Ali Massoud Ansari FRSE ( fa, علی مسعود انصاری, born 24 November 1967 in

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) is the Professor in Modern History with reference to the

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at the

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, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies.

Education and career

Ansari was educated at Col.Brown Cambridge School Dehara Dun,

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(BA), King's College London (MA), and obtained his PhD from the University of London's

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(SOAS). He is also an Associate Fellow at

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and sits on the Governing Council of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS). He is a regular speaker at conferences and events regarding Iran, including "Iran's New Parliament" at the

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. His work appears in ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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'', among other publications.

Honours

In March 2016 Ansari was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy for science and letters.

Family life

Ansari is the son of Mariam Dariabegi and Mohammad Ali Massoud Ansari, cousin of

Farah Pahlavi Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...

. He married Marjon Esfandiary in 2010, after which he had a celebration held at

Selected bibliography

*''Iran, Islam and Democracy: the Politics of Managing Change'' (2000) *''Modern Iran Since 1921: the Pahlavis and After'' (2003) *''Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Roots of Mistrust'' (2006) *''Iran Under

Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

'' (2008) *''The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran'' (2012) *''Iran: A Very Short Introduction'' (2014) *''Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1906 and Narratives of the Enlightenment'' (2016) *''Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change, 3rd Edition'' (2019)

References

External links

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Profile at the University of St Andrews Website

Profile at the Chatham House Website
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