SAGHAR BOZORGI (Austin,Texas) [email protected]

EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant (Austin, TX). September 2018 - May 2019 University of Texas at Austin, Department of Middle Eastern Studies September 2019-December 2020

Modern Iran by Professor Kamran Aghaie [Fall 2018] Origins of Monotheism by Professor Bruce Wells [Spring 2019] Arabic I by Professor Riyad Al-Homsi under the supervision of Dr.Olla Al-Schalchi [Fall 2019] Arabic II by Professor Cheng-Wei Lin under the supervision of Dr.Olla Al-Schalchi [Spring 2020] British Imperialism in the Middle East by Professor David Rahimi [Summer 2020] Arabic I by Professor Cheng-Wei Lin under the supervision of Dr.Olla Al-Schalchi [Fall 2020]

Responsibilities: Grading and providing feedback for papers, exams, and other written assignments. In- class assistance by teaching selected lessons and working with small groups independently. Communication with students. Holding office hours. Arabic Classes Additional Responsibilities: Holding one to one weekly mandatory meeting sessions [Spring 2020], Teaching two sections every Friday [Fall 2020]

Program Assistant (Austin, TX). May 2019 - September 2019 Texas Global at the University of Texas at Austin Intercultural Programs - International Student and Scholar Services

Responsibilities: Event management and organization for several different summer programs for international guests. Responsible for UT summer exchange program IYLEP (Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program and SCIP (Sports and Culture Immersion Program) for students coming from China. Community Outreach for finding volunteer hosts for a two-day Homestay program as part of IYLEP.

Research Assistant May 2018 - August 2018 To Professor Nahid Mozaffary (New York, NY) Responsibilities: Participating in the review and editing of an edited volume on Slavery in Iranian history. Working on transliterations for Persian and Arabic words and other necessary formatting according to the publisher’s guidelines, and providing help with making an index for the book.

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Researcher September - October 2017 Ark Media (Brooklyn, NY) Responsibilities: Participation in the Production of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. PBS Series. Conducting research on the family history of Christian Amanpour, Season 5, Episode 3.

Instructor of Persian Language, Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced 2015- 2018 Private and at ABC Languages (New York, NY)

Library Assistant/ Research Assistant/ Iranian Studies Initiative Assistant Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University (New York, NY) 2015 - 2017 Responsibilities: On-site management and coordination of public events. Archiving all the issues of MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project) journal. Helping library visitors and students with finding research materials. Community outreach and publicity for the center’s events and teacher training summer programs. Providing assistance for the writing and editing of Professor Ali Mirsepassi’s books and papers, especially for Transnationalism in the Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid.

Research Assistant May 2013 - September 2013 Tehran Municipality (Tehran, Iran) Responsibilities: Data collection and analysis; writing sections of the final report of Ethics and Citizenship Research project

Supervisor of the Census Group October - November 2011 Statistical Center of Iran, Iranian Population and Housing Census (Tehran, Iran)

Research Assistant 2010 - 2011 Institution of Social Studies and Research at the University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran)

EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. Fall 2018-May 2023. PhD Student, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, History Track.

New York University, New York, USA. Fall 2015- Summer 2017. M.A., Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Hagop Kevorkian Center. Thesis: Localizing National Politics: The Experience of Conducting Elections in Kashan, Iran (1909-10). Advisors: Professor Ali Mirsepassi and Professor Arang Keshavarzian.

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Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Fall 2014-Summer 2015. M.A., Political Science, Department of Political Science. Certificate in Research Methodology. Thesis: The Ideal of Election: Norms of a “Proper” Election in the First Iranian Parliament (1906-8). Supervisor: Professor Lea Sgier.

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Fall 2009 - Summer 2013. B.A., Sociology, Department of Sociology Thesis: The Experience of Democracy and/or Dictatorship: The Case of Mosaddegh’s Government. Advisor: Professor MohammadReza Javadi Yeganeh.

University of Vienna, Salzburg, Austria. Summer 2014. Diploma in European Studies, Summer School of the University of Vienna. Completed two courses on European modern history, one on EU Political systems, plus German.

Trainee, Indiana University ICTL Professional Development for Teachers: Making Startalk Principles Effective for Foreign Language/Second Language Instruction in the Classroom. July8-July26, 2019.90 hrs.

Trainee, Startalk Principles for Meaningful Online Learning course for Persian, Arabic, and Chinese Teachers– ClassRoad, 75 hours. June 19th- July 23rd, 2017.

Languages Persian (Native). Arabic (Advanced). Turkish (Intermediate Reading). German (A1-2014)

PUBLICATIONS (Non-Peer Reviewed)

“A Report on Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid”. Iranian Society for Iranian Studies Newsletter (volume 37, number 1: May 2016), 5-7. https://associationforiranianstudies.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/Spring2016.pdf

“Sargozasht-e Entekhabat-e Armāni-ye Majles-e Hefdahom [The Case of the Ideal 17th Parliament Election]”. Essays in Historical Sociology. Institution of Social Studies and Researches of University of Tehran. Issue number 2 (2013): 17-42. Available online: http://www.mrjavadi.com/historicalsociology/jostarha02.pdf

“Be Rāsti Keshtibān rā Siāsati Degar āmade Bud? [Did “the sailor” truly adopt a new policy?]” (about Qavam’s premiership after Mosaddegh’s resignation which led to the 30-e tir uprising in 1952). Payam-e- Ebrahim Monthly. Society of Iranian Women. First issue (August 2014).

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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“A’yan al-Shi’a: Writing a Modern Shi’i Identity Under Nationalism and Imperialism” To be presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference, October 2020.

“Local Electoral Struggles and Efforts for Identity Formation in Kashan and Kermanshah (1909-1915)”. Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. November 14-17, 2019.

“Islam and Oneness of Being [Wahdat al-Wujud]?” Lecture, Austin, TX. April 15, 2019.

“Mosaddegh’s Government: Authoritarian or Democratic?” Lecture at UT Austin. October 2018.

“Localizing National Politics: The Experience of Conducting Elections in Kashan, Iran (1909-10)”. MESA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 20, 2017.

“Who Can Speak for Whom? Identity Formation through Electoral Politics in the First Iranian Election (1906-1908)”. SURVEYING IRAN: The Future of Social Research after the Nuclear Thaw. Held by UPenn's Annenberg School for Communication, UCLA's Center For Near East Studies, The School Of Public Policy At CEU. 1-2 September 2016.

“Sexual Anxieties in Political Arguments in Iran (Focusing on Mid Qajar - Early Pahlavi Period)”. Iranica’s Second Biennial Symposia for Iranian Studies. University of Cambridge, Downing College. 8-9 April 2015.

“The Iranian Hijab (An Analysis of the Special Way of Putting Hijab among Iranian Women)”. World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES). Ankara, 18-22 August 2014. “Democracy and Dictatorship in Mosaddegh’s Government”. Elazig, Turkey. June 2012.

“Democracy and Dictatorship in Mosaddegh’s Government”. International Congress on the Sociology of Middle East. Firat University, Elazig, Turkey. June 2012.

“The Safavid Era”, School Project presented at the annual conference of school network. Isfahan, 2005.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

Arabic Summer School Tuition Waiver Scholarship- University of Pittsburg. Summer 2018.

New York University Tuition Remission Scholarship. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. 2015-2017.

The Hagop Kevorkian Center at New York University Grant for MA thesis Research. February 2016.

Central European University MA Tuition Waiver Scholarship. Department of Political Sciences. 2014- 2015

Central European University Research Travel Grant for MA Thesis. Department of Political Sciences. May 2015.

Central European University Conference Travel Grant. April 2015.

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Special Talents Award (based on GPA) during BA studies at the University of Tehran. 2009-2013

Silver Medal for Persian Literature Olympiad Held Among High-School Students Nationwide. From Young Scholar’s Club [Bashgah-e Danesh Pazhuhan-e Javan] in Iran, 2008.

Essay Competition Award from the National Commission of ISESCO in Iran. Title of essay: Esfahan, The Center for Religiosity and Coexistence of the Followers of Abrahamic Religions. 2005.

School project entitled The Safavid era recognized as “appreciable” [Ghabel-e Taghdir]; Received financial support at the annual scientific student competition. 2004.

SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP

Article Referee: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, June 2020.

Student Membership: Middle East Studies Association (MESA). 2017, 2019, 2020.

Regional Editor of Global Dialogue, Magazine of International Sociological Association. (ISA). 2013- 2015.

Member of Editorial Board, Essays in Historical Sociology, Journal of the Institution of Social Studies and Social researches of University of Tehran.

Member of Editorial Board, Sareh, The Critical Magazine of the Student Sociological Association of University of Tehran. 2011-2013.

Member of Executive Committee, Student’s Sociological Association of UT (January 2011- January 2013). Chair [dabir] of the Association (2011-2012).

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