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Bashir Mobasher Postdoctoral Fellow Sociology

Bio
Dr. Bashir Mobasher is a postdoctoral fellow at the American University (DC), an adjunct at the American University of Afghanistan, and an affiliate with EBS Universität. 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 Afghanistan—Part I, Toda Peace Institute 
• 2023.  Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narratives of Peace and Security for Afghanistan—Part II, Toda Peace Institute 
• 2023. The Unholy Alliance of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, Misogynism, and Terrorism—Part I: Understanding Taliban Apologism, Toda Peace Institute 
• 2023. The Unholy Alliance of Orientalism, Ethnocentrism, and Fundamentalism—Part 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 Federal–Unitary Dichotomy: Insights from a Public Opinion Survey about Approaches to Designing a Political System in Afghanistan” Publius: The Journal of Federalism
• 2022. "Terrorizing Education: Afghanistan’s Educational Sector Grapples with Taliban’s Extremism" Inter-Regional Ins. for Strategic Analysis.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality

Spring 2025

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality