Ahmad Sadri is an Iranian-American sociologist, author, and translator. He is the James P. Gorter Professor of

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ic World Studies and Professor of

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and

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. He is the twin brother and collaborator of Mahmoud Sadri.

Biography

Ahmad Sadri (c. 1954) was born in Iran. He received a

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and

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in Sociology from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

and a MS and

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from the

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in New York. He is an active member of the reform movement in Iran. In August 2014, Sadri was arrested in Iran for propaganda against the state and collaboration with enemies of the state, which hold a one and five year prison sentence, respectively. He was released on bail his first night at

Evin Prison Evin Prison () is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. The prison has been the primary site for detaining Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "E ...

after hours of interrogation but was grounded in Iran for 40 days before his passport was returned. During this time, he continued to be interrogated by the Ministry of Justice. He returned to the United States and resumed his teaching duties at Lake Forest College in December.

Career

Sadri joined the Sociology and Anthropology department at Lake Forest College in 1998 and was named the James P. Gorter Professor of

ic World Studies in 2007. He has written articles in English, Persian, and Arabic for scholarly journals and editorials in the popular press, such as " Daily Star" of

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. In the United States, he has appeared many times in public forums and in the media. He was on an advisory board member of the

National Iranian American Council The National Iranian American Council (NIAC; ) is a lobbying group widely viewed as the de facto "Iran Lobby" in Washington, D.C. due to its history of lobbying for stances on behalf of, and aligned with, Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran. NIAC ...

(NIAC). He resigned from NIAC on 01/07/2022.

Books

* ''Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. (English) * ''Apocalypse Tomorrow and other Essays: Investigations in Sociologies of Religion and Politics'', Translated to Persian by Amirhossein Teymoori, Kavir Press, Tehran, March, 2007. * ''The Necessity of Reviving The Concept of Civilization in Social Sciences'', Tehran: Hermes and Center for the Dialogue of Civilizations, 2001. (Persian).

Books translated

* ''Saddam City'' by Mahmoud Saeed, London, Saqi Books, 2004. Translated from Arabic. * ''Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam: Essays by Abdolkarim Soroush'', New York, Oxford University Press 2000, Co-translated from Persian with Mahmoud Sadri. * '' Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings'' by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Quantuck Lane Press, 2013. Translated from Persian.

References

External links

Faculty websiteSadri participated in a panel discussion, ''Iran: The Next Military Frontier?''
in 2007 at the

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