About
Behzad Borhan is a course lecturer of Persian language at the 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Institute of Islamic Studies. He completed his Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature at the University of Tehran in 2020 and started his second Ph.D. at the Institute of Islamic Studies at 捆绑SM社区. He previously served as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University (2017-2019) and held a position as a lecturer of Persian literature at the University of Tehran. Behzad鈥檚 research is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, centering on Persian and Arabic mystical literature and Sufism, focusing specifically on the concept of 办补谤腻尘补迟 (miracle). His first book, the annotated edition of Rumi鈥檚 Mathnawi, La峁�ayif al-Ma鈥檔aw墨 Min 岣�aqayiq al-Mathnaw墨 (2017) received the best student book of the year award by The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology in Iran. His research findings have been published in reputable journals such as the Iranian Studies Journal, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, and Adab-e F膩rs墨.
Education
Ph.D., Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, 2020
M.A., Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, 2014
Publications
Books
- , Abd al-Lat蹋i虅f Abba虅si虅 Gujara虅ti. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Behzad Borhan, Tehran: Intisha虅ra虅t-i Mah蹋mu虅d Afsha虅r and Sukhan, 2017.
Articles
- Borhan, Behzad; Hajian-nezhad, Alireza. 鈥淎 constructivist explanation for the contrast between Nirva虅na虅 and Fana虅.鈥� Persian Literature (Adab-i F膩rsi, Journal of Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran), no. 23, 2019, p. 21-41.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥�窜颈苍腻 of the Eye or Gaze of the Eye? A suggestion for editing a verse in the Mas滩navi of Rumi.鈥� Persian Language and Literature, no. 22, 2020, p. 36-46.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥淎nalysis of ambiguous phrases in the Ta虅r墨kh-i Jaha虅n-Gusha虅 of Juwaini虅.鈥� Kohan N膩meh-yi Adab-i P膩rs墨, no. 03, 2016, p.103-118.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥淪ome new facts about Abd al-Lat蹋i虅f Abba虅si虅 Gujara虅ti鈥檚 life.鈥� Subcontinent, vol. 04, no. 04, 2015, p. 221-235.
鈥孊ook Reviews
- Persianate Selves: Memories of Place and Origin Before Nationalism, Mana Kia (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press 2021, xxiv + 312 pp.) in Iranian Studies Journal, 2022.
- Sinews of war and trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, by Laleh Khalili (London: Verso 2020, 386 pp.) in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2021.
Talks, Conferences & Workshops
鈥淢aking sense of K墨m墨y膩-yi Sa士膩dat through al-Ghazz膩l墨鈥檚 Sufi sources,鈥� presented at MEA 2023, Montr茅al, Canada, November 2023.
鈥�The Evolution of 碍补谤腻尘补迟 Narratives in Sufi literature,鈥� Presented at MESA 2022, Denver, Colorado, December 2022.
鈥�Among our Shaykh鈥檚 Kar膩m膩t鈥� Ab奴 Sa士墨d Ab奴'l-Khayr and his Kar膩m膩t Narratives,鈥� invited talk in Persian Circle, University of Chicago, November 2022.
鈥淎 Narrative of 碍补谤腻尘补迟 or a 碍补谤腻尘补迟 of Narrative?鈥� in the Iranian Studies Conference (AIS 2022), Salamanca, Spain, August-September 2022.
鈥�From Chords to Words: Pedagogical Benefits of Intertwining Persian Literature with Persian Traditional Music,鈥� Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching Persian Language and Literature, University of Cambridge, December 2021.
鈥�Narratives of Kar膩m膩t in the Sufi Literature,鈥� invited talk at Kha虅razm墨 University, Tehran, Iran. March 2019.
鈥�The Gha虅sem-e Ghani Collection in Sterling Library at Yale,鈥� invited talk at The National Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran. September 2018.
鈥�Gha虅sem-e Ghani and His Q膩j膩ric Documents,鈥� invited talk at University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, October 2018.
鈥�Mystical Hermeneutics: The Dialectic of Mystical Experiences and the Qur示膩n,鈥� Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, University of California at Berkeley. April 2018.
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