Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Central Asian Studies
Classical
Cultural Studies
Historiography
Iranian Studies
Islamic Thought
Medieval
Middle East/Near East Studies
Persian
13th-18th Centuries
Identity/Representation
Theater
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Iraq
Islamic World
Arab States
Tajikistan
Central Asia
Specialties
Early Shi‘ism And Sectarianism
Arabic And Persian Poetry And Belles-lettres
Arabic And Persian Historiography
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
English (native)
French (advanced)
Italian (fluent)
Russian (intermediate)
Tajik (advanced)
Turkish (elementary)
German (intermediate)
Education
MA
| 2009
| Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
| University of Chicago
BA
| 2002
| Oriental studies
| Oxford University
Abstracts
The political and institutional role of charismatic bābs in 4th/10th century
The political production of the Twelver Occultation doctrine in the late 3rd/9th century and early 4th/10th century
