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Bahar Davary

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Bahar Davary
CitizenshipIranian-American
EducationThe Catholic University of America (PhD)
University of Tehran (BA, MA)
AwardsHobart & William Smith Excellence in Community Service Award (2003)
Adèle Mellen Prize (2009)
Steber Professor (2011)[1]
Mortar Board Award (2015)
Scientific career
Fieldstheology, religious studies
InstitutionsUniversity of San Diego
ThesisThe Image of Woman in Islamic Tradition: a Study of its Formation in. Language and Tradition (2001)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Cenkner

Bahar Davary is an Iranian-American religious studies scholar and Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She is known for her work on comparative study of religion and Islamic studies.[2] [3] [4]

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Davary's interests are broadly within the field of Comparative Religion focusing on Islamic studies. Davary's first monograph Women and the Qur'an: A Study in Islamic Hermeneutics (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2009), which was awarded the Adèle Mellen Prize, examines development, continuity, and change in the representation of women in the Qur'an with a focus on dynamic identities of the text. Davary's later writings focuses on the development of Muslim feminist ideas, especially as it involves with the questions of Orientalism, colonialism, neo-orientalism, and patriarchy. She has published several papers in academic journals and encyclopedias and has presented more than 100 lectures locally, nationally, and internationally. Since 2005, She has been a faculty member of USD.[5] Prior to that she was a professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in upstate New York.

References

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  1. ^ "Past Winner Information/Highlights". Vice President and Provost - University of San Diego. Archived from the original on Jun 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bahar Davary reflects on the work of the best-selling Iranian poet, Sohrab Sepehri". ANU Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies. 17 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Islam and Environmental Ethics". iais.org.my.
  4. ^ "Bahar Davary". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ "Biography - Bahar Davary - University of San Diego". www.sandiego.edu.
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