Teaching: Sociology 250, "Social Theory," Fall 2009. Sociology 811, Graduate Course, "Political Sociology," Fall 2009. Sociology 814, Graduate Course, "Comparative-Historical Methods," Spring 2009. Sociology 419, "Sociology of Islam," Fall 2008. Sociology 700, Graduate Course, "Social Theory," Fall 2007. Sociology 273, "Social and Economic Justice," Spring 2007. Sociology 950.2, 1-credit Graduate Course, "Middle East Politics," Spring 2007. Sociology 326.6, Graduate Course, "Celebrity Status," Spring 2005 (now a major motion picture). Bad advice to graduate students, from a fellow graduate student in the throes of dissertation-writing. Good advice on writing. Good advice on framing novel arguments. Good advice on networking. E-mail pledges. Islamic and Middle Eastern studies: Islamic statements against terrorism in the wake of the September 11 mass murders. Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.    - Upcoming Carolina events related to Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. Middle East Sociology Working Group. The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran (Harvard University Press, 2004) (or Amazon.com). (.فصل نخست) Democracy Denied, 1905-1915 (Harvard University Press, 2008) (or Amazon.com). Chapter 1 online. Liberal Islam: A Source-Book, edited by Charles Kurzman (Oxford University Press, 1998).    - Liberal Islam web links.    - Click to order book from Oxford University Press or Amazon.com. Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Source-Book, edited by Charles Kurzman (Oxford University Press, 2002).    - Click to order book from Oxford University Press or Amazon.com. Iranian Family Attitudes Survey. Some of my articles and lectures:    - Reading Weber in Tehran, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 1, 2009.    - Ignore All the Iran Experts, ForeignPolicy.com, June 17, 2009.   - The Iranian Revolution at 30: Still Unpredictable, in Viewpoints, Middle East Institute, January 29, 2009, pp. 32-34.    - Contemporary Iran in Context, with Omid Safi, "The State of Things," WUNC-FM, December 4, 2008.    - Farewell to World Peace?, with Neil Englehart, Christian Science Monitor, August 29, 2008.    - Xenophobia in Wartime America, with Erin Carlston and Rosa Perelmuter, "The State of Things," WUNC-FM, December 6, 2007.    - Welcome to World Peace, with Neil Englehart, Christian Science Monitor, August 30, 2006.    - Bin Laden and Other Thoroughly Modern Muslims, Contexts Magazine, Fall-Winter 2002.    - Convocation Address: On Approaching the Qur'an, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 18, 2002.    - Who Speaks for Islam Today?, News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), December 2, 2001.    - Understanding the Attack on America, speech at peace rally, Chapel Hill, N.C., September 17, 2001.    - Lost Opportunities: Limits of U.S. Support for Constitutionalism in Iran, The Iranian, April 19, 2000.    - Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges (html version), Middle East Review of International Affairs, September 1999.    - more articles available through my curriculum vitae. My address: C. Kurzman Department of Sociology CB#3210, 155 Hamilton Hall University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA kurzman@unc.edu (e-mail) (1) (919) 962-1007 (phone) (1) (919) 962-7568 (fax) http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman (web) Curriculum vitae Updated November 1, 2009.

Mr. Fish, "A Cartoon," Harper's Magazine Online, July 19, 2007 From Gary Clement, "Reflections on [the Canada Council for the Arts] Turning 50," National Post, April 5, 2007 Unidentified photograph, purchased in Istanbul, Turkey, May 2008