Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi
Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 463027
- srd5@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- 131
- Location
- Arts Building
- Office hours
- Monday 10am to 11am (MO4853), Monday 11am to 12pm (MO3582), MLitt by appointment.
Research areas
Siavush?s core research interests lie in the evolution of the state in modern and contemporary Iran, and the contribution to the public sphere, particularly in periods of relative pluralism, such as the early 1950s or 1979-1981, of a variety of actors, from crowds formed by subaltern parts of society to socio-political elites. His first book, The Quest for Authority: A History of the Presidency from Revolution to Rouhani, is the first full-length monograph to focus on the presidential institution in the Islamic Republic, from its inception to the present day. He is now working on his second monograph, a study of the turbulent and unique political history of the 1979-1981 period through the lens of the ?Other Revolutionaries?, those parts of the anti-monarchical coalition which succeeded in bringing the Pahlavi monarchy to an end who were ejected from the public sphere by the early 1980s.
Another strand of his research concerns the entanglement between European and Iranian strands of communism. He is research-active in Italian, and has recently conducted archival research in Rome on the relations between the Partito Comunista Italiano and the Tudeh Party of Iran in both the 1950s and the 1970s.
Siavush is a keen student of the evolution of the Iranian press, and has collaborated with the University of Manchester Library in the creation of Nashriyah www.library.manchester.ac.uk/nashriyah the first openly-accessible repository of relevant Iranian periodicals from the 20th century. He is currently also producing a number of outputs on the life and times of several publications of the 1979 and 1951-53 period.
Siavush warmly welcomes prospective PhD applicants who intend to base their dissertation on any of the strands detailed above.
PhD supervision
- Leonard Michael
- Guan Kiong Teh
Selected publications
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Introduction Political Parties in the Middle East: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Randjbar-Daemi, S., Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, E. & Banko, L., Apr 2017, 4 p. Taylor & Francis.Research output: Other contribution
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Serving the Leviathan: The Political Life and Times of President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, E. & Randjbar-Daemi, S., 18 Jan 2017, Jacobin.Research output: Other contribution
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The quest for authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 29 Aug 2017, London: I.B. Tauris. 336 p. (International library of Iranian studies; vol. 71)Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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?Down with the monarchy?: Iran?s Republican Moment of August 1953
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 2017, In : Iranian Studies. 50, 2, p. 293-313Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Iran, Imperial State Of
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 22 Jan 2016, The Encyclopaedia of Empire. Wiley-BlackwellResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Looking Back at Mashruteh: Late Pahlavi Narratives on the Constitutional Revolution
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 15 Nov 2016, Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1906 and the Narratives of the Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press, p. 231-244 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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"Rowhani, Hassan"
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 1 Jul 2015, Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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A Critical Introduction to Khomeini (Book Review)
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 1 Jun 2015, In : British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 42, 4, p. 686-688 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Building the Islamic state: The draft constitution of 1979 reconsidered
Randjbar-Daemi, S., 1 Jul 2013, In : Iranian Studies. 46, 4, p. 641-663 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Bar Bal-e Bohran [Flying on the Wings of Crisis] (Book Review)
Randjbar-Daemi, S., Sep 2011, In : Iranian Studies. 44, 5, p. 777-781 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article