Hamid Dabashi

Hamid Dabashi is a Professor at the Columbia University in New York.

Hamid Dabashi
Born	15 june 1951 Ahvaz
Nationality	Irani
Occupation	Professor and Author

Biography

Hamid Dabashi was born in Ahvaz, Khuzestan in Iran on the 15^th of June, 1951 who lives with his family in New York since he moved there after completing his masters from Iran. Professor Dabashi have featured regularly on channels such as Aljazeera, CNN, The New York Times, BBC and many more.

Career

• Professor, Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University.
• Editor, Literatures and Cultures of Islamic World, Palgrave Macmillan.
• Columnist, Aljazeera.
• Columnist, Middle East Eye.

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University.
• PhD, Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1984.

Academic Activities

• Gave lectures in numerous universities across North and Latin America, Iran, Europe and Middle East.
• Founding Member, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University
• Founding member, Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University

Books

1. Being a Muslim in the World, Palgrave, 2012.
2. Shi’ism: A Religion of Protest, The Belknap Press of the Harvard University, 2011.
3. Muslim Studies, Aldine Transaction, 2005.
4. Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire, Routledge, 2008.
5. Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Routledge, 2005.
6. History of Islamic Philosophy, Taylor & Francis, 1996.
7. Expectation of the Millennium: Shi’ism in History, New York Press, 1989.

Articles

1. “The End of Islamic Ideology”, Social Research. vol. 67, no. 2, 2000, pp. 475-518
2. “Modern Shi’i Thought”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modem Islamic World.
3. “The Sufi Doctrine of ‘The Perfect Man’ and a View of the Hierarchical Structure of the Islamic Culture.” Islamic Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2, 1986
4. “The Philosopher/Vizier: Khwajah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and His Isma’ili Connection.” In Farhad Daftari (ed.), Studies in Isma’ili History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press, 1996

Honors

• Association of American Publishers Award for Best Book in Philosophy and Religion.
• Lionel Trilling Award, Columbia University.
• Marginal Revolution Book of the Year, 2011.

Contact Details

1. Address: 416, Knox Hall, 606 West, 122^nd St. New York, NY 10027
2. Phone: +1 212 8547524
3. Email: [[1]]
4. Website: http://www.hamiddabashi.com/

Sources

• https://mesaas.columbia.edu/faculty-directory/hamid-dabashi/
• http://hamiddabashi.com/