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Zackery Heern
Idaho State University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Department of History
921 S. 8th Ave. Idaho State University
Pocatello ID 83209-8079
United States
ABOUT
Zackery M. Heern is a specialist in the Middle East and Islamic Studies. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Idaho State University. Oneworld Publications published his latest book, titled "The Emergence of Modern Shi‘ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran." According to The Economist, Heern “refreshingly teases out the parallels between the three movements” of Usuli Shi‘ism, neo-Sufism, and Wahhabi Sufism.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
World History
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Iraq
Islamic World
Specialties
Shi'i Islam
Islamic Movements
Intellectual History
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
German (elementary)
Persian (advanced)
Spanish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2011 | History | University of Utah
MA | 2005 | ME Stds | U of Utah
BA | 2002 | Hist & ME Stds | UCLA
Abstracts
Charismatic Authority in Early Modern Shi'ism Thou Shalt Emulate the Most Knowledgeable Cleric Usuli Shi’ism and the Eighteenth Century Islamic Reformation Shi’i-British Relations and the Creation of Iraq Modern Usuli Shi‘ism as a Transnational Movement Shi‘i Activism and British Imperialism in Iraq: State Formation, Resistance, and Disenfranchisement Islam in the Writings of Bahāʾu’llāh