Amir Emami Davazdahemamizadeh

About me:

Amir Mohammad Emami is a PhD candidate in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He holds a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Tehran, Iran. He is interested in the intellectual history of the Islamicate world, particularly within the landscapes of Iran since the 17th century, and in studying Islamic intellectual disciplines, including falsafa (philosophy), kalām (theology), and uṣūl al-fiqh (jurisprudence), in a philosophically informed way. He aims for the contribution of Islamic intellectual traditions to global philosophy on the one hand, and employing philosophical concepts and methods in studying neglected Islamic traditions on the other. He has authored several publications in philosophy and Islamic intellectual history as well as their intersections. His first publication in the field is “Tajarrī as Religious Luck,” published in Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World (ed. Peter Adamson, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019). He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation on the intellectual project and philosophical contribution of Mīrzā Mahdī Iṣfahānī (d. 1365/1946), the alleged founder of the theosophical school of the Maktab-i Maʿārif, better known as the Maktab-i Tafkīk (the School of Separation).

Research Unit:
The Centre for the Study of Islam