Political Science
Darius Rejali
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97202-8199, USA
(503) 517-7346
Email: Darius.Rejali@reed.edu
My name is Darius Rejali. I am a Professor of Political Science at Reed College, a Carnegie (2003) and Fulbright (2009) scholar. My work concentrates on violence in modern societies, and particularly on modern torture. I am trained as a comparative political scientist, political philosopher and social theorist, and so my writing reflects both concerns for the causes and effects of violence, as well as what it can tell us about the human condition and how our world is changing.
You can find information on my award-winning book Torture and Democracy (2007) here. This official website includes links to reviews, editorials, magazine articles, public lectures, radio and television appearances, as well as errata and future events relating to Torture and Democracy.
My current project, Approaches to Violence, will be finished shortly, and my next project, the study of torture in Iraq over the last 30 years, is now in progress. You may be interested in learning more about my recent scholarly articles as well as my first book, a major study of modern Iranian torture (Torture and Modernity: Self, Society and State in Modern Iran (Westview, 1994)). Allow me to direct you to my personal webpage for further information on my writing, courses, and other activities.
