TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES Graduate School of Global Studies 3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi Tokyo 183-8534 JAPAN

Yasuyuki Matsunaga

associate professor

E-mail: matsunaga@tufs.ac.jp

Office: Room 524

Office hours: 12:00-12:30, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Departmental affiliation: Program in Peace and Conflict Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

· contentious politics

· comparative political regimes and democratization

· religion and politics in modern and contemporary Iran

· U.S.-Middle Eastern relations

Educational Background

· Ph.D. (political science), New York University (U.S.A.), 2006. Dissertation: Struggles for Democratic Consolidation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979-2004. [Abstract].

· M.A. (international studies), University of South Carolina (U.S.A.), 1994

· B.A. (Islamic studies), University of Tokyo, 1987

Associational Affiliations

· Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association (Middle East Sociology Working Group)

· Japan Association of International Relations, Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan

Select Publications

· “Human Rights and New Jurisprudence in Mohsen Kadivar’s Advocacy of ‘New-Thinker’ Islam,” Die Welt des Islams, Vol. 51, Nos. 3-4 (2011), pp. 358-381. [Abstract]

· “The Secularization of a Faqih-headed Revolutionary Islamic State of Iran: Its Mechanisms, Processes, and Prospects,” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2009), pp. 468-482. [Abstract].

· “Popular Sovereignty and Republicanism in Iran’s Postrevolutionary Electoral Democracy,” in Development of Parliamentarism in the Modern Islamic World, ed. Sato Tsugitaka (Tokyo: The Toyo Bunko, 2009), pp. 134-153.

· “Revisiting Ayatollah Khomeini’s Doctrine of Wilayat al-Faqih (Velayat-e Faqih),” Orient, Vol. 44 (2009), pp. 77-90.

· “‘Atabāt” and “Borujerdi, Hosayn,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, 5 vols., ed. John L. Esposito (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2009), pp. 240-245 and 361-362.

· “Political Parties,” in Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic, 2 volumes, ed. Mehran Kamrava and Manochehr Dorraj (Westport, CT: Greenwood, October 2008), pp. 390-394.

· “Mohsen Kadivar, an Advocate of Postrevivalist Islam in Iran,” British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 34, Number 3 (December 2007), pp. 317-329; reprinted in Iranian Intellectuals: 1997-2007, ed. Lloyd Ridgeon (London and New York: Routledge, April 2008), pp. 57-69. [Abstract].

· “A Contemporary Iranian Perspective on the Issue of Legitimacy of Rule,” Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, Vol. 44, Number 2 (2001), pp. 87-103 [in Japanese]. [Abstract]

· “Iran’s Domestic Politics and Foreign Economic Relations after the Sixth Majles Elections,” in Politics, Economy and Sanctions in the Persian Gulf States in a Changing Environment, ed. Sadashi Fukuda (Chiba, Japan: Institute of Developing Economies, 2001), pp. 16-25.

· “Examining the Views of ‘Allamah Majlisi on Legitimate Political Authority (saltanat-i mashru‘ah) and the Guardianship of the Jurist (wilayat-i faqih),” Orient, Vol. 35 (2000), pp. 12-22. Reprinted in Journal of Religious Thought (a journal published by Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, College of Literature and Humanities, Shiraz University), Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2 (Autumn-Winter 2001), pp. 3-16 [in English].

· “L’État rentier est-il réfractaire à la démocratie?” Critique internationale, Number 8 (Summer 2000), pp. 46-58 [in French].

· “The Development and Debate over the Doctrine of Wilayat-i Faqih since Imam Khomeini,” Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, Vol. 42, No. 2 (1999), pp. 61-79 [in Japanese].

Other Papers Authored

· “Poverty and Displaced Populations: Policy Implications of Involuntary Displacement,” Background Paper for Human Development Report 1997 (New York, NY: UNDP-HDRO, 1996)

· “Conflict and Deprivation: The Dynamics of Political Violence in the Post-Cold War Period,” Background Paper for Human Development Report 1997 (New York, NY: UNDP-HDRO, 1996

Research Activities

· Research Trip to Iran (Qom, Tehran), September 2010 (As Part of the Research Funded by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)

· Research Trip to Iran (Qom, Tehran), March 2008 (Travel Grant from the NIHU Program: Islamic Area Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)

· Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions, Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan), 2004 – 2009

· Research Fellow (Contemporary Islamic Studies Group), Toyo Bunko (Tokyo, Japan), 2003 – the present

· Dissertation Field Research in Iran, 1997-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

· Graduate Student Oversees Research Fellowship Trip to Iran (Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz), January – February 1988 (University of Tokyo)

Professional Activities

· Editorial Board, Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, April 2009 – the present

· Program Committee, Japan Association of International Relations, October 2008 – November 2009

· Program Committee, International Society for Iranian Studies, 2009-2010

· Chair, Middle East Subsection, Japan Association of International Relations, October 2008 – October 2010

· Coordinator, UNU Joint Graduate Courses, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008 – February 2010

· Organizing Committee, International Workshop “Changing Knowledge and Authority in Islam,” Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 2004

· Consultant, International Information and Analysis Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Tokyo, Japan), 2003 – 2004

· Editorial Board, Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, 2000 – the present

· Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Japan in Iran, October 1997 – October 1999

· Junior Consultant, Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme (New York, NY), January 1997

Awards

· Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education and Science of Japan (Tokyo, Japan), 2001- 2003

· Islamic Studies Fellowship, Eiji Saito Islamic Endowment (Tokyo, Japan), 2000 - 2001

· Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship, Hagop Kervorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 1996 - 1998 (grant waived for 1997 - 1998)

Courses

Graduate Seminars:

· PCS Seminar I: Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies (Spring 2012) <2010syllabus>

· PCS Seminar III: Thesis Research and Structure (Spring 2012)

· States and Conflicts: Advanced Seminar on Conflict and Contentious Politics (Fall 2012)

· D0458 and 459 Comparative Politics: Explaining Political Processes (Spring and Fall 2012)

Undergraduate lectures:

· 7011 International Politics: The U.S. and The Middle Eastern International System I (Spring 2012) [in Japanese]

· 7012 International Politics: The U.S. and the Middle Eastern International System II (Fall 2012) [in Japanese]