Bashir Mobasher Scholar In Residence Sociology
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Dr. Bashir Mobasher is a postdoctoral fellow at the 51勛圖 (DC), an adjunct at the 51勛圖 of Afghanistan, and an affiliate with EBS Universit瓣t. He is the President of Afghanistan Law and Political Science Association (in Exile) and leads its online education programs for female students of Afghanistan. Bashir is an expert in constitutional design in divided societies and human rights. He has authored, reviewed, and supervised numerous research projects on constitutional law, electoral systems, and identity politics. His recent research projects are centered around decentralization, social justice, and orientalism. Bashir obtained his B.A. (2007) from the School of Law and Political Science at Kabul University and his LLM (2010) and PhD (2017) from the University of Washington School of Law.
Recent Publications
2024. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE POLITICS OF ETHNIC ACCOMMODATION: INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN IN AFGHANISTAN (LONDON: ROUTLEDGE)
2024. Divided Legal Systems: Understanding Legal Systems in Conflict-Prone Societies, in CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW (Mathias Siems and Po Jen Yap, eds. 2024).
2023. Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narratives of Peace and Security for AfghanistanPart I, Toda Peace Institute
2023. Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narratives of Peace and Security for AfghanistanPart II, Toda Peace Institute
2023. The Unholy Alliance of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, Misogynism, and TerrorismPart I: Understanding Taliban Apologism, Toda Peace Institute
2023. The Unholy Alliance of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, and FundamentalismPart II: 5 False Narratives of Orientalist Taliban Apologists, Toda Peace Institute
2023. "Politics Before Law: The New Panel Code of 2017 and Its Limited Protection of Ethnic Minorities" in Criminal Legalities and Minorities in the Global South
2023. Missed Opportunities: How Jihadi Elites Mishandled Constitutional Reforms in Afghanistan, InterRegional Institute for Strategic Analysis.
2022. "The Constitution and the Laws of the Taliban 1996-2001: Hints From the Past & Options for the Future" International IDEA
2022. Deproblematizing the FederalUnitary Dichotomy: Insights from a Public Opinion Survey about Approaches to Designing a Political System in Afghanistan Publius: The Journal of Federalism
2022. "Terrorizing Education: Afghanistans Educational Sector Grapples with Talibans Extremism" Inter-Regional Ins. for Strategic Analysis.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality
Spring 2025
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SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality
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SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality