Andrew J. Newman Explained

Andrew J. Newman holds the chair of Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh.

Education and career

Newman majored in history at Dartmouth College, graduating summa cum laude. He went to the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate study in Islamic studies, and earned his Ph.D. there. After postdoctoral research at Green Templeton College, Oxford, affiliated with Oxford's Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, he joined the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1996.^[1]

Books

Newman's books include:

• The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism: Hadīth as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (2000)^[2]
• Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire (2006)^[3]
• Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 (2013)^[4]

His work on Safavid Iran won Iran's Book of the Year Awards for 2007 in the category of Iranian Studies.^[5]

External links

• Profile at University of Edinburgh

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr Andrew J Newman. Newman. Andrew J.. The University of Edinburgh. 29 July 2019.
2. Reviews of The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism:
   • Afsaruddin . Asma . January 2006 . 10.1086/504909 . 10.1086/504909 . 1 . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 62–64 . none . 65.
   • Amir-Moezzi . Mohammad Ali . May 2002 . 10.4000/abstractairanica.35516 . 23 . Abstracta Iranica . fr . none. free .
   • Tamima. Bayhom-Daou. none. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 64. 3. 2001. 403–404. 3657610.
   • Rainer. Brunner. none. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 39. 1. June 2005. 95–97. 10.1017/S0026318400047702 . 23063134. 165070935 .
   • Gleave . R. . September 2002 . 10.1093/jss/47.2.382 . 2 . Journal of Semitic Studies . 382–383 . none . 47.
   • Heinz. Halm. de. none. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 153. 1. 2003. 196–197. 43381267.
   • Hashim Saraf. A. Z. . 2019. The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse between Qum and Baghdad; View and Study. Journal of Shiite History. 3. 2. 31–61.
   • Etan. Kohlberg. none. Iranian Studies. 36. 1. March 2003. 108–110. 10.1017/S0021086200001298 . 4311497. 245659995 .
   • Sajjad H.. Rizvi. none. Journal of Islamic Studies. 13. 1. January 2002. 62–66. 10.1093/jis/13.1.62 . 26198383.
3. Reviews of Safavid Iran:
   • Abisaab . Rula Jurdi . April 2018 . 10.1163/24682470-12340034 . 1–2 . Shii Studies Review . 400–406 . none . 2.
   • Calmard . Jean . May 2008 . 10.4000/abstractairanica.28632 . 29 . Abstracta Iranica . none . fr.
   • Herzog. Christopher. May 2007. none. Journal of Islamic Studies. 18. 2. 259–261. 10.1093/jis/etm011. 26199816.
   • Hani. Khafipour. none. Iranian Studies. 41. 3. June 2008. 403–404. 10.1080/00210860801981377 . 25597468. 216152402 .
   • Sanni. Amidu Olalekan. January 2009. none. Die Welt des Islams. 49. 1. 143–144. 10.1163/157006008X313862. 27798290.
   • Spencer . W. . March 2007 . 10.5860/choice.44-4039 . 7 . Choice . 1226–1227 . none . 44.
   • Bruce. Wannell. none. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . Third Series. 19. 3. July 2009. 395–396. 10.1017/S1356186309009791 . 27756082. 162505861 .
   • Yamaguchi . Akihiko . January 2009 . 10.1017/s1479591409000102 . 1 . International Journal of Asian Studies . 121–124 . none . 6. 144558392 .
4. Reviews of Twelver Shiism:
   • Cappucci . John . 10.1353/isl.2015.0037 . 4 . Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies . 521–524 . none . 8 . 2015. 147123644 .
   • tr . Demi̇r . Habip . June 2015 . 10.18403/emakalat.60329 . 2 . E-Makalat Mezhep Araştırmaları Dergisi . 175 . Book review . 7.
   • Inloes . Amina . Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies. none. Summer 2014. 7. 3. 375. 10.1353/isl.2014.0034 . 201787642 .
   • Salati . Marco . January 2016 . 10.1515/islam-2016-0023 . 1 . Der Islam . none . 93. 10278/3675651 . free .
   • Devin J.. Stewart. none. Journal of Islamic Studies. 27. 2. May 2016. 228–232. 10.1093/jis/etv114 . 26200467.
   • Terrier . Mathieu . July 2016 . 10.4000/abstractairanica.41346 . 34-35-36 . Abstracta Iranica . none. free .
   • George. Warner. none. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . Third Series. 24. 3. July 2014. 511–513. 10.1017/S1356186314000339 . 43307316. 163971381 .
5. Web site: Winners of Iran's Book of the Year Awards announced. 8 February 2008. Tehran Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20190429010031/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/162966/Winners-of-Iran-s-Book-of-the-Year-Awards-announced. 29 April 2019. live.