Nader Sohrabi

Nader Sohrabi is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leipzig, specializing in historical sociology with a focus on early 20th-century transformations in the Middle East, particularly the Ottoman Empire and Iran. Previously, he taught at Columbia University's Department of Middle East, South Asia, and African Studies (2016-2017) and was a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton's School of Historical Studies (2014-2015). He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago.

His research explores constitutionalism, nationalism, and ethnic conflict dynamics within Muslim communities of the Ottoman Empire, including Turks, Albanians, and Arabs. His major works include Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran (2011, Cambridge University Press) and a forthcoming project on Reluctant Nationalists, Imperial Nation State and Neo-Ottomanism. Recent work at the Max Planck Institute focused on the 1909 Adana conflict.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. His advising activities and lab affiliations remain unspecified.