Iranian thinker
Hossein Kamaly
Hossein KamalyIslamic Studies, Shia Studies, and the Intellectual History of Modern IranIranian
Life and Thought
Hossein Kamaly is an Iranian historian and scholar of Islam who holds the Imam Ali Chair in Shia Studies and Dialogue Among Islamic Schools of Thought at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace in the United States. Coming from a background in engineering and mathematics, he earned his PhD in history from Columbia University and taught for years at Columbia and Barnard College before joining Hartford. His research centers on the religious and intellectual history of Iran from the Qajar era to the Islamic Republic, as well as the history of women in Islam.
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