No.311, Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Faculty of Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Velenjak Campus, Tehran, Iran. P.O: 1983963113
University of Tehran, Iran PhD, Islamic History and Civilization Thesis Topic: Crown Prince System in the Umayyad Caliphate and Early Abbasid Era
1996-1999
University of Tehran, Iran MA., Islamic History and Civilization Thesis Topic: A Critical Study and Translation of the Book the Shiites Religion by D.M. Donaldson.
1992-1996
Arak University, Iran BA., Theology and Islamic Studies
Academic Experience
Oct. 2018 – present
Shahid Beheshti University Associate Professor
Sep. 2018 – present
Iranian Research Center of Silk Roads Studies (Joint Program of Shahid Beheshti University and UNESCO). Senior Research Fellow
Apr. 2022 – present
Institute of Interdisciplinary Quranic Studies of Shahid Beheshti University Senior Research Fellow
Sep. 2011 – Oct. 2018
Shahid Beheshti University Assistant Professor
Sep. 2006 – Sep. 2011
Zanjan University Assistant Professor
Sep. 1989 – present
Encyclopedia Islamica Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests
Cultural history of the Eastern Caliphate lands with an emphasis on Iran; Ecological Civilization.
Areas of Expertise
Cultural history of Islam with emphasis on Iran, Historical geography; Islamic Studies in the West; Social History
Administrative Experience
2022 – 2023
Associate dean of research Iranology Foundation
2021 – present
Member of the Scientific Council Interdisciplinary Studies Group of Farabi International Festival.
2021
Representative of Shahid Beheshti University Policy working group on the role of humanities in research and technology.
Mar. 2020 – Mar.2022
Acting director Webinar series on Covid-19, Shahid Beheshti University
Apr. 2020 – Feb. 2022
Member and Secretary Shahid Beheshti Webinar Policy Council
2020-2022
Member Working group for the promotion of academic staff members, universities of Qazvin, Arak and Al-Zahra
Mar. 2020 – Feb. 2021
Head of the Sixth Research Cluster Shahid Beheshti University
2020 – present
Member Working group to investigate the scientific abilities of faculty members of the Faculty of Religious Studies and the Research Institute of Interdisciplinary Quranic Studies of Shahid Beheshti University
Oct. 2019 – present
Member of the Research Council Iranology Foundation
Feb. 2017
Responsible for setting up the secretariat Faculty The institutional committee of theoretical chairs of Shahid Beheshti University
2017-2022
Secretariat of academic appointed committee Faculty of Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University
2016 – present
Memberof the Khandan va Rijal Group Islamic History Research Institute
2016
Responsible for setting up the digital library Faculty of Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University
2015-2022
Deputy of Research Faculty of Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University.
July 2018 – July 2014
Member of the Recruitment Faculty Faculty of Religious Studies, Shahid Beheshti University
2013-2015
Founding Director of Department Dept. of History and Civilization of the Muslims, Shahid Beheshti University.
2006-2011
Founding Director of Department History and Civilization of Muslim Nations, Zanjan University
2006-2007
Research fellow & director Anatolia-Balkans-Caucasus section of historical geography foundation, Islamic Encyclopedia
Awards and Honors
Currently
Leading scientific face of Shahid Beheshti University
Currently
Member of Iran’s National Elites Foundation (INEF) for being selected as the Winner of International Farabi Award
Currently
Technical launch, testing and practical development of a digital library of humanities, Shahid Beheshti University
2021
Honored research assistant for launching the webinar system of Shahid Beheshti University
2020
Best research researcher of Shahid Beheshti University
2013
Recognized researcher in religious studies faculty of Shahid Beheshti University
2012
Recognized researcher in Shahid Beheshti University, in National and International Standards
2012
Winner of 3rd international Farabi Award
2001
Ranked 1st in the PhD entrance exam of University of Tehran
1999
Graduated with distinction with a master’s degree from Tehran University.
1996
Ranked 1st in Iran’s national universities entrance exam for MA degree
1996
Distinguished student of Arak University
1996
First-ranked undergraduate student, received a certificate of appreciation from the then Minister of Science, Research and Technology
Memberships in Scientific Societies and Editorial Boards
Member of the Iranian History Association (2016)
Chairman of International Committee of Iranian Society of History (2008 – 2010)
Member of the Iranian Society of Islamic History
Head of the Research Working Group of the Iranian Society of Islamic History (2010 – 2015)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Society of Islamic History (2016)
Vice President of the Iranian Society of Islamic History (2016)
Member of the Editorial Board of Cultural Heritage Document Studies Journal (Cultural Heritage Research Center
Member of the editorial board and review editor of the Journal of Shia Islamic Studies (2011-2017)
Member of the editorial board of the research journal on the history of Shiism
Member of the Strategic Council of Waqf Research and Development Center, Faculty of Religious studies, Shahid Beheshti University (2017-2020)
Editorial Member: Brigham Young University’s International Shi’i Studies Journal, New York (2011-2015)
Member of the editorial board of Afaq al-Hadara al-Islamiyya (آفاق الحضاره الاسلامیه) Journal
Member of the editorial board of Iraqi Studies Journal
Member of the editorial board of the journal Comparative Islamic Studies
Editor-in-Chief of al-Dirasat al Iraniyya al Duwali (الدراسات الایرانیة الدولیة) Journal
Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Safavid Studies
Editor-in-chief of Iranshenasi Journal
Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Quranic Studies
Associate member of the Research Institute of Interdisciplinary Quranic Studies, Shahid Beheshti University
Member of International Society of Cultural History, UK (2009)
Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Islamic History and Civilization: A Contemporary Vision (التاریخ والحضارة الاسلامیة رؤیة معاصرة)
Teaching Experience
Associate Professor, Doctoral courses, Shahid Beheshti University: Iranian studies; Cultural history; Historiography; Social historical movements; Umayyads and Abbasids; Research methods and bibliography; Shiite historical movements.
Associate Professor, Master courses, Shahid Beheshti University: Historiography; Political history of early Islam; An introduction to Islamic civilization; Historical texts in English; Iranian dynasties in the East; Historical methodology; Knowledge of historical sources; Islamic Studies in the West; History of educational institutions.
Associate Professor, Master courses, Iranology Foundation: Iranian culture and civilization; The influence of Iranian culture and civilization on the West; Cultural History; Persian prose texts; general history of Iran in the Islamic period; Research method and methodology;Historical Geography.
Associate Professo, Kharazmi University: History of Iran in the Middle Ages; Historiography.
Assistant Professor, Master and Bachelor courses, Zanjan University: Islamic arts; Historical geography of Islam; Texts of Persian historical geography; Arabic; Historiography; Historical methodology; History of Shiism; Science and technology in Islam; Political history of Islam; Umayyads; Abbasids; Buyids; Seljuqs and Crusades; History of education.
Instructor, University of Tehran: Cultural history of Iran; The historical geography of the Eastern Caliphate.
Instructor, Islamic Azad University: Political history of Islam.
Instructor, Arak University: Islamic and Arabic Studies: Methodology, Languages, grammar and texts in Persian, Arabic and English.
Teacher and Instructor, Schools and High schools in Tehran: Philosophy; Literature; History.
Workshops
2019 | Typology of Muslims’ Confrontation with Modernity in Specialized Workshop, Islamic Studies in Modern Era- Challenges and Courses, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
2019 | Human and Social Relations in Nahj Al-Balagha, Research Institute of Nahj Al-Balagha, Tehran, Iran.
2019 | Quran as a Resource in historical studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Quran Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
2017 | Research Methodology: Planning & Teaching, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
2017 | Research Methodology: Planning & Teaching, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran.
2016 | Position of Persian Literature in Iranian Cultural History, Linguistic Research Institute of Inscriptions and Texts of Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Studies Institute, Tehran, Iran.
2015 | ISI Article Writing, Payam-e Nour University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2015 | Western Islamic studies: approaches and methodology, Tehran, Iran.
2014 | ISI Article Writing, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
2012 | Methodology of Cultural Studies, Ministry of Culture, Mazandaran, Iran
2012 | Research Methodology on Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies, Shahid Motahari University, Tehran.
2009 | Digital Islamic Databases, Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation.
2007 | New Approaches to the Western Oriental studies, Qom, Iran.
2006 | The Influence of Islamic Civilization on the West, Mashhad, Iran.
Specialized Webinars
2020 | Historical Study on Epidemics and Pandemics in Human Civilization, in Corona Webinar Series of Shahid Beheshti University, Corona Beheshti Webinar Series Shahid Beheshti University.
2020 | Introduction and study of Western studies on Epidemic diseases in Islamic societies, in corona Webinar series of Shahid Beheshti University, Webinar Series Shahid Beheshti University.
2020 | Tehran International Book Fair, in corona Webinar series of Shahid Beheshti University, Webinar Series Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
2020 | Live Report of Dying in Arak, in corona Webinar series of Shahid Beheshti University, Webinar Series Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Research Critic’s Seat
2020 | Minor Islamic Dynasties in Gilan, Shahid Beheshti University.
2019 | Gender Discourse Difference in Quran and Nahj al Balagha, Shahid Beheshti University.
2019| Muslim Orientalist: A changing in a name or changed methodology.
2018 | Cultural Transfer and the Problem of Translation in Iran before the Constitution, Cultural History Workshop of History Association (Convened in National Documents Organization of Iran).
2017 | The Process of Degradation and Collapse of Buyids, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
2017 | A Critical Review on Phenomenology in Shia Studies by Orientalists, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Research Project Principal Investigator (PI)
Shia studies in the West, 2020.
Encyclopedia of Iranian Coins, Cultural Heritage Research Institute, 2016.
The Life and Works of Muslim Orientalists, Fund for the Protection of Researchers and Technologists, 2012.
Recognition of Celebi Oglu Identity and Personality, Zanjan Cultural Heritage Organization, 2008.
