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Robert J. Riggs
University of Bridgeport
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Email:
[email protected]
University of Bridgeport
College of Public and International Affairs 126 Park Ave.
Bridgeport CT 06604
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Arabic
History Of Religion
Identity/Representation
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Afghanistan
Arab States
Iran
Israel
Specialties
Contemp Arab Lit & Hist Antecedents
Shi'i Rel Authority Structures
Stds In Early Islamic Dogma Construction
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Aramaic (intermediate)
French (advanced)
German (intermediate)
Greek (elementary)
Persian (advanced)
Spanish (intermediate)
Education
MA | 2006 | NELC | U of Pennsylvania
BA | 2000 | Hist | Grove City Col
Abstracts
The Double-Edged Sword: How Khums Collection and Redistribution Creates Intellectual Diversity or Uniformity in the Shi‘i Scholarly Community
Global Networks, Local Concerns: Internet Competition for Local Constituencies among Shi'i Mujtahids
Reconceptualizing the Foundation of Lebanese and Iraqi Shi‘i Political Reformism: Muhammed Rida al-Muzaffar’s Muntada al-Nashr
Muhammad Muhammad Sadiq Al-Sadr versus the Hawza: An Intra-Shi‘i Zero-Sum Game or a False Dichotomy?
Ayatollahs Online: Virtual Marjas and Their Actor-Networks in Lebanon
Al-Sadr’s Indigenization Strategies and the Emergence of Iraqi Arab Shi‘ism
Radicalism, Reform and Migration: The transformations of Shaykh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr