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BA in law (Tehran University)
MA Information Sciences (Tarbiyate Moddares) & Hawza Qualification
PhD Social Studies and Political Theory (University of Westminster)
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Dr. M. Samiei |
Position |
Senior Lecturer |
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Interests |
- Islam and the west
- Novel approaches to Islamic law and politics
- Islamic astronomy
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Email |
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Tel |
0208 451 9993 Ext: 222 |
Profile
In addition to his PhD in Social Studies and Political Theory, Dr Samiei has an MA in Information Sciences from Tarbiyate Moddares in Iran and a BA in Law from Tehran University. Additionally, Mohammad Samiei completed 18 years of Islamic studies in Qum. He has been editor-in-chief of two Iranian journals (2002-2006) and author of many papers and some books in Farsi. Since 2006 he joined the Islamic College in London where he started his work as the head of Distance Education Department.
Teaching
BA Politics in the Middle East
MA Islam and Modern Politics
Publications & Supervision
- ‘Political Dualism and its Genealogy: a Critical Appraisal of Philosophical Assumptions of the West and Islam Dichotomy’, forthcoming.
- 'Between Traditional Law and the Exigencies of Modern Life' in Journal of Shia’ite Islamic Studies, Summer 2009.
- ‘Triumph through Destabilization: The Future of Political Islam’ in Iraq, Democracy and Future of Muslim World, 2009.
- 'Crescent Sighting in the Shi‘a Community: Roots and Ramifications of Controversy’ in Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Summer 2008.
- Islam and Modern Politics (2007). A textbook for MA distant learning students at the Open Study programme.
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