SeyedAmirHossein Asghari
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of the Middle East, and Affiliated Researcher, Center for Possible Minds, Indiana University Bloomington.
His research concerns philosophy and Sufism in Shiʿi intellectual traditions, especially the debates over ʿaql, revelation, and mystical knowledge in the modern Shiʿi seminary. Related work addresses natural law and fiṭra, the Qurʾanic concept of ḥikma, and Islamic encounters with Jewish, Christian, and Confucian thought. Wisdom & Religion also hosts his Persian-language public lecture series.
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Three entry points: the Persian-first lecture series, publications and translations, and research projects.
Wisdom & Religion Project
Persian-first short lectures with one-slide summaries, focused on religion as return to fiṭrah and the Quranic conceptual network.
Publications
Books, translations (published and forthcoming), and selected media. For complete lists, see the CV and profile links.
Recent News
Duke University Colloquium, October 26, 2026: “The Question of the ‘Legal Self’ in Rabbinic and Shiʿi Traditions”
Sergey Dolgopolski and SeyedAmirHossein Asghari present a paper from their ongoing Shia–Jewish research project at Duke University’s colloquium “Shia Islamic–Jewish Legal Reasoning in Dialogue,” October 26, 2026.
Featured Book
Sufism and Philosophy in the Contemporary Shia Seminary
An intellectual history of debates over philosophy and mysticism within the modern Shiʿi seminary, showing how metaphysical and mystical traditions continue to shape contemporary religious reasoning.
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CV
Download the full academic CV (PDF):
Curriculum Vitae (updated October 2026)
Contact
Email: sasghari@iu.edu · kalame80@gmail.com