30.11.2010Post-Islamism in a Theocratic State

The lecture will be held at KOL F-117, Universität Zürich Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich

Mohsen Kadivar is currently a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Religion at Duke University, Durham, and Associate Professor at the Iranian Institute of Philosophy in Teheran. He obtained the certificate for Ijtihad (the highest level in Shi’ite theological Studies) from Grand Ayatollah H.A. Montazeri at Qom Seminary and holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Philosophy and Theology from Tarbiat Modarres University. Among his publications are: The Book of Reason: Philosophical and Theological Articles (1998), Theories of State in Shi’ite Jurisprudence (1999) and Tradition and Secularism (2002).