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Robert J. Riggs
University of Bridgeport
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
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