Iran: Ayatollah Javadi Amoli s Theory of Guardianship, In Proceedings from Afro-Middle East Centre Conference, Political Islam: Conceptualising Power between Islamic States and Muslim Social Movements, January 2015; Pretoria, South Africa. (Spring 2016). ARTICLE MANUSCRIPT UNDER REVIEW (Revise and Resubmit, The Review of Politics) The Constitutionalism of Ruhollah Khomeini s Political Thought BOOK MANUSCRIPT IN PROGRESS The Constitutionalism of Ruhollah Khomeini s Theory of Guardianship TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Studies Princeton University Courses Taught: Modern Iran Fall 2017 Liberalism, Democracy, and Iranian Political Thought Fall

3 Instructor, Department of Government Georgetown University Comparative Political Theory Spring 2017 Lecturer, San Francisco State University Courses Taught: Political Science 200: American Politics Spring 2013 Political Science 150: Contemporary Moral and Political Issues Fall 2012 Political Science 551: Judicial Process Fall 2012 Head Graduate Student Instructor Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics Spring 2011 Served as the head graduate student instructor (GSI) among seven graduate student instructors for this course. In addition to having the responsibilities of the regular GSI appointment, the head GSI is responsible for overseeing the GSI team and working to ensure equity within the course. Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 4: Introduction to Political Theory, UC Berkeley, Spring 2014 Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 171: California Politics, UC Berkeley, Fall 2013 Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 116z: Modern Arab Political Thought, UC Berkeley, Spring 2013 Graduate Student Instructor, Legal Studies 151: Law, Self & Society, UC Berkeley, Fall 2011 Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics, UC Berkeley, Fall 2010; Summer 2010; Fall 2009; Fall 2008 Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 112d: History of European Political Theory: The Twentieth Century, UC Berkeley, Spring 2010 Graduate Student Instructor, Political Science 4: Introduction to Political Theory, UC Berkeley, Spring

4 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE Member, Executive Committee Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University Involved in managing Center activities, which include organizing events and supporting research initiatives and teaching that increase knowledge of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. Co-Director, Political Theory Speaker Series, Georgetown University Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Working with two other Georgetown faculty members, arranged for scholars of political theory from other universities with interests in a variety of topics to present their recent work at Georgetown. Coordinator, Islam and Politics Working Group Spring 2012 Coordinated meetings for a working group, sponsored by The Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program at UC Berkeley, on Islam and politics. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Mark Rozance Memorial Dissertation Award Spring 2016 Awarded $800 by UC Berkeley s for meritorious work in the history of political thought. The award is granted to students in the penultimate stage of their dissertation and is designed to offset fees associated with filing a dissertation. Departmental Finishing Fellowship Fall 2014 Awarded $8,000 by UC Berkeley s for support during the final stages of dissertation work. Al Falah Program for Islamic Studies, Yusuf Hamza Abduljawad Student Fellowship Spring 2013 Awarded $6,000 by UC Berkeley s Center for Middle Eastern Studies in support of my dissertation research and writing in the academic year. Fellowship is intended to support work by graduate students on Islam-related topics. Graduate Division Summer Grant Spring 2013 Awarded $3500 by UC Berkeley s Graduate Division in support of my dissertation research and writing in the Summer of Dean s Normative Time Fellowship Spring 2010 Awarded two semesters of stipend and fee coverage by UC Berkeley s Graduate Division for advancing to doctoral candidacy by the earliest date possible the end of the third year of graduate study. 4

5 Outstanding GSI (Graduate Student Instructor) Award Spring 2010 One of eight GSIs in the to receive this award. Awards were determined by faculty nomination and by overall satisfaction scores as assessed by student evaluations. Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Summer 2008 Awarded fellowship of $3,300 for intensive summer study of Arabic syntax and morphology at Jami at Al-Zahra, a seminary of Islamic studies. Mellon Research Grant, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Fall Spring 2009 Awarded fellowship of $1,500 for intensive summer study of Arabic syntax and morphology at Jami at Al-Zahra, a seminary of Islamic studies. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Fall Spring 2008 Awarded fellowship of $16,000 for first year of graduate study. CONFERENCE GRANTS Travers Travel Grant Fall 2013, Spring 2012 Graduate Assembly Travel Award Fall 2012 Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant Fall 2011 ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS The Constitutionalism of Ruhollah Khomeini s Political Thought Social and Political Thought Workshop, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2017 Michel Foucault and Ali Shari ati on Shi ite Political Spirituality American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, September

6 Govt 040: Comparative Political Systems Delivered lecture, Islam and Government in Iran: Past and Present, in course, Comparative Political Systems, Georgetown University, Spring 2017 Political Thought in Contemporary Iran: Abdollah Javadi Amoli and Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari Political Theory Speaker Series, Georgetown University, October 2016 Discussant for Book Talk, Power and Change in Iran: Politics of Contention and Conciliation, Edited by Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi Georgetown University, October 2016 Conservatism in Iran: Ayatollah Javadi Amoli s Theory of Guardianship APSA Annual Meeting, September 2016 Democratic Themes in Ruhollah Khomeini s Public Speeches, Statements, and Correspondence: Western Political Science Association (WPSA), Annual Meeting, April 2015 Scholarly Debates on Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Iran Afro-Middle East Centre Conference, Political Islam: Conceptualising Power between Islamic States and Muslim Social Movements, January 2015; Pretoria, South Africa Khomeini s Political Thought in The Unveiling of Secrets and Islamic Government APSA, Annual Meeting, August 2014 WPSA, Annual Meeting, April 2014 PS 4: Introduction to Political Theory Delivered two lectures, Liberal Elements of Ayatollah Khomeini s Political Thought, and Nationalism,, Spring 2014 Representation in Khomeini s Islamic Government Comparative Democratic Theory: A Workshop on Democracy in Intercultural Perspective, Texas A&M University, October 2013 Khomeini s Political Thought in The Unveiling of Secrets and Islamic Government Political Theory Workshop,, September

7 Comparative Political Theory: Four Genres WPSA, Annual Meeting, March 2013 PS 116z: Modern Arab Political Thought Delivered lecture, Ruhollah Khomeini s Political Thought,, Spring 2013 Panel Organizer, Religious Reflections on Political Concepts: Gandhi on Secularism, Vivekananda and Aurobindo on Freedom, and Khomeini on Political Legitimacy Panel including Professors Dennis Dalton, Farah Godrej, and Shirin Deylami, at Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Annual Meeting, 2012 Political Legitimacy in Khomeini s Kashf-i Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) WPSA, Annual Meeting, March 2012 Political Theory Workshop,, January 2012 Imam Khomeini s Political Theory: Elements of Guardianship, Consent, and Representative Government Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Annual Meeting, December 2011 Political Theory Workshop,, February 2011 PS 4: Introduction to Political Theory Delivered lecture, The Woman Question,, Spring 2009 ADDITIONAL TRAINING Private seminar, Ansari s Manazil as-sa irin Spring 2012 Participated in a weekly seminar, led by Professor Rahim Nobahar, on this 11 th century Arabic text, written by Sufi mystic Kwaja Abdullah Ansari. Discussion group, Islam and Politics in Iran Spring 2010 Participated in graduate student discussion group, led by Professor Hamid Algar, which met weekly to discuss texts on Islam and politics in Iran. Jami at Al-Zahra, Islamic Seminary, Intensive classical Arabic tutoring, Qom, Iran Summer 2008 Intensive training in beginning and intermediate classical Arabic syntax and morphology. 7

8 LANGUAGES English: native Persian: advanced, scholarly proficiency Classical Arabic: advanced PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP American Political Science Association REFERENCES Mark Bevir Professor of Political Science Kinch Hoekstra Chancellor s Professor of Political Science and Law hoekstra@berkeley.edu Hamid Algar Professor Emeritus of Persian and Islamic Studies Department of Near Eastern Studies algar@berkeley.edu Shannon Stimson Professor Emerita of Political Science Professor of Government Department of Government Georgetown University stimson@berkeley.edu

9 James Martel Professor of Political Science Chair of the San Francisco State University Charles King Professor of International Affairs Georgetown University Department of Government Harvey Mansfield Professor of Government Harvard University Department of Government