CV
Soroush
Dabbagh
Department for the Study of Religion
Address:
Unit 8,
3349 Mississauga Road
University of
Toronto
Mississauga,
Ontario L5L 1J7
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 31st 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 10th
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 10th
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).