Boston College teaching record
Ali Banuazizi
Research Professor
Biography
Ali Banuazizi's scholarly interests include political cultures of the Middle East; comparative study of religion, nationalism, and politics in the Middle East; and Iran’s social history and contemporary domestic politics and foreign relations. He served as the Director of the Program in Islamic Civilization and Societies and Chair of the International Studies Academic Advisory Board at Boston College from 2007 to 2021. He is a past President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and the Association for Iranian Studies (AIS). He has held visiting appointments at Princeton,Harvard, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.I.T., and Oxford University.