Kamran Scot Aghaie
Kamran Scott Aghaie (born December 8, 1967) is a historical expert and Associate Professor — Ph.D in University of California, Los Angeles. His primary research interests are about Islamic studies, Shi'ism, modern Iranian and Middle Eastern history; and secondly is: world history, historiography, religious studies, nationalism, gender studies and economic history.
Kamran Scott Aghaie | |
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| Born | December 8, 1967 (age 51 years) |
| Nationality | iranian |
| Occupation | academic, Associate Professor |
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| Institutions | The University of Texas at Austin |
bibliography
thumb|The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in modern Shi’i Islam (2005)
books
- The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in modern Shi’i Islam (2005)
- The martyrs of Karbala : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran (2005)
articles
"Religious rituals, social identities and political relationships in Tehran under Qajar rule, 1850s–1920s “, Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, edited by Robert Gleave, London, Routledge/Curzon Press, 2005, 373-392 p.
"Reinventing Karbala: Revisionist interpretations of the ‘Karbala
Paradigm”, Jusur: The UCLA Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1994,
Vol. 10, 1–30 p.
“The gender dynamics of Moharram symbols and rituals in the latter years of Qajar rule”, The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in modern Shi'i Islam, 2005, 45-63 p .
«The Karbala Narrative in Shii Political Discourse in Modern Iran in the 1960s– 1970s.”, The Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2001, 151176 – p.
articles
"The martyrs of Karbala : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran", International Journal of Middle East Studies, special issue on Iran, December 2006
"The Origins of the Sunnite-Shi'ite Divide and the Emergence of the Taziyeh Tradition", The Drama Review, Vol. 49, No. 4, Winter 2005, 42–47p.
The women of Karbala: ritual performance and symbolic discourses in
modern Shi'i Islam, edited by Kamran Scot Aghaie, Austin, University
of Texas press, 2005 , iix + 792 p.
"The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performances and Symbolic Discourses in
Modern Shi'i Islam", By S. H. Rizvi, American Journal of Islamic Social
Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2006, 108-110 p.
"The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performances and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam", By Babak Rahimi, Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2007, 221-224 p.
"The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performances and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam", By Pedram Khosronejad, International Journal of Middle East Studies, special issue on Iran, December 2006
"Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora", By Frank Korom, Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2004, 405-408 p.