Phorogh Parsa

Phorogh Parsa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Quranic Studies
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Tehran, Iran
Tel (Direct): +98(21)88046891
Mobile: +98 9121130364
f.parsa@ihcs.ac.ir, phorough.parsa@gmail 

Educational Background
•    Ph.D. in Theology & Islamic Teachings (Quran & Hadith Sciences), University of Qom, Iran, 2008.
•    M.A. in Theology & Islamic Teachings (Quran & Hadith Sciences), University of Tarbiyat Modarres, Iran, 1993.
•    B.A. in Theology & Islamic Teachings, University of Tehran, Iran, 1986

Academic Positions
•    Dean of the Faculty of Quranic Studies, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS), 2014 - Now
•    President of the Association for Quranic Studies & Islamic Culture, 2015 - Now
•    Faculty member of Department of Islamic Philosophy & Theology, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS), 1998 - 2014
•    Faculty member of Department of Women's Studies, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS), 1995 - 1998
Main Fields of Research
•    The History of Shiite Exegesis
•    Islamic studies in the West
•    women's Studies

Publications
Books (in Persian)
•    Shi’i Exegesis and the Historical Developments of Iran (10th - 11th A.H.), Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, 2014.
•    Orientalism and the Collection of Qurān, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, 2011.
•    Hadith from the Viewpoint of Orientalists, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, 2010.
•    Critical Analysis of Scientific Approach to Interpretation of the Qurān, University of Tarbiyat Modarres, Tehran, 1995.
Peer-reviewed Papers (in Persian)
•     Heavens in the Qurān, MAQALAT WA BARRASIHA, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY & ISLAMIC STUDIES University of Tehran, No.73(1), Summer 1382/2003, Vol.36
•      Financial rights of wife according to Shiite and Sunni schools of jurisprudence , journal of Humanities, Al-Zahra university , 1381/2003,vol.41,61-87. 
•    Traditions of Transmission of Hadith in a comparative analysis of Orientalists' Views, MAQALAT WA BARRASIHA, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY & ISLAMIC STUDIES University of Tehran, No.88, Summer 1387/2008, Vol.41.
•    Orientalists and the New Approaches to the Compilation of the Holy Qurān, Journal "Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences", Al-Zahra University, No.1, Vol 1,2005
•    A Study of Social-Political Factors Effecting the Seven Readings of Qurān, Journal "Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Journal "Researches of Qurān, and Hadith Sciences", Al-Zahra University, No.1, Vol3,2006-2007.
•    An Introduction to the Customs for Transmission of Hadith: The Origin of Isnad and its Authority, Journal of Hadith-Pazhuhi (Hadith Studies, university of Kashan, Vol.9, No.18, March 2018
•    The Effects of Methodological Developments of the Hadith Criticism in the Ideas Concerning the Collection of the Qurān, Theological Studies of Quran & Hadith, Vol.61, Summer2017
•    The Origin and Basis of Islamic Jurisprudence in the perspective of Orientalists, FEQH VA MABANI-YE HOQUQ-E ESLAMI (IRANIAN JOURNAL FOR JURISPRUDENCE & ESSENTIALS OF THE ISLAMIC LAW) (MAQALAT WA BARRASIHA), Vol.2/Autumn & Winter 2010-2011
•    Religio- Cultural Elements for the Appearance and Continuance of Shāh Ismāil I and Shāh Tahmāsb I's Political life, The History of Islamic Culture and Civilization, Vol.1&2spring 2011, No.1
•    Scholarly Wonders of the Holy Qurān, Mishkat,Quarterly Journal,No.71,Summer2001
•    The Intervention of Seyyed Mohammad BagherShafti in Government, Based on Theory of Jurists’ Vicegerency of Imam Zaman (AS),Volume 5, Issue 2, Winter and Spring 2015, Pages 21-39
•    The Basics and Motives of the Scientific Approach for Interpretation of Qurān, Bayyenat, 1374, No. 8. 
•    Fatemeh's character in the Western works, Nashr-e Danesh, No.1, 2006
•    A Study on historical evolution of the interpretation of peaceful teachings of the Qur'an
 Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2020, Pages 19-46.
•    An Introduction to Hadith Studies by Harald Motzki, Kitab-e Mah-e Din the Monthly Book of the Month of Dean, 2008.
•    Feminist Reading of the Quran,Volume 6, Issue 14 , Winter 2015, , Pages 51-71
•    An Introduction to the Distinction between status of Motherhood in Quranic Teachings and Narration with the position of Motherhood in Shiite Jurisprudence, Volume 10, Issue 29 , Winter 2020, , Pages 120-150
•      An Introduction to Application of Reception theory for analyzing the history of Interpretations of the Qur'an A case study on Iranian Interpretations of the Qur'an in 14th,Volume 1, Issue 2, Autumn 2017, Pages 1-23

Papers Presented in Conferences
•    Interdisciplinary Studies in Iran , Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies,2010
•    Quranic and narrative notions in the constitutional era, National conference on the application of the concept of the concept of history in Quranic studies, March 2011, Islamic Azad University of Gorgan
•    Abdul Razzaq Kashani Aref and Commentator of the Holy Qur'an, National Conference of Abdolrazagh Kashani, Ezzedin Mahmoud Kashani and Abdolsamad Natanzai, 2017, Kashan University
•    A Brief History of the Application of New Hermeneutical Approaches among the Iranian Scholars of the Qur'an "
•    Women's financial rights in Islamic jurisprudence schools, conference title, women's rights in Islam, Sanandaj, 1999
•    Critical Analysis of Motzki’s Methodology on Hadith Studies, Universty of Gotingen, October 2011
•    Quranic studies in Poland, research approach in Iranian studies, University of Krakow,10-11 May 2017
•    The significance of Mary (PBUH) and Fatima(PBUH) in Christian and Islamic Theology, University of Paderborn, November 2017
Speeches
•    Critical analysis of Orientalists' views on the collection and formulation of the Holy Qur'an, the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2011
•    Contemporary interpretative trends of the Holy Quran, interpretive method of Allameh Tabatabai, Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zayd, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2011
•    "Faiz Kashani and methodology of al-Safi in the commentary of al-Quran", Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2011
•    Rationalism in the Shiite interpretations of the tenth and eleventh centuries, the Quranic Studies Department, the Institute for Human Sciences and Cultural Studies,2014
•    Stylistics and Classification of Shiite Interpretations of the 12th and 13th Centuries, Department of Quranic Studies, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies,2014 
•     Feyz Kashani and the Akhbari School, Islamic History Research Institute,2014
•    Jamal al-Din al- Asad Abadi and his role in the emergence of modern interpretations, the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies,2015
•    The Qur'anic Studies in Iran and the Arab World  ,  Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies,2016
•    The Evolution of Interpretative Approaches in the Safavid Age.2017

Membership in scientific societies
•    Iranian Society for Quranic Studies and Islamic Culture (Chairman of the Board), 2015 - Now
•    Association for Women Researchers in Islamic Sciences, (Founding Board), 2001 - Now
•    Iranian Scientific Society of Islamic History, 2009 - Now
•    Iranian Scientific Society of History, 2014 - Now
•    Cultural Relations Association of Iran and Poland, 2017 - Now
•    Cultural Relations Association of Iran and France, 2014 - Now