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'''Matthijs Eduard Willem van den Bos''' (born 19 April 1969, [[Haarlem]]) is a scholar of [[Iran]]ian and [[Shia Islam|Shi'i Studies]]. He teaches in the Department of International Studies at [[Birkbeck College]], the [[University of London]]. Professor van den Bos has been a Visitor at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, NJ, a fellow of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, [[University of Amsterdam]], and a fellow at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), at Leiden University. Before joining the University of London, Professor van den Bos taught at the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam. |
'''Matthijs Eduard Willem van den Bos''' (born 19 April 1969, [[Haarlem]]) is a scholar of [[Iran]]ian and [[Shia Islam|Shi'i Studies]]. He teaches in the Department of International Studies at [[Birkbeck College]], the [[University of London]]. Professor van den Bos has been a Visitor at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, NJ, a fellow of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, [[University of Amsterdam]], and a fellow at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), at Leiden University. Before joining the University of London, Professor van den Bos taught at the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam. |
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Professor van den Bos has undertaken extensive field research in Iran, [[Tajikistan]], and among |
Professor van den Bos has undertaken extensive field research in Iran, [[Tajikistan]], and among Shiite communities. An anthropologist and scholar of Iranian Studies by training, he has published particularly in the realm of Sufism in Iran and of European Shi'ism. His full list of publications is available at |
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Professor van den Bos has received numerous research awards, among them multi-year grants from the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Netherlands Organization of Sciences (NWO). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2010). |
Professor van den Bos has received numerous research awards, among them multi-year grants from the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Netherlands Organization of Sciences (NWO). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2010). |
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In 2002, his book "Mystic Regimes: Sufism and the State in Iran, from the late Qajar era to the Islamic Republic" was published by Brill Academic Publishers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Regimes-Republic-Economic-Political/dp/9004128158 |title=Mystic Regimes |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> The book has been reviewed, among others, in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3880073?uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103477527813 |title=IJMES Review of Mystic Regimes |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> |
In 2002, his book "Mystic Regimes: Sufism and the State in Iran, from the late Qajar era to the Islamic Republic" was published by Brill Academic Publishers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Regimes-Republic-Economic-Political/dp/9004128158 |title=Mystic Regimes |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> The book has been reviewed, among others, in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3880073?uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103477527813 |title=IJMES Review of Mystic Regimes |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref> |
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Matthijs Eduard Willem van den Bos (born 19 April 1969, Haarlem) is a scholar of Iranian and Shi'i Studies. He teaches in the Department of International Studies at Birkbeck College, the University of London. Professor van den Bos has been a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, a fellow of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam, and a fellow at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), at Leiden University. Before joining the University of London, Professor van den Bos taught at the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam.
Professor van den Bos has undertaken extensive field research in Iran, Tajikistan, and among Shiite communities in Western Europe. An anthropologist and scholar of Iranian Studies by training, he has published particularly in the realm of Sufism in Iran and of European Shi'ism, and contributed, among other things, several entries on Iranian Sufism to the Encyclopaedia of Islam (third edition), the most authoritative encyclopedia in Islamic Studies. His full list of publications is available at http://birkbeck.academia.edu/MatthijsvandenBos
Professor van den Bos has received numerous research awards, among them multi-year grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundation[1] and the Netherlands Organization of Sciences (NWO). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2010).
In 2002, his book "Mystic Regimes: Sufism and the State in Iran, from the late Qajar era to the Islamic Republic" was published by Brill Academic Publishers.[2] The book has been reviewed, among others, in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES).[3]
References
- ^ The Wenner-Gren Foundation: About Grantees, retrieved 2014-02-25
- ^ Mystic Regimes, retrieved 2014-02-10
- ^ IJMES Review of Mystic Regimes, retrieved 2014-02-10
- M.E.W. van den Bos, 1969 - at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum
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