Mohammad Ali Amir Moezzi

Mohammad Ali Amir Moezzi is an Islamologist at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, France.

Mohammad Ali Amir Moezzi
Born	26th January, 1956 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Islamologist
Academic work
Institutions	School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, France.

Biography

Mohammad Ali Amir Moezzi was born on 26^th January, 1956 in Tehran, Iran and holds both French and Iranian nationalities. He currently resides in Paris and has visited places like Oxford, Princeton, Cologne, Cairo, Manama, Amma, Tehran and Mashhad for study and research purposes.

Career

• Director of Studies, École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) aka School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, 1996 - Present
• Lecturer, EPHE, Paris, 1987-1996
• Arabic teacher, Jacques Prévert High School, Paris, 1983 - 1986

Education

• Doctorate, EPHE, Paris, 1991
• M.A. (Arabic and Islamic Studies), Paris, 1983
• Religious Sciences, Diploma, EPHE, Paris, 1979
• Religious Sciences, Diploma, Paris, 1977

Academic Activities

• Member, Scientific Commission, EPHE, Paris

Books

• The Divine Guide in Early Shi‘ism, State University of New York Press, 1994
• The Silent Qu'ran and the Speaking Qur'an, Columbia University Press, 2016
• The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam: Beliefs and Practices, I.B. Tauris,2011
• What is Shi'i Islam? An Introduction, Routledge, 2018

Honors

• Pierre-Antoine Bernheim of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2019
• The Fondazione Carical, Italy, 2016
• Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, 2015
• Award of Islamology, New York, 2011
• Prize Lequeux of the Institut de France, 2008
• Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, 2002
• The Foundation Mahvi, Geneva, 1992

Sources

• PSL website