School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Dr Yuri Stoyanov
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Key information
- Roles
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Research Associate
- Qualifications
- MA (Sofia), PhD (The Warburg Institute, University of London)
- Email address
- ys3@soas.ac.uk
Research interests
- 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.
