Dr. Majid Daneshgar

Research Associate E-Mail: Majid.daneshgar@orient.uni-freiburg.de Tel: 0761-203-3158 Academia homepage: https://uni-freiburg.academia.edu/MajidDaneshgar

Professional Background

• Since 12/2018 Research Associate, Orientalisches Seminar, University of Freiburg
• 10/2018-11/2018 Guest Fellow in the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 948 “Heroes – Heroizations – Heroisms”, University of Freiburg.
• 09/2017-09/2018: Junior Fellow and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg.
• 07/2017-08/20177: Auckland Library Heritage Trust scholar, Auckland Libraries, New Zealand.
• 07/2014-07-2017: Lecturer (T04) of Islamic studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• 01/2014-07/2014: Assistant Professor (DS-51) of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 2013: PhD in Religion and Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 
Selected Publications

Published monograph and edited volumes

• Tantawi Jawhari and the Qur’an: Tafsir and Social Concerns in Twentieth Century, (Routledge, 2017).
• Islamic Studies Today: Essays in Honor of Andrew Rippin, co-edited with Walid A. Saleh (Brill, 2016).
• The Qur’an in the Malay-Indonesian World: Context and Interpretation, co-edited with Peter G. Riddell and Andrew Rippin (Routledge, 2016).

Journal Articles

• “New Evidence on the Origin of the Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiyyah”, Archipel: Études interdisciplinaires sur le monde insulindien 96 (2018): 69-102.
•  “The Divinatory Role of the Qur’an in the Malay World,” Indonesian and the Malay World 44/129 (2016), 123-144.
• “Re-examination of Tantawi Gawhari’s Exegesis: An Approach to Science in the Qur’an,” Oriente Moderno 95/1-2 (2015), 32-66.
• “‘Ashura in the Malay-Indonesian World: The Ten Days of Muḥarram in Sumatra as Depicted by Nineteenth-Century Dutch Scholars,’ Shi‘a Islamic Studies 8/4 (2015), 491–505
• “The Study of Persian Shi‘ism in the Malay-Indonesia World: A Review of Literature from the Nineteenth Century Onwards,” Shi‘a Islamic Studies 2/2 (2014), 191-229.

Refereed Online Articles

• “Censored Manuscripts, Censored Intellects. Can We Trust the Past?” Mizan Online Journal (2018).
• “A ‘Baptized’ Qurʾān? On a Unique Illuminated Manuscript at the University of Otago,” Mizan Online Journal (2017).
• “A Sword That Becomes a Word [Part 1]: Supplication to ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib and Dhū’l-Faqār,” Mizan Online Journal (2016).
• “A Sword That Becomes a Word [Part 2]: The Supplication to ‘Alī in a Malay Manuscript,” Mizan Online Journal (2016).

Encyclopedia Articles

• “Tantawi Jawhari”, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an (EQs) (Brill, 2018)
• “Sword”, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an (EQs) (Brill, 2018)
• “Fatima, the Daughter of Muhammad”, Encyclopedia of Religious History, ed. Scott E. Hendrix and Uchenna Okeja (ABC-CLIO, 2017): 180-84
• “Hijra of Muhammad (622 CE)”, Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History, eds. Florin Curta and Andrew Holt (ABC-CLIO, 2016): 343-44
• “The Emergence of Shi‘ism”, Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History, eds. Florin Curta and Andrew Holt (ABC-CLIO, 2016): 352-53.
• “Tantawi Jawhari (1862-1940)”, Oxford Islamic Studies Online (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Catalogues and Exhibition

• Middle Eastern and Islamic Manuscripts, The National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, co-edited with Anthony Tedeschi (The National Library of New Zealand, 2018(
• Middle Eastern and Islamic manuscripts held at Sir George Grey Special Collections Auckland Libraries New Zealand (Auckland Libraries, 2018).
• Middle Eastern and Islamic Materials in Special Collections, University of Otago. Co-edited with Donald Kerr (University of Otago Library, 2017).
• “A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra”, Physical and Virtual Exhibition, University of Otago Special Collections, 2018.

Reviews

• “Hamka's Great Story A Master Writer's Vision of Islam for Modern Indonesia, by James R. Rush”, Reading Religion (2019).
• “Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Qur'anic Exegesis Key Paradigms and Concepts, by Massimo Campanini”, Reading Religion (2018).
• “Zayd, by David S. Powers”, Der Islam 94/1 (2017), 299-304.
• “Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts, by Farouk Yahya”, Southeast Asian Studies 5/3 (2016), 563-67.