Adam Ramadhan is a PhD candidate working on the social and intellectual history of early Shiʿi Islam as part of the ERC Starting Grant funded project Embodied Imamate: Mapping the Development of the Early Shiʿi Community 700-900 CE.

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Fields of interest

Islamic Studies, Islamic History, Islamic Legal Studies, Shiism, Sectarianism

Curriculum Vitae

Adam Ramadhan is a PhD candidate working on the social and intellectual history of early Shiʿi Islam as part of the ERC Starting Grant funded project Embodied Imamate: Mapping the Development of the Early Shiʿi Community 700-900 CE. Adam first read for a BA in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Leeds, graduating with first-class honours and several prizes. He then spent several years in the Shiʿi seminary (ḥawza) at Al-Mahdi Institute where he was trained in the deep and critical reading of classical Arabic texts across a range of disciplines. During this time, he also completed an MSt in Islamic Studies and History at the University of Oxford. Prior to his move to Leiden, Adam worked in academic administration and as the Head Librarian of a specialist Islamic studies library. He is currently the Coordinator of the British Association for Islamic Studies Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World and the Graduate Student Representative on the board of Middle East Medievalists.

Research

As part of the Embodied Imamate project, Adam works on the networks of associates of the Shiʿi Imāms. He is interested in the role these individuals had on the emergence and functioning of the institution of the Imāmate, and what the diversity of these networks can tell us about the demarcation of communal boundaries in early Islam. Aside from this, Adam also maintains an interest in Islamic legal studies and is working on several publications in this regard.