Seyed Amir Akrami

Seyed Amir Akrami completed his university education in theology and Islamic studies, followed by religious studies and mysticism, at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Tehran, and received his PhD in philosophy of religion from McGill University in Canada. From the outset, his academic path has been shaped by the intersection of philosophy of religion, comparative theology, Islamic mysticism, and the study of religions.

Akrami has taught at various academic and university institutions in Iran, England, and the United States. These include Yale University, Eastern Mennonite University, the Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham, the Iranian Institute of Philosophy, the Ma'rifat Institute in Tehran, and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tehran, where he has offered courses on comparative mysticism, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, the philosophy of religion of Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein, Islam and Christianity, women in Islam, the thought of Rumi, and religious experience.

His executive record also includes responsibilities in the field of interfaith dialogue and Islamic-Christian studies, notably serving as the head of the Center for Interfaith Dialogue at the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization and conducting research in the Department of Islamic and Christian Studies at the University of Birmingham. His works in Persian and English primarily focus on modern religious studies, philosophy of religion, interfaith dialogue, John Hick, Raimon Panikkar, global ethics, modernity and religion, and the thought of Rumi.