DISF. Oslo Conference, June 2025. Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi
Conference: Iranianness in Flux: Iranian Identities Revisited 4th-6th of June 2025. Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway Session 2: Islam in Iranian Society Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi: Rethinking the Dialectics of Islam and Iranian Identity: A Constructivist Approach
Mojtaba Mahdavi: Effects, Obstacles, and Transformations of “Woman, Life, Freedom”
On September 1, 2023, the Iran 1400 Project interviewed Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi about the effects, obstacles, goals, and potential transformations of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Dr. Mahdavi discussed the paradigmatic shifts of the movement and its significance. He also explored the structural factors and constraints that affect the movement and emphasized the need for social justice.
Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi on “Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a ‘Multiplex World’”
Professor at the University of Alberta, Mojtaba Mahdavi’s work focuses on middle eastern studies, political economy, contemporary islamic studies, decolonial/postcolonial studies and discursive/intellectual transformations in a MENA/muslim context. In this video, we focus on his collectively written work “Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a ‘Multiplex World’”. It explores the inclusion of China in the MENA region and what it can possibly mean for our world.
Mojtaba Mahdavi- Iran, 42 Years On: Is a Post-Islamist Democracy Possible?
Mojtaba Mahdavi presents on “Iran, 42 Years On: Is a Post-Islamist Democracy Possible?,” part of the #IranianStudiesUnit lecture series, moderated by Mehran Kamrava.
Global Movement Assemblages Symposium – Mojtaba Mahdavi and Hamid Dabashi
Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi discusses the Arab Spring, with Dr. Hamid Dabashi as a respondent. Mahdavi critiques the new Orientalism in analyzing movements of Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. He situates Arab uprisings in relation to Islamism and post-Islamism in different contexts, compares them, and analyzes how counter-revolutionary forces have gained the upper hand.
Chester Ronning Centre: Mojtaba Mahdavi, Oct. 31 2015
Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi: How should we respond to the rise of ISIS?
Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi is the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities (ECMC) Chair in Islamic Studies and an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta.
Chester Ronning Centre: Mojtaba Mahdavi, Dec. 2 2015
Iran 2009: Dignity of Revolt
Mojtaba Mahdavi: The Ahmadinejad Phenomenon: The Rise and Crisis of Iran’s Neoconservatives