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Norma Claire Moruzzi

Associate Professor, Political Science, and Gender & Women's Studies
Director of the International Studies Program
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University 1990

Phone: 312-996-2794
Fax: 312-413-0440
E-Mail: nmoruzzi@uic.edu

Full Vitae

Fields of Interest:
Political Theory, Feminist Theory, Politics of Social Identity, Middle Eastern and Islamic Women, Film Studies

Selected Publications:
"Tied Up in Tehran: A Metaphor." Middle East Report, Spring 2009, No. 250, 18-23.

"Trying to Look Different: Hijab as the Self-Presentation of Social Distinctions." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2008, 225-234.

"From Parvenu to Pariah: Hannah Arendt's Rahel Varnhagen," in Samuel Fleischacker, ed., Heidegger's Jewish Followers, Pittsburgh: Duquesne Press, 2008, 28-42, notes 250-253

"Dialogue of Civilizations and Political Thought" in Fred Dallmayr and Abbas Manoochehri, eds., Mohammed Khatami, intro., Civilizational Dialogue and Political Thought: Tehran Papers Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007, 19-23

Speaking through the Mask: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Social Identity; Ithica: Cornell University Press,  2000. 

Current Research Areas:
Issues of social identity involving gender, religion, and nationality, especially Jewish and Islamic identities.

Current project an investigation of Iranian women's inter-related political and personal experiences and their construction of a contemporary national identity.

Selected Activities and Honors:
Field work in Iran, multiple trips from 2000 to present.
Gradiva Award, Best Book: Social Theory, 2002
National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis

 

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