Who We Are - Mohammad Ja`far Mahallati - Curriculum Vitae

Mohammad Ja`far Mahallati
E-mail: mahallati@yahoo.com

Present Status

Co-Founder and Trustee. The Ilex Foundation, headquarters in Boston, M.A., U.S.A. 1999 – .

Education

Ph.D., Islamic Studies. McGill University

M.S., Political Economy. University of Oregon, Eugene. 1980.

B.S., Civil Engineering. University of Kansas, Lawrence. 1978

B.A., Economics. National University of Iran, Tehran. 1975.

Islamic Studies (Jurisprudence/History). Khan Seminary, Shiraz, Iran, 1969-72

Experience: Select List

Chairman, Economic Department, Kerman University, Iran. 1980 – 1981.

Director General, Economic and International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran. 1981 - 1987.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, U.S.A. 1987 - 1989.

Initiated and lead diplomatic policies both at home and the United Nations which brought peace between Iran and Iraq after eight years of war.

Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs (taught two graduate courses on political Islam in Iran, and International Relations/an Islamic Perspective). Columbia University, U.S.A. 1991 - 1997.

Adjunct Professor of International Affairs. Georgetown and Yale Universities, U.S.A. 1998.

Visiting Professor of Trans-Regional Studies. Princeton University, U.S.A. 1998 - 1999.

Senior Fellow. Middle East Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Search for Common Ground, Washington, D.C. 1999 - 2000.

Other Activities

Speaker on Cultural Themes. UNESCO General Conferences. 1983 - 1987.

Organized and Delivered Paper. Islam and Democracy Conference. Columbia University, U.S.A. 1991.

Participant. Search for Common Ground Conferences in Washington, D.C., Morocco, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Cypress, and Jordan. 1994 - present.

Participant and Speaker. Gulf 2000 Conferences. Convened by Columbia University in New York, Italy and Oman. 2000.

Participant and Speaker. At conferences convened by either the Middle East Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Strategic and International Studies or the Atlantic Council of Washington, D.C. 1997 - 2002.

Chairman of Panel on Mysticism and Cultural Bridge Building. U.S. Congress. 1999.

Chairman of Panel on Ferdowsi Conference. Convened by The Ilex Foundation and Harvard University 1999.

Organized and Delivered Paper on Ferdowsi. The Ilex Foundation and Greater Encyclopedia of Islam Joint Conference. Tehran, Iran. 2000.

Discussant on Panels. The Middle East Institute of Washington and Ilex Foundation Annual Session of MESA. 1998 - 2000.

Organizer and Participant of Panel on Islam and Persian Literature. Shiraz University, Iran. 2001 and Dartmouth College, N.H. 2003.

Published articles and editorials: New York Times/Christian Science Monitor/International Herald Tribune/Middle East Insight/Rahnemay-e Haqq/Khabare Jonoob/bitterlemons/Daily Star.

Languages

Native ability in English and Persian.

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