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Azadeh Aghighi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Occupation
Lecturer
Contact

United States
ABOUT
I've just started my position as a lecturer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Islamic Law
Gender/Women's Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Islamic World
Specialties
Quranic Hermeneutics
Hadith Sciences
Islamic Feminisms
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Persian (native)
English (fluent)
French (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2023 | Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures- Islamic Studies | Indiana University
Abstracts
The Religion and The State; Shīʿī ʿUlamāʾs Religiopolitical Roles in the Safavid Empire The People of the Book and Shiʿism; The Image of Ahl al-Kitāb in Nahj al-Balāgha Incorporating Contemporary Science in Qurʾānic Exegesis