Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of international relations”. Today it says “professor of middle east & central asian politics based at deakin university in melbourne”.
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Shahram Akbarzadeh is based at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to his commencing his appointment at Deakin University in 2014, he was professor of Middle Eastern politics at the University of Melbourne . Akbarzadeh completed his M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University in 1992 and acquired a PhD at La Trobe University in 1998. He served as the Central and West Asia Councillor for the Asian Studies Association of Australia from 1999 to 2004. His numerous publications include works on Middle East politics, Central Asian politics and the politics of radicalisation among the Muslim community of Australia. In 2012 he won a prestigious Discovery fellowship with the Australian Research Council.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Shahram Akbarzadeh is a professor of International Relations , East European Studies and Middle Eastern Studies . Akbarzadeh completed his M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University in 1992 and acquired a PhD at La Trobe University in 1998. He served as the Central and West Asia Councillor for the Asian Studies Association of Australia from 1999 to 2004. His numerous publications include works on Islamic Law , Tajikistan and the Muslim community of Australia.
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Shahram Akbarzadeh is based at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.Prior to his commencing his appointment at Deakin University in 2014, he was professor of Middle Eastern politics at the University of Melbourne . Akbarzadeh completed his M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at Birmingham University in 1992 and acquired a PhD at La Trobe University in 1998. He served as the Central and West Asia Councillor for the Asian Studies Association of Australia from 1999 to 2004. His numerous publications include works on Middle East politics, Central Asian politics and the politics of radicalisation among the Muslim community of Australia.In 2012 he won a prestigious Discovery fellowship with the Australian Research Council.
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professor of international relations
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professor of middle east & central asian politics based at deakin university in melbourne
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