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Robert Ames
Occupation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Discipline
Other
Sub Areas
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Islamic Thought
Persian
Modernization
19th-21st Centuries
Information Technology/Computing
Iranian Studies
Technology
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
All Middle East
Specialties
Sufism, Theory, Modern Iran
Languages
Persian (advanced)
Arabic (intermediate)
English (native)
French (elementary)
German (elementary)
Spanish (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2018 | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | Harvard University
MA | 2016 | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | Harvard University
MTS | 2011 | Islamic Studies | Harvard Divinity School
BA | 2009 | History | Brown University
Abstracts
Modernizing Sufism: Safī ‘Alī Shāh’s Mīzān al-Ma’rifah and Late Qajar Epistemic Culture Digital Infrastructure and Financial Security in the Islamic Republic: Iranian Banks, State, and Society