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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
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Law
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
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