Zahra Mohagheghian
Zahra Mohagheghian
z.mohagheghian@ihcs.ac.ir
z.mohaghegh@gmail.com
2016 –Present: Assistant professor, Department of Qur’anic Studies, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS), Tehran, Iran.
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EDUCATION
• 2012-2015, Ph.D., Qur’anic studies, Isfahan University, Iran.
• 2007-2009, M.A., Qur’anic studies, Isfahan University, Iran.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Gender-Feminist Studies of the Qur'an, focusing on the women's status in the Spiritual and Religious System of the Arabs, from Early to Late Antiquity
PUBLICATIONS
Book, Book Chapters, Encyclopedia entry
• 2021, Sexuality and Sexual Symbolisms in the Qur’an, IHCS Publications, Tehran, Iran.
• 2017, Hope in the Qur’an and Psychology, Bāqir al-‘Ulūm Publication, Qum, Iran.
• 2019, “Mythical Ideas of the Qur'an: A Methodological Approach”, in Qur’anic Studies and History of Ideas, ed. Farhang Mehrvash, Islamic Azad University Publication, Iran, pp. 239-274.
• 2017, Contemporary Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Qum and London.
Entries:
'Ulu-l-Amr (a Qur'anic concept)
'Ulu-l-'azm (a Qur'anic concept)
Baghy (a Qur'anic concept)
Rajā’ (a Qur'anic concept)
Ṭama’ (a Qur'anic concept)
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. 2021, “The Hidden Identities: Reinterpretation of surah al-Najm considering the Arabian goddesses”, in Persian, Qur’anic Sciences and Tradition, 53(2), pp. 441-461.
https://zaya.io/d6vv9
2. 2020, “Were goddesses al-Lāt, al-‘Uzzā, and Manāt, the daughters of Allah?”, in Persian, Historical Sciences Studies, 12(2), pp. 111-130.
https://zaya.io/ih158
3. 2020, “The Arabian goddesses in pre-Qur'anic sources: nature and function”, in Persian, History of Islam, 20(80), pp. 35-68
https://zaya.io/nbjgy
4. 2020, “The daughters of Allah and their gender challenge in the Qur’an”, in Persian, Qur’an and Ḥaith Studies, 13(25), pp. 51-81.
https://zaya.io/9jtav
5. 2021, “Woman-Earth in the Qur’an: An archetypal analysis”, in English, Under Review.
6. 2020, “The masculinity of the golden calf: An archetypal analysis based on Semitic symbols and myths”, in Persian, Mytho-Mystic Literature (ISC), 16(60), pp. 289-329.
https://zaya.io/z3uqa
7. 2020, “Mother-Earth in Q 99: 2; An interpretation based on the cultural anthropological approach”, in Arabic, Afāqh al-Ḥaḍārah al-Slāmiyyah, 22(2), pp. 219-245.
https://zaya.io/7n8lo
8. 2019, “The dream of the Prophet Yusuf: An archetypal analysis based on Semitic myths”, in Persian, Qur’an and Ḥaith Historical Studies, 25(65), pp. 155-182.
https://zaya.io/2erfs
9. 2019, “Cosmic hierogamy of heaven and earth in the Qur’an: An archetypal analysis”, in Persian, Literary Criticism, 12(45), pp. 111-151.
https://zaya.io/h5qvq
10. 2018, “The Great- Mother in the Qur’an: An archetypal analysis”, in Persian, Qur’anic Studies and Islamic culture, 1(4), pp.145-170
https://zaya.io/vm7r1
11. 2020, “The Qur’anic mythological allusions: A terminological analysis in the Qur’anic literary studies and the Islamic tradition”, in Persian, Literary Qur’anic Researches, 7(28), pp. 137-171
https://zaya.io/c3d2o
12. 2019, “Mythological analysis in the literary studies of the Qur’an”, in Persian, Science and Religion Studies, 9(18), pp. 97-117.
https://zaya.io/tpedg
13. 2018, “Myth and the Qur’an: Different interdisciplinary approaches”, in Persian, Ma'rifat-i Adyān, 9(36), pp. 43-60.
https://zaya.io/st8qx
14. 2018, “The hermeneutic approach to the repeated verses of the Qur’an”, in Persian, Literary Qur’anic Researches, 6(21), pp. 43-71.
https://zaya.io/r8gg1
15. 2016, co-author: A.H. Bankipurfard, “Moses and Khiḍr: A study on the Qur’anic narrative”, in Persian, Akhlāgh Zisti (Bioethics Journal), 4(14), pp. 11-37.
https://zaya.io/qsfrq
16. 2015, co-author: A. Parcham, “The story of Ibrahim: A comparative study between surah al-Baqarah and surah al-Ibrahim”, in Persian, Qur’anic Interpretation and language, 4(7), pp. 43-68
https://zaya.io/v9wn0
17. 2015, co-author: R. Shokrani, “Methodology of Tafsir al-Mizān”, in Persian, Interpretive studies, 6(23), pp. 183-200.
https://zaya.io/97dtw
18. 2014, co-author: M. Lotfi, “Ḥansh b. Muʾtamir: An analysis of the trustworthiness”, in Persian, Ḥadith Sciences, 19(73), pp. 127-148.
https://zaya.io/cyjdm
19. 2014, co-author: M.R. Haj Esma’ili, “Interpretive views about the Meaning of ‘Ġaira Bʿied’ in surah Qāf/31”, in Persian, Qur'anic Interpretation and language, 3(5), pp.7-20.
https://zaya.io/s5fv3
20. 2016, co-author: M.R. Sutudenia, “Intertextuality of the Qur’an and Ṣaḥifah Sajjādiyya”, in Persian, Linguistic Research in the Qur’an, 5(9), pp. 21-36.
https://zaya.io/iz3wu
21. 2016, co-author: A. Parcham, “Semiotics of non-verbal communications of the Qur’an”, in Persian, Researches of Qur’an and Ḥaith Sciences, 12(28), pp.129-155.
https://zaya.io/izw7c
22. 2015, co-author: M.R. Haj Esma’ili, “The Qur’anic scientific statements: A comparative study between Jafar Nekounām and M.A. Rezāei Isfahāni”, in Persian, Science and Religion Studies, 6(11), pp. 79-99
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23. 2015, co-author: “Layer semiology of the Qur’an with emphasis on inter- and intra-textuality”, in Persian, Qur’ān Shinākht, 7(13), pp. 27-46.
https://zaya.io/5ixk7
24. 2013, co-author: A. Parcham, “Hope: A comparative study in Islam and Christianity”, in Persian, Ma'rifat-i Adyān, 4(13), pp. 7-26.
https://zaya.io/58a5u
25. Etc.
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2020, Award of Top Researcher in IHCS.
• 2019, Award of the 25th Annual Student Book Festival in Qur’anic Interdisciplinary studies department.
• 2015, Ranked 1st student in the Department of Qur’anic Studies, University of Isfahan for the highest grades in Ph.D. courses.
• 2012, Ranked 1st student in the Entrance Examination of the University of Isfahan (also University of Tehran and of Tarbiat Mudarris) for Ph.D. degrees in Qur’anic Studies.
• 2012, Award of the 19th National Exemplary Students Festival for M.A. degrees.
• 1997- Present, Memorizer/Hāfiz of the whole Qur’an with different ranks in different Qur’anic competitions at different levels of city, state, and national.
• Etc.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• 2020, Arabian goddesses in the traditional Muslim material, First International Conference on Qur’anic Studies, IHCS, Iran.
https://zaya.io/6vq7v
• 2019, The Daughters of Allah: Possibilities of the historical reconstruction in the Qur’anic revelation, International Conference on “The Qur’an in its milieu of origin, Possibilities of the historical reconstruction of the Qur’anic revelation”, Münster, Germany.
RQS Münster 2019
• 2015, Dirāsat fi al-Taqdim wa al-Taʾẖir fi al-Āyāt al-Motašābih fi al-Qur’ān al-Karim, The 5th Annual International Qur’anic Conference (Muqaddas V), Centre of Qur’anic Research (CQR),University of Malaya, Malaysia.
https://zaya.io/sz08q
• 2020, The scapegoat ritual: A manifestation of the importance of social responsibility in the Qur’an and Bible, The 6th Conference on “Place of Qur’anic studies in the evolution of humanities, case study: Qur’an and Social Responsibility”, Tehran.
http://www.ihcs.ac.ir/Qur’anicstudies
• 2020, Repeated verses of the Qur’an and the challenge of their being miraculous, The 5th National Conference on“the Miracle of the Qur’an”, Shahid Beheshti University.
https://zaya.io/h0629
• 2018, The Qur’anic mythological allusions: A terminological study, The 4th Conference on “the Place of the Qur’anic studies in the evolution of humanities, case study: Terminology in the Qur’anic interdisciplinary studies”, Tehran.
http://www.ihcs.ac.ir/Qur’anicstudies
• Etc.
LANGUAGES
• Persian (native)
• English (advanced)
• Arabic (advanced in reading classic Arabic)
• Hebrew (intermediate)
• German (Beginner)
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