Dr. Manzar Foroohar
Professor
Modern Latin America, Modern Middle East, Political Economy
E-mail: mforooha@calpoly.edu
Office: Building 47, Room 25B
Phone: (805) 756-2068
Education
- Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.A. California State University, Northridge
- B.A. National University of Iran, Tehran
Research and Teaching Interests
- Teaching fields: Modern Latin America, Modern Middle East, Comparative Political Economy of Latin America and the Middle East.
- Research fields: Religion and Revolution in Latin America and the Middle East, Social and Political Movements in Latin America and the Middle East, Palestinian Diaspora.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Publications:
- “Palestinians in Central America: From Temporary Emigrants to a Permanent Diaspora,” Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XL, No. 3, pp.6-22.
- Manzar Foroohar, “The wall in Palestine, a Photo Essay,” American Quarterly, December 2010, Volume 62, Number 4, pp. 861-872.
- 1999: “Internal Migration and Urbanization in Nicaragua."
- 1993: “The Division in the Nicaraguan Catholic Church 1968-1979,” in Garcia Antezana, Liberation Theology and Sociopolitical Transformation, Vancouver, Canada: The Institute of the Humanities, Simon Fraser University.
- 1989: The Catholic Church and Social Change in Nicaragua (State University of New York Press, 1989).
- 1986: “Liberation Theology: the Response of Latin American Catholics to Socioeconomic Problems,” Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 13, No, 3.
Presentations:
- The 4th Annual Middle East Studies Conference, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, Oct. 14-15, 2011 “Palestinians in Honduras: Economic Success and Backlash of Discrimination.”
- March 28, 2011, Lecture: “1979 Iranian Revolution, similarities and differences with 2011 Egyptian democratic movement,” American University in Cairo, Political Science Department.
- The 3rd Annual Middle East Studies Conference, October 7-9, 2010, College of Arts and Humanities, California State University, Fresno. “Academic Freedom and California State University System: Discussions and Resolutions of the Academic Senate of the CSU (ASCSU) and California Faculty Association (CFA).
- August 2005: “Conflicto Palestina/Israel,” Centro de Amigos para la Paz, San Jose Costa Rica.
- July 1999: “Migracion interna y urbanizacion en Nicaragua,” the international conference “Centroamerca 2020, Migracion y Transnacionalism,” sponsored by the International University of Florida in San Salvador.
- November, 1994: The Middle East Studies Association, Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona. "A Comparison of Revolutionary Coalitions in Iran and Nicaragua.
- January, 1994: American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco "Latin America in World History."
- September, 1992: The XVII International Congress, Latin American Studies Association. "Class Formation and Rural-Urban Migration in Nicaragua, 1950s and 1960s."
- February, 1991: An International Conference on Language, Culture, and Society in the Americas, Merida, Venezuela."Agricultural Modernization: Nicaragua."
- October, 1989: 35th Annual Conference of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Sacramento. "Capitalism and Class Structure in Nicaragua."
- September 1989: Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida."Socio-economic Formation and Development of Revolutionary Movements."
- July, 1988: 46th International Congress of Americanists, Amsterdam, Holland. "Religion and Revolution in Nicaragua and Iran, a Comparative Study."
Work in Progress:
- “Palestinian Diaspora in Central America”
Service
- Membership in the Academic Senate
- Chair, Cal Poly Academic Senate Faculty Affairs Committee (2002-2010)
- CFA Chapter President (2001-2005)
- Member: State wide Academic Senate (2002-present)
- Member: State wide Faculty Affairs Committee (2003-present)
Courses
- HIST 214 – Political Economy of Latin America and the Middle East
- HIST 314 – History of Modern Middle East
- HIST 340 – History of Modern Latin America
- HIST 341 – History of Modern Central America
