Dr Mona Makinejad
- Email: ss18mm@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Kemalism: The Grammar of Racism in Iran
- Supervisors: Dr Roxana Barbulescu, Professor S. Sayyid
Profile
I am a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds, where I previously worked as a Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy.
I hold a BA in Sociology from the University of Tehran, an MA in Social Research, and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds
Research interests
My doctoral thesis, Kemalism: The Grammar of Racism in Iran, examines Islamophobia as a grammar of racism, exploring its role in the formation of racial identities, ethnonationalism, and the boundaries of political community in Iran.
My research sits at the intersection of Critical Muslim Studies, racism and Islamophobia, nationalism, migration, and postcolonial and decolonial thought. I am particularly interested in the relationship between racial formations, national historiography, and the global colonial racial order.
Qualifications
- BA Sociology, University of Tehran
- MA Social Research, University of Leeds
- PhD Sociology & Social Policy, University of Leeds