Academic Profile
Prof. Dr. Shervin Farridnejad holds the professorship of Iranian Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute of the University of Hamburg since September 2022. He also heads the MA programme "Manuscript Cultures" (website) at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg.
For a complete list of publications visit: https://uhh.de/aai-en-farridnejad
Main Research Focal Points
- Antique and Late Antique Iranian Cultural and Religious History
- Persianate Cultural and Religious History
- Zoroastrian Religion, Rituals and Literature
- Dynamics and interdependencies between Zoroastrian and non-Zoroastrian in the (early) Islamic Period
- Zoroastrian Art and Iconography
- Old and Middle Iranian Philology and Literature
- Persianate Manuscript Cultures and Codicology
- Judeo-Persian Literatur
Academic Qulaification
- Since September 2022: Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Hamburg/ The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) / Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts
- 2014: PhD in Ancient and Middle Iranian Philology and Zoroastrian Studies, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
- 2007 – 2009: Graduate and post-graduate seminars and lectures equivalent to an MA in Old and Middle-Iranian, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
- 2003 – 2006: MA in Iranian Studies, Visual Arts and Art History, Tarbiat Modares University Tehran (TMU).
- 1998 – 2002: BA in Fine Arts and Art History, Tehran University
Employment and Research Experience
- Since September 2022: Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Hamburg / The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) / Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts
- 2016-2022: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Member / Lecturer, Institute of Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2016-2020: Postdoctoral Research staff, Institute of Iranian Studies (IFI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) in Vienna
- SS 2018: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna
- SS 2015-SS 2019: Associated Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Excellence cluster 264 – Topoi (The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations). Institute of Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- SS 2015-WS 2015/16: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Institute of Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2008 – 2014: Predoctoral Academic Staff, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2007 – 2015: Fellow at the Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen (GSGG), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2013 – 2014: Research assistant of Prof. Dr. Philip G. Kreyenbroek in the book project “The Zoroastrian Tradition and Oral Transmission”, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2010 – 2013: Member of the post graduate program 896: “Götterbilder – Gottesbilder – Weltbilder: Polytheismus und Monotheismus in der Welt der Antike”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
For a complete list of publications visit: https://uhh.de/aai-en-farridnejad
Main Research Focal Points
- Antique and Late Antique Iranian Cultural and Religious History
- Persianate Cultural and Religious History
- Zoroastrian Religion, Rituals and Literature
- Dynamics and interdependencies between Zoroastrian and non-Zoroastrian in the (early) Islamic Period
- Zoroastrian Art and Iconography
- Old and Middle Iranian Philology and Literature
- Persianate Manuscript Cultures and Codicology
- Judeo-Persian Literatur
Academic Qulaification
- Since September 2022: Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Hamburg/ The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) / Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts
- 2014: PhD in Ancient and Middle Iranian Philology and Zoroastrian Studies, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
- 2007 – 2009: Graduate and post-graduate seminars and lectures equivalent to an MA in Old and Middle-Iranian, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
- 2003 – 2006: MA in Iranian Studies, Visual Arts and Art History, Tarbiat Modares University Tehran (TMU).
- 1998 – 2002: BA in Fine Arts and Art History, Tehran University
Employment and Research Experience
- Since September 2022: Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Hamburg / The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) / Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts
- 2016-2022: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Member / Lecturer, Institute of Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2016-2020: Postdoctoral Research staff, Institute of Iranian Studies (IFI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) in Vienna
- SS 2018: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna
- SS 2015-SS 2019: Associated Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Excellence cluster 264 – Topoi (The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations). Institute of Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- SS 2015-WS 2015/16: Postdoctoral Academic Staff Institute of Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2008 – 2014: Predoctoral Academic Staff, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2007 – 2015: Fellow at the Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen (GSGG), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2013 – 2014: Research assistant of Prof. Dr. Philip G. Kreyenbroek in the book project “The Zoroastrian Tradition and Oral Transmission”, Institute of Iranian Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 2010 – 2013: Member of the post graduate program 896: “Götterbilder – Gottesbilder – Weltbilder: Polytheismus und Monotheismus in der Welt der Antike”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Sample Publications
Die Sprache der Bilder: Eine Studie zur ikonographischen Exegese der anthropomorphen Götterbilder im Zoroastrismus. Iranica 27. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018.
Current Position
Professor of Iranian Studies, History, Languages and Cultures of the Near East,
University of Hamburg