Reza Zia-ebrahimi

Biography

Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi studied Law at the University of Geneva and the History of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (St Antony's College) in what is still nostalgically called 'Oriental Studies'. Before joining the History Department at King's College London in 2013, he was a senior lecturer in history at Sheffield Hallam University. Dr Zia-Ebrahimi has been a fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation and of the Government Department of the London School of Economics. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Holocaust Centre, Oslo. In recent years, he has given seminars in Britain, the United States, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Lebanon and Russia.    Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi studied Law at the University of Geneva and the History of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (St Antony's College) in what is still nostalgically called 'Oriental Studies'. Before joining the History Department at King's College London in 2013, he was a senior lecturer in history at Sheffield Hallam University. Dr Zia-Ebrahimi has been a fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation and of the Government Department of the London School of Economics. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Holocaust Centre, Oslo. In recent years, he has given seminars in Britain, the United States, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Lebanon and Russia.   

Research Interest

"Nationalism in Iran. Any topic related to the ‘Aryan’ and ‘Semitic’ race theories. European views of Islam, Orientalism, Islamophobia."