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Mehrdad Alipour Kalaei, Dr.

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
im Projekt „Wege zu einer Ethik“

Büro: Juridicum, Raum 213
Tel.: 069/798-32751
E-Mail: AliPoorKalaei@em.uni-frankfurt.de

 







Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Islamisches Recht und seine Rechtstheorie
  • Systematische Theologie (Kalām)
  • Sexualethik
  • Komparative Philosophie

 

 

Curriculum Vita

Seit 09/2020   Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Projekt „Wege zu einer Ethik“ am Institut für Studien der Kultur und Religion des Islam bei Prof.‘in Dr. Rana Alsoufi, Lehrstuhl für Normenlehre an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
09/2020   Verteidigung der Dissertation, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) der Universität Exeter
03/2019   Gastforscher am Centre for Social Justice and Global Responsibilities, LSBU.
06/2016 - 09/2017   Gastforscher an der Universität Utrecht.
09/2015 - 06/2016   Gastforscher am Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities.
10/2014 - 02/2016   Wissenschaftler an der VU University Amsterdam.
03/2010 - 02/2012   Gastdozent an der McGill University, Department of Philosophy, Montreal, Canada.
03/2008 - 06/2013   Assistenzprofessor an der Ḥawzah/Seminary und Universität Qom (Research Institute for Social Sciences and Islamic Studies (Department of Philosophy of Social Sciences).
09/2000 - 03/2010   Dozent des Islamisches Rechts und Rechtstheorie am Ḥawzah/Seminary von Qom.
09/2001 - 02/2008   Wissenschaftler am   Research Institute for Social Sciences and Islamic Studies Department of Philosophy of Social Sciences, Ḥawzah of Qom.
04/2001-09/2007   Promotion in Philosophie, Centre of Tarbiat Modarres, Universität Qom.
10/1998-12/2000   Master in Islamischer Theologie, Centre of Tarbiat Modarres, Universität Qom.
                                     

 

 

Ausgewählte Publikationsliste

  • Shīʿa neo-Traditionalist scholars and theology of homosexuality: review and reflections on Mohsen Kadivar’s Shifting Approach. Theology and Sexuality. Vol. 24(3), pp. 200-218 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13558358.2018.1478187
  • Transgender Identity, The Sex-Reassignment Surgery Fatwās and Islāmic Theology of A Third Gender. (2017) Religion and Gender. Vol. 7(2), (2018). pp. 164-179. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/rg.10170
  • Essentialism and Islamic Theology of Homosexuality: A Critical Reflection on an Essentialist Epistemology toward Same-Sex Desires and Acts in Islam. (2017). Journal of Homosexuality. Vol. 64 (14), pp. 1930-1942. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1289001.
  • Islamic Sharī‘a Law, Neo-Traditionalist Muslim Scholars and Transgender Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Case Study of Ayatullah Khomeini’s and Sheikh al-Tantawi’s Fatwas. (2017). International Journal of Transgenderism. Vol. 18 (1), pp. 91-103. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2016.1250239
  • Co-author, “Religious Attitudes toward Gender-Confirming Surgery.” In Gender Confirmation Surgery—Principles and Techniques for an Emerging Field. Loren Schechter (ed.). Springer International Publishing, (2019) pp. 225-245.
  • Same-Sex Desires and Acts in Islam: A Theological Reflection on Kugle’s and Naraghi’s Approaches. (2015). In The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community of Iran: Examining Human Rights from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives. Farid Haerinejad (ed). New York, NY: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, pp. 76-92.
  • A slightly different version of this article entitled Same-Sex Desires and Acts in Islam: A Methodological-Theological Reflection on Kugle’s and Naraghi’s approaches has been published in the International Journal of Research from the Front-line (NRV). 2016. Vol. 1(1), pp. 54-67.
  • Ḥikmat-i Ishrāq-i Suhrawardī (The Philosophy of Illumination of Suhrawardī [in two volumes]- Farsi). (Co-authored with Y. Yazdānpanāh of Bāqir al-ʿUlūm University). Tehran, Iran: Samt Press, 2011.
  • Paradigm-i Ijtihādī-yi Dānish-i Dīnī (An Ijtihādic Paradigm of Religious Science- Farsi (Co-authored with H. Hasani of Research Institute of Ḥawzah and University). Qom, Iran: Ḥawzah & University Press, 2010.
  • As mas'alih-Miḥwarī Tā Faḍīlat-gharā’ī (From Quandaries to Virtue-Oriented Ethics- Farsi). (Co-authored with H. Hasani of Research Institute of Ḥawzah and University). Qom, Iran: Maʿārif Press, 2004.