Brief CV
EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. in Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies, University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Qom, Iran
Dissertation: “A Semantic Study of the Name Rabb and Clarifying Its Position in the Semantic System of the Qurʾān”
2006 M.A. (continuous) in Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: “A Semantic Study of the Beautiful Names of God in the Semantic Field of Creation”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2005-2006 Member of Academic Board
Department of Theology and Sects
Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation, Tehran, Iran
LANGUAGE
Persian Native
Arabic Advanced
English Upper intermediate
Hebrew Elementary
LECTURES
11-04-2016 “The Term Rabb in the Qurʾān and Its Semitic Background”
Collegium Coranicum 5
Corpus Coranicum, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
07-12-2016 “An Etymological Study of the Relationship Between the Terms Rabb and Tarbiyah”
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
25-12-2016 “A Semantic Study of the Name al-Fāṭir in the Qurʾān”
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
26-05-2018 “Semantic Approaches toward the Qurʾān: Structural Semantics”
Intl. Quran Exhibition in Tehran, Academic Section
29-05-2018 “The Usage of Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula in Qurʾānic Studies”
Intl. Quran Exhibition in Tehran, International Section
13-09-2019 “Presentation of the Volume 1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia (By Christian J. Robin, transl. Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh, Tehran 2019)”
Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS 9), Freie Univerität Berlin
04-12-2019 “Transcription of the Variant Readings of the Qurʾān: Problems, Solutions, Suggetions”
Reading the Rasm II, Universiteit Leiden and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
WORKSHOPS
12-11-2016 “Methodology of a Historical Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms”
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
Feb 2016 “Semantics and Its Usage in Qurʾānic Studies”
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
21-10-2017 “A Historical Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms: A Case of the Term Rabb”
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
10-03-2018 “A Structural Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms: A Case of the Name al-Fāṭir”
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
COURSES
Teaching: 2011-
M.A.:
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran:
- Lexicology of the Qurʾān
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Methods of Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran:
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran:
- Lexicology of the Qurʾān
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
B.A.:
Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran:
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Methods of Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Translation from Arabic into Persian
Shahed University, Tehran, Iran:
- History of the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Research Methods
Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran:
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Research Methods
Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran:
- Semantics
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Understanding and Interpreting the Qurʾān
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran:
- History of the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Translating the Qurʾān
- History of the Interpretation of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Research Methods
PUBLICATIONS
Books (in Persian)
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh, MaʿnāShenāsī-e ʾAsmāʾ-ul-Ḥusnā dar Qurʾān-e Karīm [A Semantic Study of the Beautiful Names of God in the Qurʾān], Tehran: Imam Sadiq University Press, 2011
Translations (into Persian)
_____________ (tr.), Ch. J. Robin (Collection of Articles), 1400 Sāl Pādeshāhī dar Arabestān Pīsh az Eslām [1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia] (forthcoming)
Articles and Review Articles (in Persian)
_____________ , “A Structural Semantic Study of the Usage of the Term Sayyiʾah in the Qurʾān”, in: Moṭāleʿāt-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies] (Under publication)
_____________ , “A Semantic Study of the Usage of the Term Rizq in the Qurʾān”, in: PazhūheshHā-ye ZabānShenākhtī-ye Qurʾān [Linguistic Research in the Holy Qurʾān] 12: p. 103-118 (University of Isfahan, 2018)
_____________ , “A Historical Semantic Study of the Word Rabb”, in: PazhūheshHā-ye ZabānShenākhtī-ye Qurʾān [Linguistic Research in the Holy Qurʾān] 8: p. 69-112 (University of Isfahan, 2016)
_____________ , “Review of Muslim Scholars’ Viewpoints on the Meaning and Derivation of Rabb”, in: Moṭāleʿāt-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies] 15: p. 33-68 (Imam Sadiq University, 2015)
_____________ , “A Semantic Study of the Usage of the Name al-Fāṭir in the Qurʾān”, ʿUlūm-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾānic and Ḥadīth Studies] 94: p. 9-22 (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2015)
_____________ , “A Glance at the Book Dating Ḥadīth: Methods and Case Studies”, in: Āyeneh-ye Pazhūhesh [The Mirror of Research] (2016)
_____________ , “A Glance at the Book ʿAbdullāh b. Sabaʾ wa ʾAsāṭīr ʾUkhrā”, in: Ketāb-e Māh-e Dīn [Monthly Book Review on Religion] 139: p. 19-22, (2009)
_____________ , “Qurʾān and the Effects of the Context”, KheradNāmeh 20: p. 74- (2007)
_____________ , “Imam ʿAlī’s Ṣaḥīfa”, Balāgh-e Mobīn 3: p. 21-27 (2004)
Encyclopedia Articles (in Persian)
The following entries in: Dāneshnāme-ye Jahān-e Eslām [Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam], ed. Gholam Ali Haddad Adel (Tehran, 1984-):
_____________ , “al-Raʾūf, an attribute for God”, vol. 20: p. 781-783 (2015)
_____________ , “al-Ḥayy, an attribute for God”, vol. 14: p. 473-474 (2010)
_____________ , “Rasūl”, vol. 19: p. 799-801 (2014)
_____________ , “Ḥabbah b. Juwain al-ʿUranī”, vol. 12: p. 494-495 (2008)
_____________ , “Ṣirāṭ” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “ʿĀd” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “al- Fāṭir, an attribute for God” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “al-Qiyāmah, Surah” (forthcoming)
The following entries in: Dāyerat-ul-Maʿāref-e Bozorg-e Eslāmī [The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia], ed. Mohammad Kazem Mousavi Bojnourdi (Tehran, 1983-):
_____________ , “Rabb, an attribute for God”, vol. 24 (2019)
2015 Ph.D. in Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies, University of Tehran, College of Farabi, Qom, Iran
Dissertation: “A Semantic Study of the Name Rabb and Clarifying Its Position in the Semantic System of the Qurʾān”
2006 M.A. (continuous) in Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: “A Semantic Study of the Beautiful Names of God in the Semantic Field of Creation”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2005-2006 Member of Academic Board
Department of Theology and Sects
Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation, Tehran, Iran
LANGUAGE
Persian Native
Arabic Advanced
English Upper intermediate
Hebrew Elementary
LECTURES
11-04-2016 “The Term Rabb in the Qurʾān and Its Semitic Background”
Collegium Coranicum 5
Corpus Coranicum, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
07-12-2016 “An Etymological Study of the Relationship Between the Terms Rabb and Tarbiyah”
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
25-12-2016 “A Semantic Study of the Name al-Fāṭir in the Qurʾān”
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
26-05-2018 “Semantic Approaches toward the Qurʾān: Structural Semantics”
Intl. Quran Exhibition in Tehran, Academic Section
29-05-2018 “The Usage of Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula in Qurʾānic Studies”
Intl. Quran Exhibition in Tehran, International Section
13-09-2019 “Presentation of the Volume 1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia (By Christian J. Robin, transl. Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh, Tehran 2019)”
Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS 9), Freie Univerität Berlin
04-12-2019 “Transcription of the Variant Readings of the Qurʾān: Problems, Solutions, Suggetions”
Reading the Rasm II, Universiteit Leiden and Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
WORKSHOPS
12-11-2016 “Methodology of a Historical Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms”
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
Feb 2016 “Semantics and Its Usage in Qurʾānic Studies”
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
21-10-2017 “A Historical Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms: A Case of the Term Rabb”
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
10-03-2018 “A Structural Semantic Study of Qurʾānic Terms: A Case of the Name al-Fāṭir”
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
COURSES
Teaching: 2011-
M.A.:
Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran:
- Lexicology of the Qurʾān
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Methods of Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran:
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran:
- Lexicology of the Qurʾān
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
B.A.:
Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran:
- Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Methods of Interpreting the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Translation from Arabic into Persian
Shahed University, Tehran, Iran:
- History of the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Research Methods
Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran:
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Research Methods
Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran:
- Semantics
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Understanding and Interpreting the Qurʾān
Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran:
- History of the Qurʾān
- Sciences of the Qurʾān
- Translating the Qurʾān
- History of the Interpretation of the Qurʾān
- Arabic Literary Texts Before and After Islam
- Arabic Language (Morphology, Grammar, Rhetoric, …)
- Research Methods
PUBLICATIONS
Books (in Persian)
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh, MaʿnāShenāsī-e ʾAsmāʾ-ul-Ḥusnā dar Qurʾān-e Karīm [A Semantic Study of the Beautiful Names of God in the Qurʾān], Tehran: Imam Sadiq University Press, 2011
Translations (into Persian)
_____________ (tr.), Ch. J. Robin (Collection of Articles), 1400 Sāl Pādeshāhī dar Arabestān Pīsh az Eslām [1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia] (forthcoming)
Articles and Review Articles (in Persian)
_____________ , “A Structural Semantic Study of the Usage of the Term Sayyiʾah in the Qurʾān”, in: Moṭāleʿāt-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies] (Under publication)
_____________ , “A Semantic Study of the Usage of the Term Rizq in the Qurʾān”, in: PazhūheshHā-ye ZabānShenākhtī-ye Qurʾān [Linguistic Research in the Holy Qurʾān] 12: p. 103-118 (University of Isfahan, 2018)
_____________ , “A Historical Semantic Study of the Word Rabb”, in: PazhūheshHā-ye ZabānShenākhtī-ye Qurʾān [Linguistic Research in the Holy Qurʾān] 8: p. 69-112 (University of Isfahan, 2016)
_____________ , “Review of Muslim Scholars’ Viewpoints on the Meaning and Derivation of Rabb”, in: Moṭāleʿāt-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies] 15: p. 33-68 (Imam Sadiq University, 2015)
_____________ , “A Semantic Study of the Usage of the Name al-Fāṭir in the Qurʾān”, ʿUlūm-e Qurʾān va Ḥadīth [Qurʾānic and Ḥadīth Studies] 94: p. 9-22 (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2015)
_____________ , “A Glance at the Book Dating Ḥadīth: Methods and Case Studies”, in: Āyeneh-ye Pazhūhesh [The Mirror of Research] (2016)
_____________ , “A Glance at the Book ʿAbdullāh b. Sabaʾ wa ʾAsāṭīr ʾUkhrā”, in: Ketāb-e Māh-e Dīn [Monthly Book Review on Religion] 139: p. 19-22, (2009)
_____________ , “Qurʾān and the Effects of the Context”, KheradNāmeh 20: p. 74- (2007)
_____________ , “Imam ʿAlī’s Ṣaḥīfa”, Balāgh-e Mobīn 3: p. 21-27 (2004)
Encyclopedia Articles (in Persian)
The following entries in: Dāneshnāme-ye Jahān-e Eslām [Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam], ed. Gholam Ali Haddad Adel (Tehran, 1984-):
_____________ , “al-Raʾūf, an attribute for God”, vol. 20: p. 781-783 (2015)
_____________ , “al-Ḥayy, an attribute for God”, vol. 14: p. 473-474 (2010)
_____________ , “Rasūl”, vol. 19: p. 799-801 (2014)
_____________ , “Ḥabbah b. Juwain al-ʿUranī”, vol. 12: p. 494-495 (2008)
_____________ , “Ṣirāṭ” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “ʿĀd” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “al- Fāṭir, an attribute for God” (forthcoming)
_____________ , “al-Qiyāmah, Surah” (forthcoming)
The following entries in: Dāyerat-ul-Maʿāref-e Bozorg-e Eslāmī [The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia], ed. Mohammad Kazem Mousavi Bojnourdi (Tehran, 1983-):
_____________ , “Rabb, an attribute for God”, vol. 24 (2019)
Executive Activities
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Executive Activities Titles
Name of Organization / comment
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Theses supervised
#
Title
Persons
1
Critical review of Surabady utilization of Interpretive sayings of the Companions
فاطمه متقی
2
Semantics of the concept of generosity in the Holy Qur'an
لیلا سرانی
3
A Semantic study of the roots "dh-r-r", "dh-r-a" and "dh-r-w" based on their usages in the Holy Quran
راضیه خلوصی
4
Comparison of the narrative of creation of Adam and the angels and teaching of the names in the Qur'an and the Torah and its interpretations
فاطمه اخترزاده زواره
5
The concept of poverty in the Quran and the ways to eliminate it
زهرا ذاکری
6
Variant Readings of the Quran in al-Tabari's Commentary with the Focus on the Suras Q16 to Q20
سپیده سلطانی
Theses advised
#
Title
Persons
1
Investigation and critical review of the ideas of Iranian religious intellectuals about the verse 34 of surah an- Nisa
فرزانه گل محمدی
2
A semantics study on the "horse" in the Holy Quran
زهره شفیعی زاده ماهانی
3
The birth of Ishmael and Isaac in Midrash Rabah and its comparison with the Qur'an
بنفشه بهشتی
4
interpretation of interpretation votes Syed Qutb and Rashid Raza " s comment on stability
سعید لطفی نسب نعمت الله
5
A comparative study of naming in the Holy Quran and the Torah
لیلی حیدری
6
The Interpretive Survey of Abdul Qader Gilani in Ayat Al_ ahkam
علی کرمعلی پلنکچی
Presented articles
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Title
Writer
Conference
Date
Presentation type
1
Mapping the Ten Canonical Readings of the Qurʾān Digitally
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Digital Tools for Studying the Text of the Qurʾān - Germany (hybrid)
2022
Oral
2
Transcription of the Variant Readings of the Qurʾān, Problems, Solutions, Suggestions
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Reading the Rasm II - Germany
2019
Oral
3
Presentation of the Volume 1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia (New approaches toward the Qurʾān in Iran, Archaeology)
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies - Germany
2019
Oral
4
The term Rabb in the Qurʾān and its Semitic background
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Collegium Coranicum 5; Corpus Coranicum - Germany
2016
Oral
5
Transcription of the Variant Readings of the Quran, Problems, Solutions, Suggestions
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Reading the Rasm II - Germany
1398/09/12
Oral
6
Presentation of the Volume 1400 Years of Kingdom in Pre-Islamic Arabia (New approaches toward the Quran in Iran, Archaeology)
Mohammad Ali Khavanin Zadeh
Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies - Germany
1398/06/18
Oral