Aun Hasan听Ali
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
- RELIGIOUS STUDIES

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Islamic law, legal theory, theology, philosophy, exegesis, and history.
Overview
Aun Hasan Ali joined the Department of Religious Studies in 2015. He received his PhD from McGill University鈥檚 Institute of Islamic Studies. His research focuses on the intellectual history of Twelver Shi鈥檌sm, particularly law and legal theory. His first book, , builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Anthropology to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At 麻豆免费版下载Boulder, Ali teaches Religious Dimensions of Human Experience, Islam, The Quran, Sufism, and Fundamentalisms. In addition to intellectual history, he maintains an interest in Urdu and Persian literature.
Selected Publications
- 鈥淩efraining from Seeking Clarification: A Chapter from the al-W膩f墨 f墨 shar岣 al-W膩fiya of al-A士raj墨 (d. 1227/1812).鈥 In Kumail Rajani and Robert Gleave (eds.), Shi士ite Legal Theory: Sources and Commentaries. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press/Gibbs Memorial Trust, 2022). Co-authored with Hadi Qazwini and Yusuf 脺nal. Introduction, critical edition and translation.
- 鈥淭丑别 Canonization of Nahj al-Bal膩gha between Najaf and 岣lla: Sistani and the Iconic Authority of the 惭补谤腻箩颈士,鈥 Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam 2/1 (2021): 3鈥23.
- 鈥淭丑别 Rational Turn in Im膩mism Revisited.鈥 Global Intellectual History 5/3 (forthcoming 鈥 accepted).
- 鈥淪ome Notes on the History of the Categorization of Im膩m墨 岣诲墨迟丑.鈥 Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies 1/2 (2019): 215鈥233.
- 鈥淩eading the Story of Moses and Khi岣峳 through the Lens of Islamic Law.鈥 English Language Notes 56/1 (2018): 209鈥212.
- 鈥淢墨rz膩 Ab奴 l-岣san Jilwah鈥 by Encieh Barkhah. In Reza Pourjavady (ed.), Philosophy in Qajar Iran. Leiden: Brill, 2018. Translation.
- 鈥淭丑别 Discourse on 士Ilm al-Wa岣嵤 in Modern Sh墨士墨 Scholarship.鈥 Islamic Studies 50/3-4 (2011): 325鈥345.听
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Selected Presentations
- 鈥淪ome Notes on the Uses of Documentary Evidence in Im膩m墨 Law,鈥欌 The Seventh Annual Conference on Shi士i Studies, The Islamic College, London, May 2022.
- 鈥淭丑别 Primacy of the Quran: Pushing the Boundaries of Critique,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2021.
- 鈥淚bn Idr墨s al-岣ll墨 and the Transformation of Sh墨士墨 Law,鈥 Center for Asian Studies, 麻豆免费版下载, November 2021.
- 鈥淭丑别 Legal Purport of 鈥楻efraining from Seeking Clarification,鈥欌 The Sixth Annual Conference on Shi士i Studies, The Islamic College, London, March 2021.
- 鈥淭丑别 Sanctuary of the Twelfth Imam in 岣llah,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, December 2020.
- 鈥沦耻苍苍墨 岣诲墨迟丑 in Im膩m墨 Law,鈥 Sh墨士墨 Studies Group Symposium, Franke Institute, University of Chicago, October 2018.
- 鈥淩eading the Nahj al-Bal膩ghah in 岣llah,鈥 Nahj al-Bal膩ghah: The Word of 士Al墨, The Sh墨士ah Institute, Warburg Institute, University of London, December 2017.听
- 鈥淭丑别 滨箩腻锄补丑 of al-士All膩mah al-岣ll墨 to the Ban墨 Zuhrah: Sources for the History of the School of 岣llah,鈥 Shii Studies: The State of the Art, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, December 2017.
- 鈥淢u岣mmad Is岣ツ乹 Fayy膩岣 on Islamic Governance,鈥 Sh墨士墨 Studies Group Symposium, Franke Institute, University of Chicago, May 2017.
- 鈥淯nderstanding the Maqtal of 岣sayn as Devotional and Mystical Literature,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2016. 听听
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