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Amir Pourrastegar
Amir Pourrastegar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Persian Language and Literature from the University of Tehran and earned both his Master’s and Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature from Shiraz University. He currently serves as a lecturer at Zand University in Shiraz.
His primary area of research focuses on Persian Sufi literature, with particular attention to the study and analysis of mysticism and Sufism from the perspective of Orientalist scholarship. His doctoral dissertation, titled “A Study and Analysis of Translated Works by Orientalists with Emphasis on Themes in Mystical Literature,” explores the external and distinct interpretive frameworks employed by Western scholars in their engagement with Iranian mysticism and Sufism. The dissertation centers on their methodological approaches, their editorial efforts in critical editions, and their translations of Persian mystical texts.
Pourrastegar has published several peer-reviewed articles in this field, including: “An Analysis of Leonard Lewisohn’s Approaches to Sufi Studies,” in Contemporary Wisdom (Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies); “A Phenomenological Inquiry into Annemarie Schimmel’s Empathetic Understanding Based on Friedrich Heiler’s Thought,” in Studies in Mystical Literature (Gohar-e-Guya).
Other major focus of his research is the critical evaluation of the methodologies and theoretical frameworks employed by Orientalists in their engagement with Sufi texts. In this regard, he has also published: “The Sociological Approach to Sufism in Orientalist Research, with a Focus on the Study of Khanaqahs,” in Journal of Cultural History Studies.
In addition to his work in Persian mystical literature, Pourrastegar has contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Iranian and Islamic Medicine, authoring two entries. The first, on “Hakim Shah Qazvini,” a 16th-century physician and literary figure, was published in Volume III; the second, on “Saʿid ibn Muʾammal Haziri,” the personal physician of the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah, is forthcoming. He is also engaged in research on Iranian studies and travel literature. His article, “Representations of Dervishes and Sufis in European Travel Accounts from the Qajar Era,” was published in the Journal of Iranian Studies (University of Tehran).
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