Zahra Jafari

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College: College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Discipline: Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Department: Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS)
Research Centre/Unit: Centre for the Study of Islam (CSI)

I am currently a PhD student and a member of the Centre for the Study of Islam at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Under the supervision of Professor Robert Gleave, my research focuses on Shīʿī law and ḥadīth. Specifically, I study the role of the concept of dissimulation (taqiyya) in resolving ḥadīth contradictions within the Akhbārī School. Additionally, my academic interests extend to Shīʿī post-classical literature and jurisprudence.