Seddigheh Kardan, Ph.D. (Year 3)
Education:
- MA in Muslim Cultures, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilization (ISMC), Aga Khan University, May 2021, London.
- MA in Religions and Mysticism, University of Tehran, September 2020, Tehran.
- BA in Persian Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, April 2013, Tehran.
Areas of interest: Shi'i Studies, Ismaili Studies, Islamic Mysticism and Philosophy, Persian Literature, Quranic Studies
Research Topic: The critical edition of the Persian verse book titled Maẓhar al-ʿajā'ib (Manifestation of Marvels) attributed to ʿAṭṭār of Tūn (ʿAṭṭār-i Tūnī).
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Publications:
Books: _ Aḥmad b. Yaʾqūb, Treatise of The Imamate (al-Risālah fī’l-Imāmah), Translated by Gholamreza Mirshahi and Seddigheh Kardan (from Arabic into Persian), Tehran: Paris Publication, 2017.
Articles: _ Khatami, Ahmad; Kardan, Seddigheh, "Investigating the Symbols of Deputies in the Story of Daquqi of Rumi's Mathnavi (Barrasī-yi namādhāye abdāl dar ḥikāyat-i Daqūqī-ye Mathnavī-ye maʽnavī)", Journal of Mystical Studies of University of Kashan, n 26 (2017): 115-142.
_ Virani, Shafique N, "The Scent of the Scarlet Pimpernels: Ismaʿili leaders of the 11th/17th Century" (عطر رازیانه های سرخ؛ رهبران گمنام اسماعیلی در قرن یازدهم قمری / هفدهم میلادی), Translated by Seddigheh Kardan, A Quarterly Journal of Historical Studies of Islam, N 55 (2023): 147-192.
_ Virani, Shafique N., Fakhkhar Toosi, Javad. “Love and the Brethren of Purity: A Comparative Study of Human Intimacy in Islamic Philosophy (ʿIshq az Nigāh-i Ikhwān al-Ṣafā: Muqāyisi-yi rāy-i Ikhwān al-Ṣafā Pīrāmūn-i ʿIshq-i Insānī bā Ᾱrā-yi Ibn Sīnā, Suhrawardī wa Mulla Ṣadrā)”, in Faṣlnāmah-i ʿIlmī-yi Taʾammulāt-i Akhlāqī (The Journal of Ethical Reflections). Translated from English into Persian by Seddigheh Kardan (Spring 1403 SH/ 2024 CE). doi:10.30470/er.2024.2021999.1301
_ Virani, Shafique N., “Hierohistory in Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Foundation of Islamic Interpretation (Asās al-taʾwīl) and al-Muʾayyad fi’l-Dīn al-Shīrāzī's Basis of Islamic Interpretation (Bunyād-i taʾwīl): The Birth of Jesus (Tārīkh-i qudsī dar Asās al-taʾwīl-i Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān wa Bunyād-i taʾwīl-i Muʾayyad fi’l-Dīn Shīrāzī: vilādat-i ḥaḍrat-i ʿIsā)”, in Du-Faṣlnāmah-i ʿIlmī-yi Taʾammulāt-i Falsafī (The Semiannual Journal of Philosophical Reflections). Translated from English into Persian by Seddigheh Kardan (Summer 1403 SH/ 2024 CE). doi:10.30470/phm.2024.2021379.2497
Talks, Conferences and Workshops:
“Dis/Connection Examination: Challenging Ṭūsī's Assertion of Non-Support or Condemnation Towards Any Specific Schools of Thought in The Nasirean Ethics,” Annual Graduate Symposium of the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, March 2024.
Awards:
- McGill’s Graduate Mobility Award, Spring 2023.
Email: seddigheh.kardan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Seddigheh Kardan)
Supervisor: Prashant Keshavmurthy
