Amir Emami Davazdahemamizadeh
Postgraduate Researcher
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
About me:
Amir Mohammad Emami is a doctoral researcher in 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. His PhD thesis explores the philosophical ideas of Mīrzā Mahdī Iṣfahānī (d. 1365/1946), the founder of the theological school of Maktab-i Maʿārif, better known as the Maktab-i Tafkīk (the School of Separation). His primary research area is Islamic intellectual history within the landscape of Iran since the 17th century. He is interested in the intersections of Islamic scholarly disciplines of falsafa (philosophy), kalām (theology), and uṣūl al-fiqh (jurisprudence) with contemporary philosophy, aiming for further contributions of Islamic intellectual traditions to global philosophy of religion. He has authored several publications in the field, the most recent one being “‘Is There Any Doubt about God?’: Maktab-i Tafkīk’s Religious Epistemology in Comparison with Reformed Epistemology,” published in Analytic Islamic Epistemology: Critical Debates (eds. Safaruk Chowdhury and Ramon Harvey, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025).
Research Unit:
The Centre for the Study of Islam
