Programmes Convened

• BA Study of Religions and ... (2018)
• MA Global Diplomacy: MENA (Online Learning)
• MA Muslim Minorities in a Global Context (Online Learning) (2019)

Modules Taught

• Islam in Britain
• Muslim Britain: Perspectives and Realities
• R190 Introduction to Zoroastrianism
• R201 Approaches and Methods in the Study of Religions
• Zoroastrianism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

PhD Students supervised

• Alexandra Magub, Political and Religious Ideologies on Parthian Coins from the 2nd and 1st Centuries BC
• Elizabeth Munro, Seeking Saracens: Exploring the representation of Muslims and Islamic religious practice in the English Charlemagne Romance Cycle and the Petronius Redivivus.
• Fatima Rajina, The ethno-religious identity of British Bangladeshi Muslims
• Kavita Maya, The Politics of British Goddess Spirituality: a feminist and critical race analysis (Working Title)
• Neda Mohtashami, Text-Critical Edition of the Pahlavi Version of the Yasna (Chapters 0-2)

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Available for

• Special Study Programmes
• Short Term Consultancy
• Long Term Consultancy
• Briefings

Regional Expertise

• Near and Middle East
• South Asia

Country Expertise

• India
• Iran

Languages

Authored Books

Stewart, Sarah (2019) Voices from Zoroastrian Iran: Oral Texts and Testimony (Part II, Urban and Rural Contexts: Yazd and Outlying villages).. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. [Forthcoming]

Stewart, Sarah (2018) Voices from Zoroastrian Iran: Oral Texts and Testimony (Vol. 1: Urban Centres). Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag.

Articles

López, Saioa and Thomas, Mark G. and van Dorp, Lucy and Ansari-Pour, Naser and Stewart, Sarah and Jones, Abigail L. and Jelinek, Erik and Chikhi, Lounès and Parfitt, Tudor and Bradman, Neil and Weale, Michael E. and Hellenthal, Garrett (2017) 'The Genetic Legacy of Zoroastrianism in Iran and India: Insights into Population Structure, Gene Flow, and Selection'. The American Journal of Human Genetics, (101) 3, pp 353-368.

Stewart, Sarah (2012) 'The Politics of Zoroastrian Philanthropy and the Case of Qasr-e Firuzeh'. Iranian Studies, (45) 1, pp 59-80.

Stewart, Sarah (2007) 'Worship According to the Yasts'. IRAN. The Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies., (45) 2007, pp 137-51.

Edited Books or Journals

Morgan, David and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2017) The Coming of the Mongols (The Idea of Iran Vol. 7). London: I.B. Tauris. (Soudavar Memorial Foundation Series).

Herzig, Edmund and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2015) The Age of the Seljuqs (The Idea of Iran Vol. 6). London: I.B. Tauris. (Soudavar Memorial Foundation Series).

Stewart, Sarah and Punthakey Mistree, Firoza and Sims-Williams, Ursula and Hintze, Almut and Godjrej, Pheroza, (eds.), (2013) The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination. London: I.B. Tauris.

Herzig, Edmund and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2012) Early Islamic Iran. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran Vol. 5).

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2009) The Rise of Islam. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran, Vol. 4).

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2008) The Sasanian Era. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran).

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2007) The Age of the Parthians. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran).

Sarkhosh Curtis, Vesta and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), (2005) The Birth of the Persian Empire. London: I.B. Tauris. (The Idea of Iran).

Book Chapters

Stewart, Sarah (2016) 'Ideas of Self-Definition Among Zoroastrians of Post-Revolutionary Iran'. In: Williams, Alan and Stewart, Sarah and Hintze, Almut, (eds.), The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition. London: I.B. Tauris, pp 353-370.

Stewart, Sarah (2013) 'Zoroastrian funerary practices and eschatological ideas'. In: Stewart, Sarah and Punthakey Mistree, Firoza and Sims-Williams, Ursula and Hintze, Almut and Godjrej, Pheroza, (eds.), The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination. London: I.B. Tauris, pp 34-41.

Stewart, Sarah (2009) 'On the use of oral testimony in understanding religious tradition: an interview with Mrs Shehnaz Neville Munshi'. In: Allison, Christine and Joisten-Pruschke, Anke and Wendtland, Antje, (eds.), From Daēnā to Dîn, Religion, Kultur und Sprache in der iranischen Welt. Festschrift für Philip Kreyenbroek zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp 249-260.

Stewart, Sarah (2007) 'Parsi Prayer and Devotional Song in the Indian Diaspora'. In: Hinnells, J. R. and Williams, A., (eds.), Parsis in India and the Diaspora.. Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, pp 59-77.

Stewart, Sarah (2004) 'The Atas nu git: A Parsi Lay Ritual'. In: Stausberg, M., (ed.), Zoroastrian Rituals in Context. Leiden: Brill, pp 443-60.

Stewart, Sarah and Munshi, N. (2002) 'Observances of the Faithful'. In: Godrej, P. J. and Mistree, F. P., (eds.), A Zoroastrian Tapestry: Art, Religion & Culture.. Mapin & Grantha, pp 385-97.

Book Reviews

Stewart, Sarah (2017) 'Review of: The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman: Paths to Conversion by Anabel Inge, Oxford University Press, 2016'. The Middle East in London April-May, pp 22.

Stewart, Sarah (2012) 'Review of: Jenny Rose: Zoroastrianism: An Introduction. xxiv, 303 pp. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2011. £14.99. ISBN 9781848850880'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (75) 1, pp 177-179.

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