School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics & Near and Middle East Section

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School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Research Associate
Department
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics & Near and Middle East Section
Qualifications
MA (Sofia), PhD (The Warburg Institute, University of London)
Email address
ys3@soas.ac.uk

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  • Cosmologies, soteriologies and eschatologies of Zoroastriansim, Judaism, Christianity and Islam
  • Dualist, heretical, mystical, esoteric and apocalyptic trends in the Abrahamic faiths
  • Interplay and mutual influences of the Romano-Byzantine and Iranian worlds in antiquity and late antiquity
  • Islamic-Christian Religious and Cultural Syncretismss in Historical and Modern European, Arab and Iranian Contexts
  • Eastern Christian theologies and ideologies of warfare
  • Historical and modern Christian apocalyptic perceptions of Islam
  • Status of religious sites and cultural/archaeological reserve areas as well as the history and current situation of religious sectarian groups in minorities in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and Central Asia.

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ys3@soas.ac.uk

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