Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar

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ABOUT MANOUTCHEHR ESKANDARI-QAJAR

Professional activities- College professor, conference speaker, conference organizer; non-profit founder and chief executive- Media commentator on Democracy, Monarchy, Iran, Arab Spring, Islam, US policy in Middle East- Resource for Santa Barbara local ABC affiliate KEYT on Arab Spring, Iranian politics, Middle Eastern politics- Team building and leadership trainer, mentor, academic advisor. Areas of academic expertise- Political Theory- Democracy and Democratic Theory- Modernity, Post-modernism- History, historiography- Politics of the Middle East, with particular focus on Iran- Middle Eastern history (19 and early 20th century)- Political Violence. Academic research and publishing- Monarchy, Qajar era Iran, Autocracy/Democracy and Democratic Theory, Modernity and Post-modernism, History, Historiography, Political Theory (Classical and Modern), American government and politics, and International relations. Sample interviews- Interview on Monarchy - BBC Program on Monarchy:*“For King or Country,” Episode 2-America, April 12, 2011 Interviews on Islam and Arab Spring on Santa Barbara News Press Radio, AM 1290, Program: Minds that Matter:*“Conflicted Minds in the Middle East Today,” February 9, 2011,(http://markmcintire.com/MTMprogramguide3.html);*“Mind of the Muslim, Part 1,” July 7, 2010,(http://markmcintire.com/MTMprogramguide3.html);*“Mind of the Muslim, Part 2,” September 29, 2010,(http://markmcintire.com/MTMprogramguide3.html). Future projects- Feature length film on Muslim experience in America- Production/Play on Life and Times of Socrates- Book on Qajar era- Book on Political Theory- Justice Project initiatives- SBCC/Sacramento Internship Program (Spring 2019)- SBCC/Study Abroad - Vienna (Summer 2019)