Aun Hasan听Ali

  • Associate Professor
  • RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Education

Ph.D., Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, expected 2015
M.A., Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, 2007
B.A., Rutgers University, 2003

Research Interests

Islamic law, theology/philosophy, exegesis and history; Sunni-Shi'i relations and sectarianism; philosophical theology and philosophy of religion; historiography and philosophy of history; modernity and the nation-state; the concept of tradition

Regional and Thematic Interests

West Asia/Middle East
Religion; History

Profile

Aun Hasan Ali joined the Department of Religious Studies in 2015. He works on the Islamic tradition. Ali studied Religion and Philosophy at Rutgers University, receiving his BA in 2003. That same year he travelled to Yemen to continue studying Arabic. He earned an MA in Islamic Studies from McGill University in 2007, and will receive his PhD in Islamic Studies from McGill University in 2015. Ali's research focuses on the intellectual history of Shi'ism, including both the pre-modern and modern periods. In particular, he is interested in studying Shi'ism through the lens of the concept of tradition and social network theory. Ali is also interested in Shi'i law and legal theory, especially the interplay between shariah and legislation. His current project examines intellectual life in the city of Hillah in southern Iraq in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries CE. Ali is also preparing the final draft of an article in which he examines the relationship between Sunnism and Shi'ism through the lens of the issue of documentary evidence in Islamic law. His recent publications include a translation of a Persian chapter about the Qajar philosopher Abu'l-Hasan Jilveh in听Philosophical traditions in Qajar Iran,听set to be published by Brill in 2015, and two articles on Shi'i legal theory, classical and modern, in听The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law.听

Selected Publications

  • 鈥淩efraining from Seeking Clarification: A Chapter from the听al-W膩f墨 f墨 shar岣 al-W膩fiya听of al-A士raj墨 (d. 1227/1812).鈥 In Kumail Rajani and Robert Gleave (eds.),听Shi士ite Legal Theory: Sources and Commentaries. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press/Gibbs Memorial Trust, 2022). Co-authored with Hadi Qazwini and Yusuf 脺nal. Introduction, critical edition and translation.
  • 鈥淭he Canonization of听Nahj al-Bal膩gha听between Najaf and 岣lla: Sistani and the Iconic Authority of the听惭补谤腻箩颈士,鈥澨Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam听2/1 (2021): 3鈥23.
  • 鈥淭he Rational Turn in Im膩mism Revisited.鈥澨Global Intellectual History听5/3 (forthcoming 鈥 accepted).
  • 鈥淪ome Notes on the History of the Categorization of Im膩m墨 岣诲墨迟丑.鈥澨Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies听1/2 (2019): 215鈥233.
  • 鈥淩eading the Story of Moses and Khi岣峳 through the Lens of Islamic Law.鈥澨English Language Notes听56/1 (2018): 209鈥212.
  • 鈥淢墨rz膩 Ab奴 l-岣san Jilwah鈥 by Encieh Barkhah. In Reza Pourjavady (ed.),听Philosophy in Qajar Iran. Leiden: Brill, 2018. Translation.
  • 鈥淭he Discourse on 士Ilm al-Wa岣嵤 in Modern Sh墨士墨 Scholarship.鈥澨Islamic Studies听50/3-4 (2011): 325鈥345.听
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Selected Presentations

  • 鈥淪ome Notes on the Uses of Documentary Evidence in Im膩m墨 Law,鈥欌 The Seventh Annual Conference on Shi士i Studies, The Islamic College, London, May 2022.
  • 鈥淭he Primacy of the Quran: Pushing the Boundaries of Critique,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2021.
  • 鈥淚bn Idr墨s al-岣ll墨 and the Transformation of Sh墨士墨 Law,鈥 Center for Asian Studies, 桃色视频, November 2021.
  • 鈥淭he Legal Purport of 鈥楻efraining from Seeking Clarification,鈥欌 The Sixth Annual Conference on Shi士i Studies, The Islamic College, London, March 2021.
  • 鈥淭he Sanctuary of the Twelfth Imam in 岣llah,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, December 2020.
  • 鈥淪unn墨听岣诲墨迟丑听in Im膩m墨 Law,鈥 Sh墨士墨 Studies Group Symposium, Franke Institute, University of Chicago, October 2018.
  • 鈥淩eading the听Nahj al-Bal膩ghah听in 岣llah,鈥澨Nahj al-Bal膩ghah: The Word of 士Al墨, The Sh墨士ah Institute, Warburg Institute, University of London, December 2017.听
  • 鈥淭he听滨箩腻锄补丑听of al-士All膩mah al-岣ll墨 to the Ban墨 Zuhrah: Sources for the History of the School of 岣llah,鈥 Shii Studies: The State of the Art, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, December 2017.
  • 鈥淢u岣mmad Is岣ツ乹 Fayy膩岣 on Islamic Governance,鈥 Sh墨士墨 Studies Group Symposium, Franke Institute, University of Chicago, May 2017.
  • 鈥淯nderstanding the听Maqtal听of 岣sayn as Devotional and Mystical Literature,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2016. 听听