Ashk Dahlén
| Ashk Dahlén | |
|---|---|
 Ashk Dahlén in 2011 | |
| Born |
3 June 1972 Tehran |
| Residence | Oslo |
| Fields | Persian literature |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Ashk Peter Dahlén (b. 3 June 1972 in Tehran) is an Iranian-Swedish scholar, linguist and translator of Persian language and Persian literature. He currently acts as Associate Professor in Iranian languages at Uppsala University.[1] His thesis Islamic Law, Epistemology and Modernity has been published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Ashk Dahlén is the author of several articles on Persian literature, Iranian culture and Sufism.[2] He has published translations of classical Persian authors, such as Rumi, Hafez, Nizami Aruzi, and Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, in Swedish.
Ashk Dahlén is a member of The Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, The Iranian Academy of Philosophy and The Swedish Writers’ Union. He is the Founding President of the Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies.
Work
- Islamic Law, Epistemology and Modernity: Legal Philosophy in Contemporary Iran, New York, 2003.
- Transcendent Hermeneutics of Supreme Love : Rumi's Concept of Mystical "Appropriation", Orientalia Suecana, Uppsala, 2003.
- The Holy Fool in Medieval Islam: The Qalandariyat of Fakhr al-din Araqi, Orientalia Suecana, Uppsala, 2004.
- Sirat al-mustaqim: One or Many? Religious Pluralism Among Muslim Intellectuals in Iran, The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought, ed. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, Oxford, 2006.
- The Hermeneutics of Post-modern Islam: The Case of ‘Abdol-Karim Sorush, Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, red. Fereydun Vahman och Claus V. Pedersen, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, 2007.
- Female Sufi Saints and Disciples: Women in the life of Jalal al-din Rumi, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 57, Uppsala, 2008.
- Sufi Islam, The World's Religions: Continuities and Transformations, ed. Peter B. Clarke & Peter Beyer, New York, 2009.
- Kingship and Religion in a Mediaeval Fürstenspiegel: The Case of the Chahār Maqāla of Nizāmi ʽAruzi, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 58, Uppsala, 2009.
Writings (in French)
- Droit(s) chemin(s). Le pluralisme religieux chez les intellectuels iraniens, Les mondes chiites et l'Iran, dir. Sabrina Mervin, Paris, 2007.
References
- ↑ ""Iranology Is a Global Phenomenon," Believes Ashk Dahlén.". AVAdiplomatic. September 28, 2014.
- ↑ Ruborg, Monika (27 June 2006). "Han gav svenska ord åt 700-årig klassiker" (PDF) (in Swedish). mitti.se. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
External links
- Official Website
- Ashk Dahlén - University of Oslo
- Olofsson, Tommy (5 September 2009). "Kärleken begär att detta tal skall fram. Jalal ud-din Rumis liv, lära och lyrik SAMT Vassflöjtens sång Infallsrik antologi om Guds heliga dåre" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 18 February 2017.