Shahram Akbarzadeh

Who is Shahram Akbarzadeh?

Prof. Shahram Akbarzadeh is based at Melbourne University, Australia. He is professor of International Relations, East European Studies and Middle Eastern Studies. Akbarzadeh completed his M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University in 1992 and acquired a PhD at La Trobe University in 1998. He served as the Central and West Asia Councillor for the Asian Studies Association of Australia from 1999 to 2004. His numerous publications include works on Islamic Law, Tajikistan and the Muslim community of Australia.

In 2012 he won a prestigious fellowship with the Australian Research Council.