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Research Areas
- Research on Democratisation and De-democratisation
- Structural Analysis of Social Inequalities
- Process and Figuration Sociology
- Sociology of Knowledge
- Political Sociology
- Social and Political Developments of Modern Iran
CV
Education
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- PhD studies as a DAAD scholarship holder at the Institute for Sociology, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
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- Postgraduate studies at the Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
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- Master's degree at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran
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- Bachelor's degree at the Institue for Political Science, University of Isfahan
Positions
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- Research fellow at the Institute for Sociology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster
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- Erasmus+ visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pázmány Péter University
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- Erasmus+ visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
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- Erasmus + visiting lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, University of Leicester (UK)
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- Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews (UK)
External functions
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Teaching
- Seminar: What is sociology? [060647]
[ - | SCH 121.520 | Dr. Behrouz Alikhani]
[ - | SCH 121.555 | Dr. Behrouz Alikhani]
- Seminar: History and sociology [062561]
- Seminar: Module Physics I: Particles and Particle Systems [062560]
- Seminar: How objectively do we perceive the world? [068552]
- Seminar: Different Discourses on Islan in Germany [068551]
- Seminar: What is Sociology? [064646]
- Seminar: Which reality does the term identity refer to? [064645]
- Seminar: On the relationship between individual and society [065179]
- Seminar: Soziology of Domination: On the Structural Analysis of the Dynamics of Established - Outsider Relationships [065164]
- Seminar: What is sociology? [060647]
Publications
Books
Books (Monographs)
- . . Institutionelle Entdemokratisierungsprozesse Zum Nachhinkeffekt des sozialen Habitus in Frankreich, Iran und Deutschland. 1st Ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Books (Edited Collections)
- (Eds.): . Changing Power Relations and the Drag Effects of Habitus. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in the Twenty-First Century. Mannheim: Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung (HSR).
Articles
Research articles (journals)
- . . ‘Post-Democracy or Processes of De-Democratization? United States Case Study.’ Historical Social Research 42, No. 4: 189–206. doi: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.189-206.
- . . ‘Changing Power Relations and the Drag Effects of Habitus. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in the Twenty-First Century. An Introduction.’ Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 42, No. 4: 7–21. doi: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.7-21.
- . . „Aufstieg des Kulturrassismus: Von Huntington zu Sarrazin.“ Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 2017: 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s12286-017-0363-8.
- . . ‘Changing Power Relations and the Drag Effects of Habitus. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches in the Twenty-First Century. An Introduction.’ Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 42, No. 4: 7–21. doi: 10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.7-21.
- . . ‘On the Habitual Dimension of Problems of Democratisation; Using the Example of Egypt after the Arab Spring, in Human Figurations.’ Human Figurations 9, No. 1.
- . . ‘نگاهی به زمینههای اجتماعی-روانی شکست حکومت مشروطه و به قدرت رسیدن رضا خان در ایران.’ Iranische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 17, No. 1&2: 31–54.
- . . „Zur habituellen Dimension von Demokratisierungsproblemen am Beispiel Ägypten nach dem Arabischen Frühling.“ Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie Volume 42, No. Issue 1: 1–19. doi: 10.1007/s11614-017-0251-0.
- . . ‘Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation.’ Human Figurations 3, No. 2: Online–Publikation.
- . . ‘Popular War Songs and Slogans in the Persian Language during the Iran-Iraq War.’ CAMBIO 2013, No. 6: Online–Publikation.
- . . ‘How Can Habitual Constraints Contribute to a Process of Institutional De-democratization? An Iranian Case Study.’ centre for the critical study of global power and politics 2013, No. 1: 1–15.
- . . ‘جهانی شدن و هویت ایرانی.’ Iran Nameh 26, No. 3-4: 100–112.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . . ‘Difficulties of the EU as a Common Object for Identification.’ In Comparative-historical sociology as antidote to the “crackpot realism” of the twenty-first century, edited by , 24.
- . . ‘Zum Verhältnis von Macht und Selbstwert; Praxis der traditionellen Eheschließungen zwischen Bakhtiari-Nomadenstämmen im Iran.’ In Soziologie in Österreich – Internationale Verflechtungen, edited by , 181–195. 2016: innsbruck university press. doi: 10.15203/3122-5.
Research articles (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Parliamentary Form of Government, Habitus and Violence: The Case of Iran (1906–1925).’ In Norbert Elias and Violence, edited by , 205–226. US: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56118-3.
- . . ‘The Failure of the Constitutional Monarchy in Iran: The Socio- and Psycho-Genesis of Reza Khan's Rise of Power.’ In Studies on the Iranoian World II; Medieval and Modern, edited by , 159–174. Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press.
Reviews (Journals)
- . . ‘Emotion, Habitus und der erster Weltkrieg.’ Human Figurations Volume 4, No. Issue 3.
Talks
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘The Practice of Traditional Bakhtiari marriages in Iran’. Third Annual Conference of the Iranian Studies Initiative; The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran (Afary, Janet and Jafari, Nicole), UC Santa Barbara, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Neoliberalization, De-Democratization and Processes of Des-Integration in the EU’. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association; (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities (The European Sociological Association), Athen, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘On the Habitual Dimension of Problems of Democratisation: Egypt after the Arab Spring’. Colioqio de Historia (Departmento de Historia), Universidad National De Colombia, Bogotá, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘To what extent is the Established and Outsider theory of Norbert Elias Eurocentric? - the example of marriages of Bakhtiari tribes in Iran”’. VI Taller y Oficio de la Historia realizado (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Post-Democracy or Processes of De-Democratization; USA Case Study ’. Institute Lecture, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘The relationship between power and self-esteem; using the example of marriages of Bakhtiari tribes in Iran ’. Institute Lecture, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation’. Norbert Elias and Global History - Polányi Lecture Series (Karl Polanyi Research Center of Global Social Studies), Corvinus University of Budapest, .
- UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO (UFES) VITÓRIA-ES, BRASIL (): ‘On the Civilizing Dimension of Processes of Democratization and De-Democratization’. XVI SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL PROCESSOS CIVILIZADORES - Diálogos Interdisciplinares: Política, Contextos e Processos Sociais (UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO (UFES)), VITÓRIA-ES, BRASIL, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Difficulties of the EU As a Common Object for Identification’. Third ISA Forum of Sociology (ISA), Wien, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „Daryoush Ashouri and his Theory of 'Open' versus 'Closed' Languages“. Interkulturelle Philosophie Mehrsprachigkeit, Pluralismus und Universalismus (Prof. Dr. Boike Rehbein), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „The Rise of Cultural Racism: a Comparison between Germany and the USA“. Migration und Integration als politische Herausforderung – Vergleichende Analysen zu politisch-kulturellen Voraussetzungen der Migrationspolitik und Reaktionen (Prof. Dr. Gert Pickel), universität Leipzig, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „Bakhtiari Nomads in Iran and Processes of Nationalization“. Gesellschaft für Soziologie (GSU) (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz), Graz, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „How do Bakhtiari Nomads Experience Processes of Modernization in Iran? Cultural Deracination and Disorientation or Adaptation?“ Institutsseminar (Institut für Soziologie, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz), Linz, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘The relationship between Power and Self-esteem, Using the Example of Marriages of Bakhtiari Tribes in Iran’. Social Character and Historical Processes: A Conference in Honour of Stephen Mennell (School of Sociology, University College Dublin), Dublin, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „To which extent is the Theory of the Established and the Outsiders of Norbert Elias Eurocentric?“ Österreichischer Soziologie Kongress 2015 (Universität Innsbruck), Innsbruck, Österreich, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Rising of Extremist Parties in Europe as Function of Drag Effect of the Social Habitus of a Great Number of Europeans’. 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015 (European Sociological Association), Prag, Tschechische Republik, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „On habitual dimension of democratization problems; using the example of Egypt after the Arab Spring“. Kolloquium des Instituts für Soziologie (Institut für Soziologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘How Structurally Similar is El-Sisi's Seizure of Power in Egypt to Reza Khans Seizure of Power in Iran in 1925?’ Departmental Seminar (Department for Sociology, University of Leicester), Department for Sociology, University of Leicester, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Al-Sisi’s Rise of Power and Processes of De-democratization in Egypt’. International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: New actors and issues in the post-Arab uprisings era (Gedik University), Istanbul, Turkey, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Rising of Extremist Parties in Elections of European Parliament in 2014 as Function of Drag Effect of the Social Habitus of a Great Number of Europeans’. The Quest of “European Identity” as a new Challenge for Social Theory (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘How Structurally Similar is El-Sisi’s Seizure of Power in Egypt to Reza Khans Seizure of Power in Iran in 1925’. 21th DAVO-Congress (Universität Köln), Köln, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Post-Democracy or the Process of De-Democratisation?’ From the Past to the Present and towards Possible Futures: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias (University of Leicester), Leicester, UK, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „Post-democracy or processes of de-democratization?“ Kolloquium des Instituts für Soziologie (Institut für Soziologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Münster, Deutschland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘What Do the Popular War Songs and Slogans that Emerged in the Persian Language during the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 Contain?’ Habitus, War, and Civilization, towards an Understanding of the Bellicose Sides of Society (Universität Graz), Graz, Österreich, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘How far did the implementation of the ‘Republic’ differ from the ‘Monarchy-Change’ by Reza Khan in Iran in 1924-1925?’ 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies (Jagiellonian University), Krakow, Poland, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): ‘Globalization and Iranian Identity’. Cultural Iran and globalization; a Future Perspective (Tarbiat Modares University), Teheran, Iran, .
- Alikhani, Behrouz (): „Islam as a remembered change-continuum; using the example of Iranian society“. Religion Macht Politik (DAAD), Berlin, Deutschland, .
Dr. Behrouz Alikhani
Professorship for work and knowledge (Prof. Ernst)