Hooshang amirahmadi biography
- Hooshang Amirahmadi is an Iranian American academic and political analyst of Talysh origin.
- Hooshang Amirahmadi is a professor and former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University.
- Hooshang Amirahmadi holds a Ph.D.
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Hooshang Amirahmadi
Iranian-American academic and political analyst
Hooshang Amirahmadi (Persian: هوشنگ امیراحمدی; born May 24, 1947) is an Iranian American academic and political analyst of Talysh origin. Amirahmadi is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and former director of its Center for Middle East Studies. He is also a Senior Associate Member at University of Oxford.
He is the founder and president of the American Iranian Council. He has stepped forward as a candidate for Iranian presidential elections in 2005, 2013 and 2017.
Early life
Hooshang Amirahmadi was born in 1947 in the Talysh region to a landlord family.[4] He is an ethnic Talysh.[5] He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in planning and international development from Cornell University.[6]
Career
Amirahmadi is the founder and president of American Iranian Council and is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.[7] He has s
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Life Story
Building Understanding and Relationships is an academic-political exposé of my life. In it I intend to explain the key events that have shaped my life and to summarize the numerous milestones I have already reached been achieved in creating a bridge of understanding both among Iranians and between Iran and the international community. Nonetheless, in the interest of space and clarity, I have excluded a number of momentous developments that have shaped my life and the Iranian political economy over the past four decades. Thus, for a more thorough account of my academic background, teaching, scholarship, public service, and professional activities, I wish to invite you to browse my personal website, in Persian and English, at www.amirahmadi.com, as well as the websites of the American Iranian Council at www.american-iranian.org, Caspian Associates, Inc. at www.caspian-associates.com, and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at http://policy.rutgers.edu . I also kindly invite you to consult my extensive portfolio of writings for further insight into my world
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Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi
President and Founder, AIC
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Hooshang Amirahmadi holds a Ph.D. in planning and international development from Cornell University and is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. In academic year 2008-2009, he was a Senior Associate Member at Oxford University, U.K. Professor Amirahmadi has served as director of the University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and as chair and graduate director of his department at the Bloustein School. He is the founder and president of the American Iranian Council (AIC) (www.american-iranian.org), president of Caspian Associates, Inc. (www.caspian-associates.com), and was a candidate for President in the ninth presidential elections in Iran in June 2005.
Dr. Amirahmadi is the author of The Political Economy of Iran under the Qajars, Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian Experience, and three other books in Persian on civil society, industrial policy, and geopolitics of energy. Dr. Amir
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