Edith started following the work of 5 people.
Edith started following the work of 4 people.
Edith started following the work of Yasmin Moll, New York University, Anthropology.
Edith
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American University of Iraq - Sulaimani
Faculty Member, History
University of Toronto, Centre for the Study of Religion
PhD Candidate
Thesis Title: Following Sayyida Zaynab: Twelver Shi'i Women's Piety in Modern Syria
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Amira Mittermaier
Walid Saleh Michael Lambek Karen Ruffle |
About
Edith Szanto is currently a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Toronto and a Lecturer at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, where she teaches Middle Eastern history and comparative religion. She graduated Summa cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2002, and received her MA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. Before coming to the University of Toronto, she spent a year and a half in Syria as a Fulbrighter, researching popular Islamic practices and working for the UN. She is currently finishing her dissertation on Twelver Shi'i piety in and around the shrine of Sayyida Zaynab. Her next project focuses on Shi'is in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Edith's primary research interests include: Twelver Shi'ism, Gender, and the Anthropology of Islam.
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