Andrew J. Newman holds the chair of Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh.
Education and career
Newman majored in history at Dartmouth College, graduating summa cum laude. He went to the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate study in Islamic studies, and earned his Ph.D. there. After postdoctoral research at Green Templeton College, Oxford, affiliated with Oxford's Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, he joined the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1996.[1]
Books
Newman's books include:
- The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism: Hadīth as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (2000)[2]
- Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire (2006)[3]
- Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 (2013)[4]
His work on Safavid Iran won Iran's Book of the Year Awards for 2007 in the category of Iranian Studies.[5]
References
- ↑ Newman, Andrew J. "Dr Andrew J Newman". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ↑ Reviews of The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism:
- Afsaruddin, Asma (January 2006). Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 65 (1): 62–64. doi:10.1086/504909. JSTOR 10.1086/504909.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (May 2002). Abstracta Iranica (in French). 23. doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.35516.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bayhom-Daou, Tamima (2001). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 64 (3): 403–404. JSTOR 3657610.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Brunner, Rainer (June 2005). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 39 (1): 95–97. doi:10.1017/S0026318400047702. JSTOR 23063134. S2CID 165070935.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Gleave, R. (September 2002). Journal of Semitic Studies. 47 (2): 382–383. doi:10.1093/jss/47.2.382.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Halm, Heinz (2003). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German). 153 (1): 196–197. JSTOR 43381267.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hashim Saraf, A. Z. (2019). "The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse between Qum and Baghdad; View and Study". Journal of Shiite History. 3 (2): 31–61.
- Kohlberg, Etan (March 2003). Iranian Studies. 36 (1): 108–110. doi:10.1017/S0021086200001298. JSTOR 4311497. S2CID 245659995.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Rizvi, Sajjad H. (January 2002). Journal of Islamic Studies. 13 (1): 62–66. doi:10.1093/jis/13.1.62. JSTOR 26198383.
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- Afsaruddin, Asma (January 2006). Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 65 (1): 62–64. doi:10.1086/504909. JSTOR 10.1086/504909.
- ↑ Reviews of Safavid Iran:
- Abisaab, Rula Jurdi (April 2018). Shii Studies Review. 2 (1–2): 400–406. doi:10.1163/24682470-12340034.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Calmard, Jean (May 2008). Abstracta Iranica (in French). 29. doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.28632.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Herzog, Christopher (May 2007). Journal of Islamic Studies. 18 (2): 259–261. doi:10.1093/jis/etm011. JSTOR 26199816.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Khafipour, Hani (June 2008). Iranian Studies. 41 (3): 403–404. doi:10.1080/00210860801981377. JSTOR 25597468. S2CID 216152402.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Sanni, Amidu Olalekan (January 2009). Die Welt des Islams. 49 (1): 143–144. doi:10.1163/157006008X313862. JSTOR 27798290.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Spencer, W. (March 2007). Choice. 44 (7): 1226–1227. doi:10.5860/choice.44-4039.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Wannell, Bruce (July 2009). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series. 19 (3): 395–396. doi:10.1017/S1356186309009791. JSTOR 27756082. S2CID 162505861.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Yamaguchi, Akihiko (January 2009). International Journal of Asian Studies. 6 (1): 121–124. doi:10.1017/s1479591409000102. S2CID 144558392.
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- Abisaab, Rula Jurdi (April 2018). Shii Studies Review. 2 (1–2): 400–406. doi:10.1163/24682470-12340034.
- ↑ Reviews of Twelver Shiism:
- Cappucci, John (2015). Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 8 (4): 521–524. doi:10.1353/isl.2015.0037. S2CID 147123644.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Demi̇r, Habip (June 2015). "Book review". E-Makalat Mezhep Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish). 7 (2): 175. doi:10.18403/emakalat.60329.
- Inloes, Amina (Summer 2014). Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 7 (3): 375. doi:10.1353/isl.2014.0034. S2CID 201787642.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Salati, Marco (January 2016). Der Islam. 93 (1). doi:10.1515/islam-2016-0023. hdl:10278/3675651.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Stewart, Devin J. (May 2016). Journal of Islamic Studies. 27 (2): 228–232. doi:10.1093/jis/etv114. JSTOR 26200467.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Terrier, Mathieu (July 2016). Abstracta Iranica (Volume 34-35-36). doi:10.4000/abstractairanica.41346.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Warner, George (July 2014). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series. 24 (3): 511–513. doi:10.1017/S1356186314000339. JSTOR 43307316. S2CID 163971381.
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- Cappucci, John (2015). Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. 8 (4): 521–524. doi:10.1353/isl.2015.0037. S2CID 147123644.
- ↑ "Winners of Iran's Book of the Year Awards announced". Tehran Times. 8 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
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