The death of Bagher Parham; translator, researcher of philosophy and social science, and Abdolali Qavam; translator, researcher, writer and professor of political science, was sad news for cultural lovers. Bagher Parham was born on Tir 9, 1314 (1 July 1935), in Rudbar, and the books he translated in philosophy and sociology are still being reprinted. We can mention Hegel’s three famous works, Karl Marx and the Book of Studies on social classes, written by Georges Gurvitch.
“On the Division of Social Work,” “The Basic Forms of Religious Life” by Émile Durkheim, “Henry Corbin: The Horizons of Spiritual Thought in Islam” by Dariush Shayegan, “The Basic Stages of Thought in Sociology” by Raymond Claude Aron, “Authority” by Richard Sennett, “Studies in the works of classical sociologists” by Raymond Boudon, “Introduction to Hegel’s philosophy of history” by Jean Hyppolite, “The history of philosophy in the 20th century” by Christian Delacampagne, “Establishment of Sharia in the religion of Christ,” “John’s phenomenology” and “Preface to John’s phenomenology” by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, “The Story of Miguel Leitin’s Secret Residence in Chile” by Gabriel García Márquez, “Natural Law and History” by Leo Strauss, “The Order of Speech” by Paul-Michel Foucault, “The Foundations of Sociology” by Henri Mendras and Georges Gurevich and “Understanding Hegel’s Thought” by Roger Garaudy are among the works of the late Bagher Parham.
Death of Abdolali Qavam, researcher and professor of social science, at the age of 78. Seyyed Abdul Ali Qavam was born in 1324 (1945) in Qazvin. In 1343 (1964), he entered the undergraduate political science course at the National University of Iran and graduated in 1347 (1968). Then he went to the University of Illinois and graduated in 1352 (1973) with a master’s degree in “Public Affairs Administration.” After that, he went to England, and after receiving his second master’s degree at the University of Aberdeen in the field of “Social Theory and Public Policy” in 1354 (1975), he continued his studies at the same university and graduated with a doctorate in political science in 1357 (1978).
Qavam returned to Iran after finishing his studies and became a member of the academic board of Shahid Beheshti University. At the same time, he assumed the headship of the education and research center of local organizations and municipalities of the country and remained in this position until 1359 (1980).
Qavam managed the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Shahid Beheshti University from 1366 (1987) to 1382 (2003). The book “Principles of Foreign Policy and International Policy” by Abdul Ali Qavam in 1370 (1991) was presented as a selected work at the book of the year ceremony.
The dialogue between international relations and international law at the beginning of the third millennium: an interdisciplinary study”, “Basics of diplomacy: how to study relations between states”, “Political and social developments in Eastern Europe until 1945”, “The importance and issues of the Pacific region” with the cooperation of Maryam Daftari, “Principles of foreign policy and international politics”, “Political development and administrative transformation”, “Criticism of modernization and political development theories”, “Comparative policies”, “Challenges of political development”, “Globalization and the third world”, “International relations” : Theories and Approaches”, “From Conflict to Solidarity: Examining the International Relations of the Middle East from the Perspective of the English School” with the cooperation of Ahmad Fateminejad, “The European Union: Identity, Security and Politics” with the collaboration of Daud Kiani, “State-building, nation-building and the theory of international relations” With the cooperation of Afshin Zargar, “Political Science: The Basics of Political Science”, “Theory of International Relations: Background and Prospects” with the collaboration of Ahmed Fateminjad and Saeed Shokoohi, “The Process of State Building and Nation Building in the South Caucasus” with the cooperation of Afshin Zargar and “religion and theories of international relations” are some of the books left for us, by this author
