CURRICULUM VITAE NADER HASHEMI 2201 S. Gaylord St. Denver, CO 80208 Email: nhashemi@du.edu Tel: (303) 871-2447 EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2013 Currently Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics 2012 Director Center for Middle East Studies 2008 2012 Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics 2008-2010 Research Affiliate Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Harvard University 2007-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Global Fellow UCLA International Institute 2005-2007 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Political Science Northwestern University 2005-2006 Research Affiliate Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) Harvard University 2005 Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
2 Dissertation Title: Rethinking the Relationship between Religion, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies Supervisor: Professor Frank Cunningham 1995 M.A. (International Affairs), Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University 1990 B.A. (Hons.), Political Science, University of Western Ontario Languages: Persian (fluent), French (reading) SCHOLARSHIP Books: Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009; paperback with new preface 2012). Translated into Arabic, Malaysia and Indonesian. The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran s Future (New York: Melville House, 2011), edited with Danny Postel. The Syria Dilemma (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013), edited with Danny Postel. Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (London: Hurst Publishers, 2016; New York: Oxford University Press, 2017), edited with Danny Postel Book Chapters: Hashemi, Nader, Charles Taylor s A Secular Age and the Secularization from Below in Iran, in Mirjam Künkler, John Madeley and Shylashri Shankar eds., A Secular Age Beyond the West (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Hashemi, Nader, The ISIS Crisis and the Broken Politics of the Middle East: A Framework for Understanding Radical Islamism, in Anthony T. Chase ed., Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa (New York: Routledge, 2017). Hashemi, Nader. Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies: Rethinking the Relationship between Islam and Secularism across the Islam-West Divide, in Ahmet Cavuldak, Oliver Hidalgo, Philipp Hildmann and Holger Zapf eds., Demokratie und Islam. Theoretische und empirische Studien (Wiesbaden: Springer, 2014), 121-136. Hashemi, Nader. Iran s Changing Social Contract: Religion, Secularism and Democracy between Two Revolutions, 1979-2009, in Mehran Kamrava ed., Beyond the Arab Spring: The
3 Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), 191-222. Hashemi, Nader and Mahmoud Sadri. The Arab Spring and Iran s Green Movement: A Comparison in Brian Calfano ed., Assessing MENA Political Reform, Post Arab Spring: Mediators and Microfoundations (Lanham, MD: Lexington/Roman and Littlefield, 2014). Hashemi, Nader. Islam and Democracy, in John Esposito and Emad Shahin eds., Oxford Handbook on Islam and Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 68-88. Hashemi, Nader. Islam and Democracy after 9/11, in Benjamin Isakhan and Stephen Stockwell eds., The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2012). Hashemi, Nader. Religious Leaders, Sectarianism and the Sunni-Shia Divide in Islam, in Timothy Sisk ed., Between Terror and Tolerance: Religious Leaders in Deeply Divided Societies (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011). Hashemi, Nader. Rethinking the Relationship between Religion and Liberal Democracy: Secularism and its Discontents in Muslim Societies, in Asma Afsaruddin ed., Islam, the State, and Political Authority: Medieval Politics and Modern Concerns (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011). Hashemi, Nader, Revisiting Erskine Childers Thesis on the Broken Triangle : Why Palestine is Central to Resolving Islam-West Relations, in Nigel Dingwall ed., Islam-West Relations: Toward a Civilized Dialogue (Abu Dhabi, UAE: Emirates Center for Strategic and Regional Studies, 2013). Hashemi, Nader. Change from Within: A Reply to Khaled Abou El Fadl, in Joshua Cohen and Deb Chasman eds., Islam and the Challenge of Democracy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004). Hashemi, Nader. Islamic Fundamentalism and the Trauma of Modernization: Reflections on Religion and Radical Politics, in Charles Kurzman and Michaelle Browers eds, An Islamic Reformation? (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books of Rowman and Littlefield, 2004). Hashemi, Nader. The Relevance of John Locke to Social Change in the Muslim World: A Comparison with Iran, in Ramin Jahanbegloo ed., Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books of Rowman and Littlefield, 2004). Reprinted as The Relevance of John Locke to Social Change in the Muslim World: A Comparison with Iran," Journal of Church and State 46 (Winter 2004). Hashemi, Nader. Peacekeeping with No Peace to Keep: The Failure of Canadian Foreign Policy in Bosnia in Maya Shatzmiller ed. Islam and Bosnia: Conflict Resolution and Foreign Policy in Multi-Ethnic States (Montreal: McGill-Queen s University Press, 2002).
4 Journal Articles: Hashemi, Nader. Toward a Political Theory of Sectarianism in the Middle East: The Salience of Authoritarianism over Theology," Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies 1 (September 2016). Hashemi, Nader. How the Legacy of Authoritarianism in the Arab World Contributed to the Rise of ISIS, Turkish Review 6 (September 2016). Hashemi, Nader. Rethinking Religion and Political Legitimacy across the Islam-West Divide, Philosophy and Social Criticism 40 (April 2014), 1-9. Hashemi, Nader. The Arab Spring, US Foreign Policy and the Question of Democracy in the Middle East, Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 41 (Fall 2012). Hashemi, Nader. Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Constellations, vol. 17, no.1, 2010, 50-60. Hashemi, Nader. The Multiple Histories of Secularism: Muslim Societies in Comparative Perspective, Journal of Philosophy and Social Criticism, vol. 36, nos 3-4, 2010, 325-338. Hashemi, Nader, Rethinking Religion, Secularism and Democracy in the Muslim World: Reflections on the Stepan Thesis, Global Dialogue 6 (Winter/Spring 2004). Hashemi, Nader, The Relevance of John Locke to Social Change in the Muslim World: A Comparison with Iran," Journal of Church and State 46 (Winter 2004). Partially reprinted in Ramin Jahanbegloo ed., Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books of Rowman and Littlefield, 2004). Kingston, Paul with Oded Haklai and Nader Hashemi Global Predictions 2000: The Middle East, International Journal 55 (Autumn 2000). Hashemi, Nader From the Red Menace to the Green Peril: The Enduring Legacy of the Cold War and its Linkage to Political Islam, Middle East Affairs Journal 3 (Winter 1997). Hashemi, Nader How Dangerous are the Islamists? Middle East Affairs Journal 2 (Summer/Fall 1996). Encyclopaedia Entries: Sovereignty The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought edited by edited by Gerhard Bowering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin J. Stewart, Muhammad Qasim Zaman (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, forthcoming, 2012) [1000 words].
5 Secularism The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Islamic World, revised edition edited by John Esposito (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) [10,000 words]. Human Rights (co-authored with Emran Qureshi) The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Islamic World, revised edition edited by John Esposito (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) [5300 words]. Islamic State (co-authored Emran Qureshi) in The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Islamic World, revised edition edited by John Esposito (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) [7750 words]. Republic The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, edited by Emad Shahin (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2012) [1500 words]. Secularism The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, edited by Emad Shahin (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2012) [11,500 words]. Human Rights The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, edited by Natala J. DeLong- Bas (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming) [2500 words]. Newspaper/ Magazine Articles/Review Essays: Hashemi, Nader, The Authoritarian Roots of Muslim Sectarianism, Seminar Magazine (March 2016), 56-62. Hashemi, Nader, How a Nuclear Deal Helps Democracy in Iran, Cairo Review on Global Affairs (Fall 2015). Hashemi, Nader, How the Nuclear Deal Could Transform Iran, CNN.com, July 17, 2015. Hashemi, Nader, A Theology of Moral Progress: Khaled Abou El Fadl s Reasoning with God, Critical Muslim, no. 14 (2015). Hashemi, Nader. Why Syria Matters, Cairo Review of Global Affairs 13 (Spring 2014). Hashemi, Nader. Rowhani s Challenge: Electoral Authoritarism inside the Islamic Republic, Cairo Review of Global Affairs 10 (Summer 2013), 27-39. Hashemi, Nader, The Arab Spring at Year II: Reflections on Dignity, Democracy and Devotion, Ethics and International Affairs (forthcoming, Summer 2013). Hashemi, Nader. Islamist Participation, Western Anxieties, and the Question of Democracy in the Arab-Islamic World in Building a Shared Future: Religion, Politics and the Public Sphere
6 (Washington DC: British Council and the Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, 2012, e-book). Hashemi, Nader, The Muslim Brotherhood Needs a New Strategy, CNN.com, June 15, 2012. Hashemi, Nader, Moral Clarity on Syria, CNN.com, February 23, 2012. Hashemi, Nader, Overhauling US Policy Toward Iran, The National Interest, December 12, 2011. Hashemi, Nader, The Arab Spring The Chief Consequence, Global Brief (October 19, 2011). Hashemi, Nader, Rethinking Secularism across the Islam-West Divide, IWMpost Magazine 107 (Vienna, Institute for Human Sciences, April-August, 2011). Hashemi, Nader, The Ideological Challenge for Iranian Democrats, www.bitterlemons.com (May 12, 2011). Hashemi, Nader, The Arab Revolutions of 2011: Reflections on Religion and Politics, Turkish Insight 13 (April-June 2011), 15-21. Hashemi, Nader, What is Next for the Arab Spring, CNN.com, April 25, 2011. Hashemi, Nader, The New Mideast Will Still Mix Mosque and State, Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2011. Hashemi, Nader, Strategies of Hope: Edward Said, The Green Movement and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Seminar (New Delhi), no. 616 (December 2010), 59-64. Hashemi, Nader, The Debate inside Iran, review essay of Ali Mirsepassi, Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Culture and Political Change (New York University Press, 2010) in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, no. 17 (Summer 2010). Hashemi, Nader, Reflections on Democracy, Nonviolence and Political Change in Iran, Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter (Spring 2010), reprinted in Tehran Bureau.com, January 22, 2010. Hashemi, Nader, The Struggle for Iran, The Nation, 1 February 2010. Hashemi, Nader, A Requiem for Ayatullah Montazeri, CNN website, 22 December 2010. Hashemi, Nader, What Obama Must Say (and Do) in Egypt, Zaman (Istanbul), 3 June 2009. Hashemi, Nader, Secular Fundamentalism and its Discontents, review essay of Tarek Fatah, Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State? (New York: Wiley, 2008) in Literary Review of Canada 16 (September 2008).