Education

• 1999: Post-Doc Middle Eastern Studies (Harvard University)
• 1997: Ph.D. Philosophy (Sorbonne University-Paris IV) with honors
• 1986: M.A. Political Science (Sorbonne University-Paris I) with honors
• 1984: M.A. History (Sorbonne University- Paris I) with honors
• 1981: B.A. Philosophy (Sorbonne University-Paris IV)

Honors, Grants and Fellowships

• 2009: United Nations Association Peace Prize
• 2007: Distinguished Visiting Professor (Central European University- Budapest)
• 2005-2007: Rajni Kothari Chair in Democracy (CSDS- New Delhi, India)
• 2001-2002: Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy
• 1998-1999: Yarshater Fellow at the CMES (Harvard University)
• 1996-1997: Unite de la Tolerance (UNESCO)
• 1995-1996: Centre National du Livre (French Ministry of Culture)

Teaching and research career

• 2008-: Associate Professor in Political Science and Research Fellow at Centre for Ethics (University of Toronto)
• July- October 2007: Visiting Professor at Central European University, Budapest
• 2005-2007: Rajni Kothari Chair in Democracy (CSDS- New Delhi, India)
• September 2002- 2005: Head of Department for Contemporary Studies, CRB-Iran
• September 2003-2005: Professor of Political philosophy at Azad University (Dept. of Political Science)
• May 1999- September 2001: Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (Dept. of Political Science)
• 1997-1998: Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto (Dept. of Political Science)
• 1995-1997: Lecturer and Researcher in Philosophy (Farzan Publishing House-Tehran-Iran)
• 1994-1995: Senior Researcher at the French Institute for Iranian Studies (Tehran-Iran)
• 1993- 1994: Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the Iranian Academy of Philosophy

Areas of Research

• Iranian Studies, Political Philosophy, Nonviolence

Languages

• English, French (native fluency), German (reading), Persian, Italian (reading)

Advisory Boards

• PEN Canada (2008-)
• The Liberal (2008-)
• The Review of Politics(2008-)
• Gulf 2000( Columbia University)

Publications

Books

• English
The Gandhian Moment::Harvard University Press (forthcoming)
Beyond Violence::Har-Anand 2009
The Spirit of India::Penguin 2008
The Clash of Intolerances::Har-Anand 2007
Iran and Modernity::Princeton University Press (forthcoming)
Talking India::OUP, India 2006
Conversations with Isaiah Berlin::3rd edition, London, Phoenix, 2000
Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity (ed)::Lexington Press 2004
• French
Penser la Non-Violence, Paris, UNESCO, 1999
Gandhi: Aux Sources de la Non-Violence, Paris, Felin, 1998
Entretiens avec George Steiner, Paris, Felin 1992


Articles

The Two Sovereignties and the Legitimacy Crisis in Iran
::Constellations, March 2010
Is a Muslim Gandhi Possible?
::Philosophy & Social Criticism, vol 36 nos 3–4, 2010
Empatia y Pluralismo en Isaiah Berlin
::Revista de Occidente, July-August 2009
Si puo leggere Gandhi a Teheran?
::Reset, September 2008
The Vision of Nature in Tagore
::Think India, March 2006
The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic of Iran
::Limes, Novembre 2005
Edward Said's conception the Public Intellectual as an outsider
::Radical Philosophy Review, September 2005
Intellettuali a Teheran, arriva la generazione del disincanto
::Reset, Marzo- Aprile 2005
Ci servono parole per pensare la democrazia
::Reset, Novembre-Dicembre 2004
Les intellectuels iraniens et la democratie
::La Regle du Jeu, September 2004
The Deadlock in Iran
::Journal of Democracy, Vol.14, Number 1, January 2003
A Quest for Change: Khatami and Democacy Within Islam
–June 2001

Invited Lectures

• “Is Another Gandhi Possible Today?”, Harvard University, April 2010
• “Iran and the Crisis of Legitimacy”, UCLA, February 2010
• “Human Rights, Religion and Intercultural Dialogue”, Bilgi, Istanbul 2009
• “The Clash of Intolerances”, University of Toronto, January 2008
• “Is a Muslim Gandhi Possible?”, Kreisky Forum, Vienna, October 2007
• “Islam and Democracy”, College de France, June 2007
• “Celebrating Diversity”, Indian Institute of Technology, November 2006
• “Isaiah Berlin and Value Pluralism”, IIC- Delhi, April 2006
• “Religion and Violence in the Gandhian Thought”, GPF- Delhi, January 2006
• “Alliance of Civilizations Today”, World Political Forum,Granada, December2005
• "Islam and Democracy" Palazzo Duccale Venice, September 2005
• "Civil society in post-Khatami Iran" WWIC, D.C., November 2004
• "The Future of The Islamic Republic of Iran: Revolution or Evolution?",University of South Denmark, October 2003
• “Iran: From Political Gridlock to the Crisis of Legitimacy”, WWIC, D.C., January 2003
• “Iran after September 11”, Candido Mendes University, Rio, Brazil, September 2002
• “September 11 and Prospects for Democracy in Iran”, BCIR/UNU, Bruges, July 2002
• “Iran and the Struggle for Democracy”, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, May 2002
• “Iran: Challenges Ahead”, Yale University, New Haven, February 2002
• “Iran-US Relations”, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C., November 2001
• “Iranian Civil Society”, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., November 2001
• “Iran: Is a Dialogue with the West Possible?”, Woodrow Wilson Center, November 2001
• “Freedom and Autonomy according to Gandhi”, University of Toronto, February 2001
• “Intellectuals and the Burden of Responsibility”, Columbia University, November 2000
• “The Fourth Generation of Iranian Intellectuals”., Harvard University, November 2000
• “Intellectual Changes in Iran”, Woodrow Wilson Center, June 2000
• “The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin” Boston University, November 1999
• “Two Concepts of Modernity”, Harvard University, April 1999
• “Modernity, Violence and Difference”, York University, Toronto, March 1999
• “Gandhi and Nonviolence”, University of California, Riverside, January 1999
• “Gandhi et l’Occident”, Centre d’Etudes de Relations Internationales, Paris, February 1998