Abbas Vali
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Professor Abbas Vali is a distinguished Kurdish political and social theorist specialising in modern and contemporary political thought and modern Middle Eastern Politics.
, Iranian Kurdistan. He received his primary and secondary education in Tabriz
. He obtained a BA in Political Science from the National University of Iran in 1973. He then moved to the UK to continue his graduate studies in modern political and social theory. He obtained an MA in Politics from the University of Keele in 1976. He then received his PhD in Sociology from the University of London
in 1983. This was followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
in 1984. Abbas Vali began his academic carrier in 1986 in the Department of Political Theory and Government at the University of Wales, Swansea. He was invited by the Kurdistan Regional Government
(KRG) to establish and lead a new university in Erbil
in 2005. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kurdistan
before he was removed for disagreements with the KRG over the management of the university in May 2008. Professor Vali has since been teaching Modern Social and Political Theory in the Department of Sociology at Bogazici University
in Istanbul.
Biography
Vali was born in 1949 in MahabadMahabad
-Culture:Muhammad Qazi translated more than 70 important literary works into Persian. Other writers and poets have hailed from Mahabad in the 19th and 20th century including Wafaei , Hejar , Hêmin , Abdorrahamn Zabihi and Giw Mukriyani...
, Iranian Kurdistan. He received his primary and secondary education in Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
. He obtained a BA in Political Science from the National University of Iran in 1973. He then moved to the UK to continue his graduate studies in modern political and social theory. He obtained an MA in Politics from the University of Keele in 1976. He then received his PhD in Sociology from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 1983. This was followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council is one of the seven Research Councils in the United Kingdom. It receives most of its funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and provides funding and support for research and training work in social and economic issues, such as...
in 1984. Abbas Vali began his academic carrier in 1986 in the Department of Political Theory and Government at the University of Wales, Swansea. He was invited by the Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Government , , is the official ruling body of the predominantly Kurds-populated Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq...
(KRG) to establish and lead a new university in Erbil
Erbil
Arbil may refer to:* Arbil, fourth largest city in Iraq* Arbil Governorate* Arbil International Airport...
in 2005. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kurdistan
University of Kurdistan
University of Kurdistan may refer to:* University of Kurdistan , Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan Province* University of Kurdistan - Hawler, Hawler , Kurdistan Region - Iraq...
before he was removed for disagreements with the KRG over the management of the university in May 2008. Professor Vali has since been teaching Modern Social and Political Theory in the Department of Sociology at Bogazici University
Bogaziçi University
Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...
in Istanbul.
Selected works
- Pre-Capitalist Iran: A Theoretical History, New York: New York University Press, 1993.
- Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, (ed.), Costa Mesa, Mezda Publisher, 2003.
- Modernity and the Stateless: The Kurdish Question in Iran, London, I.B. Tauris, 2012.
- Kurds and the State in Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity, London, I.B. Tauris, 2011.
- Kurdish Nationalism in Iran: The Forgotten Years (1947-1979), Istanbul, Avesta Publications, 2011.
- 'The Kurds and their Others: Fragmented Identity and Fragmented Politics', Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Vol. XVIII, no.2, 1998.
- 'Nationalism and Kurdish Historical Writing'. New Perspectives on Turkey. Spring 1996, 14.