Dr Mohammad Kalantari
Educational background
BA Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran
MSc Lancaster University
PhD Royal Holloway University of London
Personal profile
Mohammad R. Kalantari is a Research Fellow in International Relations of the Middle East and Deputy Director of Centre for Islamic & West Asian Studies at Department of Politics and International Relations. His research interest lies in the International Relations of the Middle East with particular focus on the interaction of regional doctrines, elite ideologies, and political Islam.
Currently, he is working on a project which aims to introduce an original network toolkit to develop a multi-levelled mapping of the structure of the IR of the Middle East.
He has collaborated actively with policymakers and researchers in various inter-disciplinary projects addressing the contemporary affairs of the Middle East and the Muslim World.
Research interests
Keywords: International Relations of the Middle East; Networked Politics; Political Islam; Islamic Extremism; Sectarian identities; Shi'i Transnationalism; Shi'i Clerical Elites; Iran; Lebanon; Iraq.
Teaching
Programme Director, MA in Islamic and West Asian Studies
PR5963- Islam and West Asia in International Relations
- E-pub ahead of print
The Shi’i clergy and perceived opportunity structures: political activism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Submitted
Protecting the Citadel of Islam in the Modern Era: A Case of Shiʿi Mujtahids and Najaf Seminary in Early Hashemite Iraq
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- In preparation
Islam and the West: Interactions, Developments, and Perspectives
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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