Dr. Raz Zimmt
Email: rzimmt@gmail.com
Research:
Dr. Raz Zimmt is researcher at the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University. His main research interests are modern history of Iran; state, society and foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Education:
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Period of Study (dates) |
Name of University (including city and country if not in Israel) |
Subject |
Degree or Professional License |
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1989-1992
1997-2001
2005-2011 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv University.
Tel Aviv University. |
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Middle Eastern History.
Middle Eastern History. |
B.A. (with distinction).
M.A.
Ph.D. Dissertation topic: Iranian policy towards Nasserism and Arab radicalism: 1954-1967. |
Academic and professional experience:
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Period (dates) |
Name of Institution (city, country) |
Department |
Rank/Function |
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June 2015 to current.
June 2015 to January 2020.
January 2017 to current. |
Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.
Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University. |
The Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk (MENAD).
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Researcher and editor of "Spotlight on Iran" bi-weekly.
Researcher.
Research fellow. |
Lectures:
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Year |
Name of Meeting |
Title of Lecture |
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2008
2009
2013
2013
2017
2017
2018
2018
2020
2020
2021
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The Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "State, opposition and public opinion in the Middle East".
The Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "Nationalism, secularization and religion in the Middle East".
The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University. An international workshop on the construction of nationalism in Iran.
The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "Iran at a crossroad".
Mideast Freedom Forum, Berlin. An international conference entitled "Iran – Israel – Germany: A complicated triangle".
The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "Iran in a new strategic era in the Middle East".
The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "Iran-Israel: Towards confrontation or change?"
AJC Transatlantic Institute, Brussels. A conference held in cooperation with ECR Group in the European Parliament entitled: "An Impossible Balancing Act? The EU's Policy on Saudi Arabia and Iran".
The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University. A panel entitled: "Iran after the first wave of Covid-19".
The Chatham House International Affairs Think Tank, London. A panel entitled: "Iran's presidential election: Domestic and International implications".
The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University. A seminar entitled: "Iran, nationalism and Shia". |
"The Parliamentary election in Iran and its implications" (in Hebrew).
"Iranian nationalism, Shia Islam and national interests in Iran's foreign policy" (in Hebrew).
"Iranian nationalism, Islamic unity and Shi'ism in Iran's regional policy: from the Pahlavis to the Islamic Republic".
"Iran domestic developments" (in Hebrew).
"The little Satan is still around: Israel in the Iranian discourse and the discussion on the Iranian Regime in Israel".
"The effect of economic and social economic developments on the Iranian foreign policy" (in Hebrew).
"Is the Iranian regime on the verge of collapse?" (in Hebrew).
"Iran from an Israeli perspective".
"Iran facing Covid-19" (in Hebrew).
"The Iranian election and the Israeli perspective".
"Trends in Iranian clerical establishment on the background of state-society relationship" (in Hebrew). |
Publications:
- BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS
Accepted for publication:
- Iran From Inside: Politics and Society in the Islamic Republic (Tel Aviv: Resling, forthcoming), in Hebrew.
- ARTICLES in Journals
- "Revolution at a Crossroads: The Struggle for the Nature of the Islamic Republic", INSS Strategic Assessment, Volume 17, No. 1, April 2014.
- "Iran’s Middle Class: An Agent of Political Change?", INSS Strategic Assessment, Volume 20, No. 3, October 2017.
- "Major Trends in Iranian Society", INSS Strategic Assessment, Volume 20, No. 4, January 2018.
- "The Effect of Economic and Social Processes on Iranian Foreign Policy", Iran in a Changing Strategic Environment, INSS, Tel-Aviv, March 2018.
- "Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis in Iran: The Regime and the Public", INSS Strategic Assessment, Volume 23, No. 2, April 2020.
- "Iran’s Leader at the Crossroads: Between Fundamental Principles and Pragmatism", in: Sima Shine (ed.), Iran and the International Arena: Challenges and Opportunities, Institute for National Security Studies, February 2021.
- "Is Iran Really Turning from Islamic Theocracy to Military Autocracy?", INSS Strategic Assessment, Volume 24, No. 2, April 2021.
- ARTICLES in Books
- "Being a President in the Islamic Republic: Ahmadinejad in the tangle of the Iranian Politics", in: Uzi Rabi (ed.), Iran Time (Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameuchad, 2008), in Hebrew.
- "Iranians against the "Other": Iranian Identity in the Social Media Era", in: Ronen A. Cohen (ed.), Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture, And Religion (London: Lexington Books), 2015.
- "A Nasserist Threat or a Means of Realizing Interests: Why did Iran Join the Baghdad Pact?", in: Liora Hendelman-Baavur (ed.), Iran Then and Now: Society, Religion and Politics (Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameuchad, 2017), in Hebrew.
- "Iranian nationalism, Islamic unity and Shi'ism in Iran's regional policy: from the Pahlavis to the Islamic Republic", in: Meir Litvak (ed.), Constructing Nationalism in Iran: From the Qajars to the Islamic Republic (London and New York: Routledge, 2017).
- Other Publications:
- "Enemy From Within: The Iranian Regime and the New Political Challenge", Foreign Policy Research Institute, E-Notes (June 2011).
- "Marrying Late: Young Adults and the Marriage Crisis in Iran", The Forum for Regional Thinking, 7 October 2016.
