Prof Ali Ansari

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3027
Email
aa51@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Development of the Iranian state; Ideology, myth and nation building; Social and Intellectual history; Iran and the West.

PhD supervision

  • Brenden Benjamin
  • Leonard Michael
  • Kasra Aarabi
  • Eilidh Wright
  • Francis Lyon
  • Casper Sanderson
  • Parviz Jahed

Selected publications

  • The Butler Report on the Relinquishment of Abadan: an Unnecessary crisis?

     Ansari, A. M., 2022, Britain and the Abadan Crisis, 1950-51: Britain Policy in the Relinquishment of Abadan in 1951. Bennet, G. & Smith, R. (eds.). London: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, p. 3-17 15 p. (Documents from the British Archives; no. 5).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access

    A royal romance: the cult of Cyrus the Great in modern Iran

     Ansari, A., Jul 2021, In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31, 3, p. 405 - 419 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • A failure of imagination? Britain, 'the narrative of liberalisation' and the fall of the Shah

     Ansari, A., 25 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Geographic Realities in the Middle East and North Africa: State, Oil and Agriculture. Joffé, G. & Schofield, R. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Taylor and Francis, p. 130-152 23 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Scotland, Britain, and the Union

     Ansari, A. M., 1 Jan 2020, The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics. Oxford University Press, p. 689-704 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Britain, Iran and the Idea of Reform

     Ansari, A. M., Feb 2019, Iran, islam and Democracy: the politics of managing change. London: Gingko Library, p. 543-565 23 p. Part VII

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Iran, Islam and Democracy 3rd Edition

     Ansari, A. M., Feb 2019, London: Gingko Library. 640 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Modern Iran since 1797: reform and Revolution 3rd Edition

     Ansari, A. M., 10 Apr 2019, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 462 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • The United States, Iran, and the Politics of the JCPOA

     Ansari, A. M., Feb 2019, Iran, Islam and Democracy: the politics of Managing Change. London: Gingko Library, p. 497-542 46 p. Part VI

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Iranian nationalism and the question of race

     Ansari, A. M., 24 Apr 2017, Constructing nationalism in Iran: From the Qajars to the Islamic Republic. Litvak, M. (ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 101-116 16 p. (Routledge studies in modern history).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access

    Taqizadeh and European civilisation

     Ansari, A. M., 13 Jul 2017, In: Iran: Journal of British Institute of Persian Studies. 54, 1, p. 47-58

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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