‍CV 

 

I. Education

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto Mississauga, Historical Studies Department, September 2011- August 2016, Under the Supervision of Prof. Shafique Virani.

PhD in Philosophy, Warwick University, UK, 2006.

Dissertation: “Moral Reasons: Particularism, Patterns and Practice.”, Under the Supervision of Prof. Michael Luntley.

Pharmacy Doctorate, Tehran Medical Sciences University, Iran, 1998, Under the Supervision of Prof. Masoud Mahmoudian.

 

II. Professional Experience

Visiting Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, September 2016-

Visiting Scholar, Sohrevardi Foundation, Toronto, January 2014- August 2016.

Visiting International Scholar, Iranian Studies Program, New York University, February 2011-June 2011.

Managing Director, The Institute of Epistemological Research, April 2006-2011.

Assistant Professor, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, April 2006-2011.

 

III. TEACHING (graduate and undergraduate)

“Islam and Modernity”, M.A. Level, University of UPAEP, Puebla, Mexico, Spring 2016.

“Islam and Modernity”. B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Autumn 2015.

“Introduction to Islam”, B.A. Level, University of McMaster, Spring 2015.

“Islam and Modernity”, B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Spring 2014.

“Comparative Ethics”. B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Autumn 2013.

“Islam and Modernity”. B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Spring 2013.

“Islamic Bio-Ethics”. B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Autumn 2012.

“Islamic Philosophy”, B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Workshop, Spring 2012.

“Islam and Human Rights”, B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Spring 2012.

“Ethical Aspect of Islam”, B.A. Level, University of Toronto Mississauga, Autumn 2011.

“Moral Philosophy,” M.A. Level, Payam Nour University, Autumn 2010.

“Bio-ethics,” PhD Level, Shahid Beheshti University, Autumn 2007 & Spring 2008 & Autumn 2010.

“Kant's Critique of Pure Reason,” M.A. Level, The Institute of Epistemological Research, Summer 2009.

“Kant’s Moral Philosophy,” M.A. Level, Mofid University, Autumn 2009.

“Moral Philosophy,” M.A. Level, Mofid University, Autumn 2008 & Spring 2009.

“Moral Philosophy,” B.A. Level, Mofid University, Spring 2008

“Moral Philosophy,” PhD Level, Azad University, Spring 2007, Spring 2009 & Autumn 2010.

“An Introduction to Analytic Philosophy,” M.A. Level, The Institute for Epistemological  Researches, Summer  2008.

“Philosophy of religion,” PhD Level, Islamic Azad University, Winter 2008.

“Islamic Mysticism,” The Institute for Epistemological  Research, Summer  2008.

“Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus,” Iranian Institute of philosophy, Spring 2007& Spring 2009.

“Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations,” Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Autumn of 2006.

“Epistemology,” M.A. and PhD Levels, Islamic Azad University, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008 & Autumn 2008.

“Analytic Philosophy,” M.A. Level, Tarbiyat Moddares University, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.

Courses interested to teach:

    “lslam and Modernity”

    “Islamic Sufism”

    “Contemporary Persian Poetry”

   “Islamic Philosophy”

    “Philosophy of Religion”

    “Wittgenstein’s Philosophy”

    “Moral Philosophy”

    “Kant’s Philosophy”   

 

IV. Publications

A. Books in progress (in English)

Ethics and Mysticism: Islamic Debates in Post-Revolutionary Iran, (Oxford: One World). 

The Life of Soroush: Mysticism and Politics, Soroush Dabbagh & Omid Safi (eds.), (Oxford: One World).

 

B. Articles (English)

 “Wittgenstein and Conceptual Nominalism”, The Proceedings of 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2015, Kirchberg, 27-29, (with Hossein Dabbagh).

“Ontological Nominalism and Analytic Philosophy: on the Possibility of Philosophizing whilst Dispensing with Universals”, Philosophy Study, January 2015, Vol. 5, No.1 (with Hossein Dabbagh).

“Tabatabaie’s Controversial Ideas in Islamic Moral Thought: A Lesson Learned for Educational Prosperity of Islamic Academies”, The Proceedings of the Conference on Islamic Thought, September 2012, Malaysia, 35-40.

“The Concept “ Silcence” in the Tractatus”, The Proceedings of 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2012, Kirchberg, 27-29, (with Hossein Dabbagh).  

“Tabatabaie’s Ethics versus Tractarian Ethics: A Comparative Study,” The Proceedings of 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2011, Kirchberg, 18-20, (with Hossein Dabbagh).

“Emerging Moral Patterns: Reading Ross in the Light of Wittgenstein”, The Proceedings of 33th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2010, Kirchberg, 23-25.

“Therapy, Practice and Normativity,” The Proceedings of 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2009, Kirchberg, 34-37.

“Realism Requires Generalism,” Religious Reflection, 30 (Spring 2009),3-11.

“Fetus or Human-Being: Where Is the Cut-Off Point?,” Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine,  3 (March 2009), 12-17.

“The Compatibility Between Shiite and Kantian Approach to Passive Voluntary Euthanasia,” Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 5 (October 2009), 6-12, (with Kiarash Aramesh).

“Particularism, Holism and Atomism,” Religious Reflection, 28 (Winter 2008), 3-16.

“A Wittgensteinian Approach to Ethical Supervenience,” The Proceedings of 31^st International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2008, Kirchberg, 44-46.

“In Defense of Four Principles Approach in Medical Ethics,” An Iranian Journal of public Health, supplementary Issue on Bioethics, 37: 1 (January 2008), 31-38.

“An Islamic View to Stem Cell Research and Cloning: Iran’s Experience,” American Journal of Bioethics, 7 (2007),62-63. ( with Kiarash Aramesh).

“A Wittgensteinian Approach to Rossian Ethics,” Wisdom and Philosophy, Alame Tabatabaee University, 14 (Winter 2007), 45-55.

“Frege, Wittgenstein and Private Language Argument,” Proceedings of the First International Analytic Philosophy, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, (February 2007), 15-22.

 

Articles in progress- (in English):

“Secular Ethics in Post-Revolutionary Iran; Revival of Utilitarianism”, submitted to a peer-reviewed journal in September 2016.

“ Post-Islamist  Approach to Veiling: Islamic Hijab from an Ethical Perspective”, submitted to a peer-reviewed journal in July 2016. 

 

C. Books (Persian)

Seyri dar Sepehr Ghoran [ A Journey Through Koranic Sphere], (Tehran: forthcoming).

Varagh Roshan Vaght [ Luminous Page of Time: Reflections on Religion, Philosophy and Intellectuality], (Tehran: Serat, forthcoming).

Falsafeye lajevardi Sepehri  [ Sepehri’s Azure Philosophy],  ( Tehran: Serat, 2016).

Dar Bab Falsafeye Tahlili [ On Analytic Philosophy], ( Tehran: Serat, 2016).

Tarjome va Sharh Resaleye Manteghi-Falsafi Wittgenstein [Translation and An Introduction to Wittgenstein's  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus] (Tehran: Hermes, 2015).

Dar Sepehr Sepehri  [In Sepehri’s Sphere: Reflections on Sepehri’s Mysticism and Poetry] ( Tehran: Negah Mo’aser, 2014).

Taranom-e Mozoon-e Hozn:Ta’molati Dar Roshanfekri-e Moaser [ Lyrical Song of Sorrow: Reflections on Contemporary Intellectuality] (Tehran: Kavir, 2011).

Dar Bab-e Akhlagh va Roshanfekri-e Dini [On Religious Intellectuality and Ethics] (Tehran: Serat, 2010).

Zaban va Tasvier-e Jahan : Maqolati dar Falsafeh Wittgenstein [Language and the Picture of the World: Essays on Wittgenstein’s Philosophy] (Tehran: Ney, 2010).

Darsgoftarhayi dar Falsafeh Akhlagh [Lectures in Ethics] (Tehran: Serat, 2009).

 ‘Am o khas dar Akhlagh [Particularity and Generality in Ethics] (Tehran: Hermes, 2009).

Amr-e Akhlaghi, Amr-e Motaa’li [The Ethical, The Transcendental] (Tehran: Parseh, 2009).

Sokut va Mana: Jostarhayi dar Falsafeh Wittgenstein [Silence and Meaning: Essays on Wittgenstein’s Philosophy] (Tehran: Serat,  second edition, 2009).

Ay’n dar Ayeneh [Religion in the Mirror: A Review on Abdolkarim Soroush’s Religious Ideas] (Tehran:Serat, 2005. Reprinted in 2007 &2009).

 

D. Articles (Persian)

 “Falsafeye Wittgenstein (3)” [Wittgenstein’s Philosophy (3), Zamaneh, June 2015.

“Falsafeye Wittgenstein (2)” [Wittgenstein’s Philosophy (2), Zamaneh, June 2015.

“Falsafeye Wittegenstein (1)” [ Wittgenestein’s Philosophy (1), Zamaneh, June 2015.

“Elahiat Roshanfekri Dini” [ Theology of Religious Reform], Jaras, April 2014

“Bazkhani Elahyat Motahari va Soroush” [ Reading the Theological Ideas of Motahari and Soroush], Jaras, February 2014.

“Ertedad dar Tarazooye Akhlagh” [ Heresy from Moral Perspective], Jaras, (August 2013).

“Hejab dar Tarazoye Ghoran” [ Islamic Hijab from Koranic Perspective], Jaras, ( May 2013).

“ Hoboot dar Hichestan” [The  Fall in Nothingness], Jaras,( April 2013).   

“ Mas’aleye Hejab va Fahm Raveshmand az Ghoran”, [The Issue of Veiling and the Methodological Understanding of the Koran] ,Jaras, ( March 2013).

“ Bi-hejabi ya Bi-efati: Kodam Gheir Akhlaghi ast?” [Unveiling or Immodesty: Which one is Immoral?], Jaras, ( February 2013).

“ Hejab dar Tarazoye Akhlagh” [ Islamic Hijab from Moral Perspective], Jaras, ( December 2012).

“ Tahlil Mafhoom “ Marg” dar She’r Farrokhzaad” [The Analysis of the Concept ‘ Death” in Farrokhzad’s Poetry], Jaras, ( Novermber 2012)

“ Falsafeye Lajevardi Sepehri” [ Sepehri’s Blue Philosophy], Jaras, ( October 2012).

“ Asnaf Imanvarzi” [ Types of Faith], Aseman, ( October 2012), pp. 20-29.

“ Erfan Modern(8)” [ Modern Mysticism (8)], Zamaneh (September 2015).

“Erfan Modern(7)” [Modern Mysticsm(7)], Jaras, ( September 2014).

“Erfan Modern (6)” [ Modern Mysticism( 6)], Zamaneh, (June2014).

“Erfan Modern(5)” [ Modern Mycticism( 5)], Jaras, ( November 2013).

“Erfan Modern (4)”  [ Modern Mycticism(4)], Jaras, (June 2013).

“ Erfan Modern (3)” [ Modern Mysticism (3)], Andisheye Pouya, ( August 2012), pp. 65-73.

“ Erfan Modern (2)” [ Modern Mysticism (2)], E’temad, ( April 2012), 75-82.

“ Erfan Modern(1)” [ Modern Mysticism(1)], E’temad, (February 2012), 18-25.

“ John Hick: Mardi dar Ebadat Sokoot” [ John Hick: The man in Silence Worship], Mehrnameh 19, (February 2012), 20-21.

“Hajm Zendegi dar Marg: Ta’amoli dar Mafhoom Marg dar  She’r Sepehri ” [ The Volume of Life in Death: Reflection on  the Concept ‘ Death’ is Sepehri ‘s Poem],  Bokhara,( February 2012), 125-130.

“Aya Bazargan Liberal Bood?” [ Was Bazargan a Liberal?], Mehrnameh 18, (January 2012), 92-93.

“ Fekr Nazok Ghamnak” [ Sorrowful  Delicate Thought], E’temad, ( November 2011), 25-28.

“Tahlil-e Mafhoom Roshanfekri Dini” [ The Analysis of the Concept “ Religious Intellctuality], Mehrnameh, 16 ( October2011),26-29.

 “Mokhatab Tanhaye Badhaye Jahan” [ The Lonely  Interlocutor of the World’s Winds], Shahrvand,4 (August 2011), 50-53. 

“Mibash  chenin Zir o Zebar: Derangi dar Kaviriat Shari’ati” [ Be Up and Down Like This: Reflections on Shariati’s Existential Writings], Mehrnamhe,11 (June2011), 34-39.

“Roshanfekri Dini va Abghooreye Felezi?!” [Religious Intellectualism and Metal Verjuice?! ], Merhnameh, 9 (March2011), 56-58.

“Bazargan Mota’akher dar Barabar Bazargan Moteghadem” [Early Bazargan versus Later Bazargan], Mehrnameh, 8(Jnauary 2011), 43-46. 

“Erfan va Miras Roshanfekri Dini” [Mysticism and the Heritage of Religious Intellectuality], Mehnameh, 7 (November 2010),10-14.  

  “Taranom-e Mozoon-e Hozn” [Lyrical Song  of Sorrow], Mehrnameh, 6 (October 2010), 34-38.

“Dar Defa’ Az Roshanfekran” [In Defense of Intellectuals], Mehrnameh, 5 (September2010), 97-99.

“Motahari va Falasefeye Jadid Gharb” [ Motahari and Contemporary Western Philosophers], Mehrnameh, 2 (April 2010), 67-71.

“Efteraq va Eshterak-e Akhlagh-e Wittgenstein-e motaqadem v Tabatabayi: Yek Mota’leh-e Tatbighi” [Similarities and Differences in Tabatabaie and Early Wittgenstein’s Ethics: A Comparative Study], Nameye Hekmat,14 ( March2010), 151-165.

 “Jahan-Tasvir dar Manzoomeye Wittgenstein” [World-Pciture in Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Framework], Ketab Mah, 27 ( December2009), 100-104.

“Akhlagh-e Rossi va Moshkel-e Tarkibidar Akhlagh-e Pezeshki” [Rossian Ethics and the Combination Problem in Medical Ethics], Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 12 (June 2009), 8-13.

“Zistan-e Akhlaghi Mobtani bar Fazilat” [Ethical Form of Life Based on Virtue], A'een, 13 (January 2009), 20-30.

“Iman-e Shormandaneh, Iman-e Arezomandaneh” [Passionate Faith – Desirous Faith], Ketab Mah (January 2009), 25-32.

“Amr-e Motaa’li dar She’re Sepehri” [The Transcendental' in Sepehri's Poetry], Eshragh, 6 (January 2009), pp. 47-67.

“Popper va Sonat-e Falsafeh-e Tahlily” [Popper and the Tradition of Analytic Philosophy], Shahrvand, 35 (December 2008), 43-48.

“Wittgenstein va Negaristan az Vajhe-e Abadi” [Wittgenstein and Seeing from Sub Specie Eterni], Andisheh-i Dini, 32 (December  2008) 29-42.(with  Morteza Abedinifar).

“Nominalism-e Vojudshenakhti va Falsafeh-e tahlily”[Ontological Nominalism and Analytic philosophy], Mutali‘at-I Farhangi va Ejtemaie, 1 (September 2008), 25-35 (with Hosein Dabbagh).

“Barrasi-e Ma’dari-e Ja’ygozin az Manzare Fa’yedehgerayi Amal Mehvar”[Exploring Surrogate-Motherhood from Act-Utilitarian’s Perspective], Fertility and Infertility, 2 (August 2008), 123-129.

“Qavanin-e Tabiat, Eliyat v Esteqra dar Tractatus”[Laws of Nature, Induction and Causality in Tractatus], Nameye Hekmat, 12 (March 2008), 95-120. (with Hossein Sheykh Rezai).

“Sokut dar Tractatus” [Silence in Tractatus], Nameye Mofid, 6 (November 2007), 27-44.

“Kant, Wittgenstein-e Motaghadem v Naqd-e Akhlagh-e Tajrobi” [Kant, Early Wittgenstein and the Critique of Empirical Ethics], Ma‘arif-e Islami,  13 (November 2007), 6-15. (with Parham Mahdian).

“Arzyabi Euthanasi Davtalabaneh-e Gheyrefaa’l az Manzare Akhlagh-e Ross”[Evaluating Passive Voluntary Euthanasia from the Rossian Ethical View], Medical Ethics: Research Center of Ethics and Medical law, 1(October 2007),45-62.

“Erfan v Roshanfekri-e Dini” [Mysticism and Religious Intellectuality], The Pathology of Religious Intellectuality, 1(September 2007), 12-16.

“Mojtahed Shabestari v Iman-e Shormandaneh” [Mojtahed Shabestari and the Passionate Faith], Madreseh, 6( June 2007), 53-56.

“Aa’mgerayi v Khasgerayi dar FaraAkhlagh” [Generalsim and Particularism in Meta-ethics], Andisheh Dini,  22 (April 2007), 3-20.

“Modelsazy-e Tasmimgiri-e Akhlaghi Mobtani bar System Ross”[Moral Decision-Making’s Modeling Based on Rossian System (with the Emphasis on Sciences and Technology in Organizations)], Akhlaq dar Oloom va Fanavari, 1 (April 2007), 35-45 (with  Javad Jassbi).

“Frege, Wittgenstein va Estedlal-e Zaban-e Khosusi” [Frege, Wittgenstein and Private language Argument], Nameye Hikmat, 7 (February 2007), 57-81, (with Reza Mosmer).

“Baziha v manaha: 3 Taqrir az Shabahat-e Khanevadegi dar Falsafeh-e Wittgenstein” [Games and Meanings: Three Readings of 'Family Resemblance' in Wittgenstein Philosophy], Madreseh, 5 (February 2007), 81-84.

“Taa’bod v Modern Boodan” [Devoutness and Modernity: A Critique on Mostafa Malekian's View Regarding Religion and Modernity], Madreseh, 4 (November 2006), 63-65.

“Negahi Wittgenstein-y be Masa’leh-e Shar” [A Wittgensteinian Approach to the Problem of Evil],  Madreseh, 3 (May 2006), 86-88.

“Mafhume sedq Nazd-e Wittgenstein” [The Concept 'Truth' In Wittgenstein's View], Faslnamah-I Elmi Pazhuhishi, 7 (April 2006), 67-87 (with Reza Mosmer).

“Mabani-e Akhlaghi-e Democracy” [Moral Fundamentals of  Democracy], Madreseh, 1(December 2005), 19-31.

 

V. Professional Papers and Invited Lectures

A. Conference Papers

“Wittgenstein and Conceptual Nominalism”, 38th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2015, Kirchberg, 27-29, (with Hossein Dabbagh).

“The Concept “Silence” in the Tractatus,” 35th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2012, Kirchberg (with Hossein Dabbagh).

 “Tabatabaie’s Ethics versus Tractarian Ethics: A Comparative Study,” 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 2011, Kirchberg.

 “The ‘Transcendental' in Sepehri's Idea,” Conference of Dialogue between Islam & Buddhism, Islamic Research Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, February 2010.

“Motahari and Socially-posited judgments,” International Conference of Islamic Philosophy, Tehran,  November 2009.

“Practice, Therapy and Normativity,” 32nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, Austria, Kirchberg, August 2009.

“Realism Requires Generalism,” Annual Aristotelian society (Joint – Session), July 2009, UK, Norwich.

“Strategic decision-making: Rule-governed or Intuitive?,” The 10^th International Conference of Human resource Development, UK, NewCastle, June 2009 (with javad Jassbi and Hossein Dabbagh).

“Fetus or Human-Being: Where Is the Cut-Off Point?,” The 10^th Asian  International congress of Medical Ethics, Tehran, April 2009.

“A reflection Upon Moral Conflicts in Economical Decision-Makings,” Conference of Ethics &Economics, Tehran, February 2009 (with Javad Jassbi).

“The Compatibility Between Shiite and Kantian Approach to Passive Voluntary Euthanasia,” The 9th world Congress of Bioethics, Croatia, September 2008. (with kiyarash Aramesh).

“A Wittgensteinan Approach to Ethical Supervenience,” 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium, Austria, Kirchberg, August 2008.

“Particularism, Holism and Atomism,” Annual Aristotelian society (Joint – Session), UK, Aberdeen, July 2008.

“The Comparative Study of Organization Values Based on Rossian Ethics,” The 9th International Conference on Human Resource Development, France, Lille, May 2008. (With Javad Jasbi and Hosein Dabbagh).

“Principlism and Particularism in Medical Ethics,” Second International Congress of Medical Ethics, Tehran, April 2008.

“Exploring Surrogate Motherhood from the Act-Utilitarian's Perspective,” Surrogate Motherhood Inter-disciplinary Conference, Shahid Beheshti university, Tehran, October 2007.

“Exploring Passive Voluntary Euthanasia from the Rossian Perspective,” International Congress of Medical law, Shahid Beheshti university, Tehran, October 2007.

“Three Accounts of the Idea of Silence in Mulana,”  International Conference on Mulana, Tehran, October 2007.

“Two Main Theological School and Their Implications in Islamic Bioethics,” EACME, Zurich, September 2007 (with Kiyarash Aramesh).

“Ross, Wittgenstein and the Combination Problem,” Annual Aristotelian Society (Joint-Session), Bristol, July 2007.

“Frege, Wittgenstein and Private language Argument,” The first lnternational Analytic Philosophy Conference, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, February 2007.

“Explaining the Concept “Managers’  Moral Decision-Making” in Business Based on Rossian Ethical System,” International Conference on Business Ethics in Globalization Age, Tehran, February 2007.

“Moral Aspect of Knowledge Management,” The Third Asian_Pacific International Conference on Knowledge Management, Hong kong, December 2006.

“A Reflection upon Philosophical Background of Human Resource Skills Development (Decision – Making Capability),” the Fifth Asian Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, Malaysia, Putrajaya, November 2006.

“The Pathology of Professional Ethics Training System in High Technology Companies,” Ethical Training in Science and Technology, Tehran, October 2006.

“The Relationship between Science and Religion in Later Wittgenstein,” International Conference of Dialogue between Science and Religion, Tehran, May 2006.

“The Rossian Approach to Active Voluntary Euthanasia,” International Conference of the Concept 'Death' from Islamic and Christianity's Points of View, Law School of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, April 2006.

 

B. Invited Lectures

“ Islam and Violence”, University of UPEAP, Mexico, June 2016.

“ Islam and Democracy”, Kırıkkale University, Turkey, May 2016.

“ Islamic Reformism and its Challenges”, University of Tubingen, Germany, April 2016.

 “Religious Reform in Contemporary Muslim World”, Calgary University, Canada, October 2015

“Ethical Aspects of Fasting”, Gorge Washington University, Washington DC, July 2015.

“ Mojtahed Shabestari; on Faith and Revelation”, New York University, New York,  April 2015 .

“Post-Islamist Approach to Veiling: Islamic Hijab from an Ethical Perspective”, Islamism and Post-Islamism Conference, School of Religion, Queen’s University, Canada, March 2015.

“Iranian-Islamic Heritage and Contemporary Intellectuality”, Gorge Washington University, Washington DC, January 2015.

 “Abdulkarim Soroush: The Theologian”, Noor Cultural Center, Toronto, Canada, December 2014.

“ Rumi and Islamic Sufism”, Lecture Series, Sohrevardi Foundation, Toronto, Canada, November 2014- Ongoing.

 “Ethics in the Mirror of Koran”, McMaster University, Canada, November 2014.

“The relationship between Religion, Ethics and Secularism”, Calgary University, Canada, September 2014.

“Contemporary Iranian Intellectuality”, Edmonton University, Alberta. September 2014.

“Determinism and Free Will”, Station Colleague, Texas, June 2014.

“The Relationship between Religion, Ethics and Mysticism”, Station Colleague, Texas, June 2014.

“The Very Idea of “ Heresy”, Station Colleague, Texas, June 2014.

“Veiling from Moral Perspective”, Northeastern University, Boston, October 2013.

“The Moral Permissibility of Unveiling”, Morocco, Fez, June 2013.

“Islam and Freedom of Speech”, Gorge Washington University, Washington DC, May 2013.

“Modesty and Islamic Hijab”, Calgary University, Canada, April 2013.

“Islam and Euthanasia”, Miami University, Miami, Ferbuary 2013.

“Islamic Hijab From Moral Perspective”, Florida International University, Miami, February 2013

“Secular and Religious Ethics”, Florida International University”, Miami, February 2013

“The Analysis of the Concept “Death” In Farrokhzaad’s Poetry”, George Washington University, Washington DC, October 2012.

“Secular and Religious Ethics in Post-Revolutionary Iran”, Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, October 2012.

“Faith in Modern World”, Texas University, Dallas, July 2012.

“The Very idea of “ Nothingness”  in Sepehri’s Poetry, Stanford University, Stanford, May 2012.

“ Ethics and Politics”, Waterloo University, Waterloo, April 2012.

“Mystical Elements in Sohrab Sepehri’s Poem”, Waterloo University, Waterloo, February 2012.

“Modern Mysticism”, UCL University, London, February 2012.

“The Analysis of the Concept ‘Death’ in Islamic Sufism,” George Washington University, Washington DC, January 2012.

“What is the Ethical?,” Chalmers University, Gutenberg, Sweden, December 2011.

“Islam and Democracy,” Gutenberg University, Gutenberg, Sweden, December 2011.

 “On Religious Intellectuality,” Agora Philosophical Forum, University of Toronto, Toronto, November 2011.

“ Wind and Rain in the Works of Sohrab Sepehri,” Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto,  October 2011.

“Sorrow and Joy in Islamic Sufism,” George Washington University, Washington DC, May 2011.

“Mysticism in Contemporary Iranian Intellectual Discourse,” Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, April 2011.

“Contemporary Muslim Thought on Morality,” Islamic Studies Department, Harvard University, Boston, April 2011

“Confrontation with the Transcendence in Islamic Sufism,” Tokyo  university, Tokyo, February 2010.

“Wittgenstein  and Heidegger in Iran,” Husey University, Tokyo, February 2010.

“On Religious Intellectuality and Ethics,” Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, February 2010.

“Wittgenstein's Tractatus and the metaphysical Subject,” The Institute for Epistemological Research, Tehran, July 2009.

“Tabatabaie and the Problem of ‘Is and Ought’,” The Institute for Epistemological Research, Tehran, February 2009.

“Criticizing Rossian Ethics in the Light of Criticizing Kantian Ethics,” Islamic Azad University, Tehran, January 2009.

“The Relationship between Punishment and Normative Ethics,” Law School, Tehran University, December 2008.

“Ethics and Aesthetics in Early Wittgenstein,” Research Center of Analytic Philosophy, Tehran, December 2008.

“Nominalism and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy,” The Institute for Epistemological Research, Tehran, August 2008.

“Exploring Euthanasia from the Moral Point of View,” Medical Ethics Workshop, Medical College of Azad University, Tehran, July 2008.

“Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion,” University of Mashhad, Mashhad, December 2007.

“Holism and Particularism in Ethics,” Research Center of Analytic Philosophy, Tehran, February 2007.

“Deontologistic Ethics,” Iranian Institute of philosophy, January 2007.

 

VI. Translations

  “Resaleye Manteghi-Falsafi” [ Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus], Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Soroush Dabbagh (Tehran: Hermes, 2015).

 “Surati bar Bisurati” [Making Form of the Formless], John Hick& Abdulkarim Soroush's Dialogue,  translated by Soroush Dabbagh& Jalal Tavakolian, Madreseh, 2 (November 2005), 49-54.

“Iman” [Faith], Von Wright, translated by Soroush Dabbagh & Saleh Rajaeeyan, Kian, 33 (May 1996), 42-44.

 

VII. Interviews

“ Islam and Superstition”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Ahmad Abedini and Masound Makrehchi, Vali-Asr Centre, Toronto, October 2015.

“Islam and Violence” , Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Ahmad Abedini and Masoud Makrehchi, Vali-Asr Centre, Toronto, June 2015.

“ Islamic Feminism”, Round Table with Soroush Dabbagh, MAhboobeh Gholizadeh and Simak Dehghanpour, VOA, TV, March 2015.

“Analytic Philosophy and Continental Philosophy”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh,  Esfandyar Tabari, Pouya Imani and Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV, January 2015.                                    

“Heresy”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Mohsen Kadivar and Mehdi Parpanchi, BBC Persian,TV, October 2014.

“ Islamic Humanities”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Hasan Fereshtian, Ghasem Sho’leh Sa’di and Enayat Fani, BBC Persian, TV, July 2014.

“ Human Dignity”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Abdi Kalantari, Harandi and Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV, May 2014.

“ Islam & Art”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Ali Amini Najafi, Hamed Yousefi and Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV, May 2013.

“ Islamic Hijab”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari, Sedigheh Vasmaghi and Siamak Dehghanpoor, VOA, TV,  March 2013

“ Contemporary Islamic Reformism”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari, Arash Naraghi and Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV,  September 2012.

“ A Muslim Intellectual: Ali Shari’ati”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Mohammad Bagher Talghari Zadeh, Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV, June 2012.

“On  Religious Intellectuality”, Round table with Soroush Dabbagh, Ata Hoodashtian and Daryoush Karimi, BBC Persian, TV, August 2011.

“On Wittgenstein,” Interview with Soroush Dabbagh, Ketab-e Mah-e Falsafeh, July 2009.

“Ethics and Religion,” Roundtable  with Soroush Dabbagh, Gholamreza A'awani, Mostafa Mohaghegh damad & Shahram Pazooki, Aee'n, September 2008.

“On Moral Society,” Roundtable with Soroush Dabbagh, Mohsen Kadivar &Alireza alavitabar,  Aee'n, June 2008.

“Hermeneutics and The Religious Interpretation of The World,” Interview with Mohammd Mojtahed Shabestari by Soroush Dabbagh& Jalal Tavakolian, Madreseh, June 2008.

“On Ethics & Politics,” Interview with Soroush Dabbagh, Cultural and Social Studies, January 2008.

“Which Reality?,” Interview with Soroush Dabbagh& Mohammad Zamani, Kherad Nameh, December 2007.

 “Professional Ethics,” Roundtable with Soroush Dabbagh, Faramarz Gharamaleki, Gholamreza khaki & Ghasem Ansari, Tadbir, August 2007.

“Ultimate Reality and Religious pluralism,” Interview with John Hick by Soroush Dabbagh& Amir Akrami, translated by Hooman Panahandeh, Madreseh, November 2005.

 

VIII. Research in Progress

Modern Mysticism, Islamic Hijab, Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals.

IX. Languages

Persian (native fluency), English (fluent), Arabic (fluent).