Delbar Khakzad
Thematic Research Areas
Regional Research Areas
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, 2022.
Ph.D. in the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, 2021.
Master of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, 2013.
About
Teaching and Supervision
Course Instructor, University of British Columbia
Islamic World History – Winter 2022
Course Instructor, University of Toronto
Religion and Science – Summer 2020
Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto
Religion and Nature – Fall 2021
Introduction to the Study of Religion – Winter 2021
Religion and The City – Winter 2018
Religion and Film – Winter 2018
Sociology of Religion – Fall 2015/Winter 2016
Introduction to Islam – Winter 2015
Religion, Ethics, and Environment – Fall 2014
Major Religious Traditions, East and West & World Religious: A Comparative Study – Fall 2013/Winter 2014
Teaching
Research
Research
“Iranian Calendric Modernity” (Ph.D. dissertation 2021)
Research Interests
Theory and Methods in the Study of Middle Eastern History
Theory and Methods in the Study of Religion
Anthropology of Islam
Iranian Studies
Time and Temporality
History of Science
Nationalism
Modernity
Secularism
Colonialism
Publications
Articles
2020 “Establishing Compassionate Grounds in Public Service: Improving the Mental Health and Reducing the Pain of Immigrants in Facing the Loss of Loved Ones.” Government of Canada GCcollab: National Student Competition (March 2020): 1-6. https://gccollab.ca/file/view/4005891. Reviews
2020 Review of The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations In Science, Islam, and the Uncanny, by Alireza Doostdar. Religious Studies Review 46.2 (June 2020): 242-246.
Awards
2022-2024 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships – McGill University
2020-2021 Graduate Research Fellowship in the Department of Historical Studies – University of Toronto Mississauga
2019-2020 Doctoral Completion Award, University of Toronto
2018 Semi-Finalist, The Institute of Public Administration of Canada National Student Paper Competition
2017-2018 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2016-2017 Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (SSHRC)
2015 The International Institute of Islamic Thought Doctoral Summer Research Grant
2014-2017 Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship (SSHRC) – University of Toronto
2012-2013 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master’s Scholarship (SSHRC) – University of Toronto