Behzad Borhan, PhD (year 5)
Behzad Borhan is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Islamic studies at McGill University. He has also earned a Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature from Tehran University, where he had previously taught courses on Persian literature for two years. Before joining McGill, Behzad was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Religious Studies and a Fellow in the Iranian Studies Program and NELC at Yale University. Behzad鈥檚 research is focused on Persian and Arabic mystical literature, especially medieval hagiographical texts, and Sufi manuals. He is currently working on his book manuscript on saintly miracles (kar膩m膩t) in Sufi literature. He studies the narratives about Sufis鈥� supernatural deeds in their historical and social context with a special focus on the role of the narrator and the master-disciple relationship in the formation and development of these narratives.
Education:
Ph.D., Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, 2020
M.A., Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, 2014
Areas of interest:听Persian literature, medieval Sufism, Islamic hagiographic literature
Publications:
Books
- , Abd al-Lat蹋i虅f Abba虅si虅 Gujara虅ti. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Behzad Borhan, Tehran: Intisha虅ra虅t-i Mah蹋mu虅d Afsha虅r and Sukhan, 2017.
Articles
- Borhan, Behzad; Hajian-nezhad, Alireza. 鈥淎 constructivist explanation for the contrast between Nirva虅na虅 and Fana虅.鈥� Persian Literature (Adab-i F膩rsi, Journal of Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran), no. 23, 2019, p. 21-41.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥�窜颈苍腻 of the Eye or Gaze of the Eye? A suggestion for editing a verse in the Mas滩navi of Rumi.鈥� Persian Language and Literature, no. 22, 2020, p. 36-46.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥淎nalysis of ambiguous phrases in the Ta虅r墨kh-i Jaha虅n-Gusha虅 of Juwaini虅.鈥� Kohan N膩meh-yi Adab-i P膩rs墨, no. 03, 2016, p.103-118.
- Borhan, Behzad. 鈥淪ome new facts about Abd al-Lat蹋i虅f Abba虅si虅 Gujara虅ti鈥檚 life.鈥� Subcontinent, vol. 04, no. 04, 2015, p. 221-235.
鈥�Book Reviews
- Persianate Selves: Memories of Place and Origin Before Nationalism, Mana Kia (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press 2021, xxiv + 312 pp.) in Iranian Studies Journal, 2022.
- Sinews of war and trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, by Laleh Khalili (London: Verso 2020, 386 pp.) in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2021.
Talks, Conferences, and Workshops:
鈥淢aking sense of K墨m墨y膩-yi Sa士膩dat through al-Ghazz膩l墨鈥檚 Sufi sources,鈥� presented at MEA 2023, Montr茅al, Canada, November 2023.
鈥�The Evolution of 碍补谤腻尘补迟 Narratives in Sufi literature,鈥� Presented at MESA 2022, Denver, Colorado, December 2022.
鈥�Among our Shaykh鈥檚 Kar膩m膩t鈥� Ab奴 Sa士墨d Ab奴'l-Khayr and his Kar膩m膩t Narratives,鈥� invited talk in Persian Circle, University of Chicago, November 2022.
鈥淎 Narrative of 碍补谤腻尘补迟 or a 碍补谤腻尘补迟 of Narrative?鈥� in the Iranian Studies Conference (AIS 2022), Salamanca, Spain, August-September 2022.
鈥�From Chords to Words: Pedagogical Benefits of Intertwining Persian Literature with Persian Traditional Music,鈥� Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching Persian Language and Literature, University of Cambridge, December 2021.
鈥�Narratives of Kar膩m膩t in the Sufi Literature,鈥� invited talk at Kha虅razm墨 University, Tehran, Iran. March 2019.
鈥�The Gha虅sem-e Ghani Collection in Sterling Library at Yale,鈥� invited talk at The National Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran. September 2018.
鈥�Gha虅sem-e Ghani and His Q膩j膩ric Documents,鈥� invited talk at University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, October 2018.
- 鈥�Mystical Hermeneutics: The Dialectic of Mystical Experiences and the Qur示膩n,鈥� Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society, University of California at Berkeley. April 2018.
Awards and Honors:
- McGill鈥檚 Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (GREAT Awards), Fall 2022.
- Association of Iranian Studies (AIS) Travel Grant, 2022.
- McGill鈥檚 Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (GREAT Awards), Summer 2022.
- Winner of 3MT (Three-minute Thesis) Competition at the University of Tehran, 2019.
- University of Tehran Fellowship Award for research leave, 2017.
- Winner of the best student book of the year in Iran for Lat蹋a虅yif al-Ma士navi虅 min Haqa虅yiq al-Mas滩navi虅, 2017.
贰尘补颈濒:听behzad.borhan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Behzad Borhan)
厂耻辫别谤惫颈蝉辞谤:听Prashant Keshavmurthy
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