Dr ZOHAR HADROMI-ALLOUCHE

Dr ZOHAR HADROMI-ALLOUCHE The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Lecturer work +44 (0)1224 273112 pref zohar@abdn.ac.uk pref KCG17 King's College

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Biography

Education

2009 - Post-doctorate, Haifa University (Arabic language and literature)

2006 - Ph.D., SOAS (Study of Religions)

1994 - B.A., Tel-Aviv University (Arabic language and literature; History of the Middle East)

 

Academic appointments

2011- Aberdeen University, Divinity and Religious Studies (A lecturer in Islam)

2006-2011 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Middle Eastern Studies (A teachign fellow)

2008-2009 - Haifa University, Department of Arabic Language and Literature (A post-doctoral fellow)

2006-2010 - Beit-Berl Academic College, Department of Arabic Language and Literature; Department of Education (A visiting lecturer)

2007 - The Open University, Department of the History of the Middle East (A course instructor)

2004-2005 - Haifa University, Department of Arabic Language and Literature (A visiting lecturer)

2001-2002 - SOAS, History Department (A teaching assistant)

2000 - St. Mary’s College, Surrey University (A visiting lecturer)

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Research Interests

My reserach interests include

• Early Qur'an, Sira and Hadith literature (in the broad sense)
• The relations between the above and other religious and literary traditions (for example Jewish, Christian and Greek)
• The relations between religious and folk literature

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Current Research

My current research touches upon the following themes:

• Literary paradigms within the Hadith and Sira literature
• Stories of the Prophets in Islam
• Demonology in Islam
• Islam and ambivalence
• Transmission of knowledge

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Teaching Responsibilities

• RS2001 Islam — An introductory Course to the Islamic religion and culture.
• RS3010 The life of Muhammad — The biography of the Prophet of Islam analysed from a literary point of view, and confronted with various scholaraly approaches.
• DR4543 Qur'an, DR552J Qur'an and Commentary — Various aspects of the Qur'an, its content, challenges, commentaries and approaches towards it - from the classical age to contemporary issues.

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External Responsibilities

• I co-chair the Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective unit of the ISBL

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Admin Responsibilities

• I coordinate the interdisciplinary MLitt programme in Islamic Studies
• I convene the research seminar in Religious Studies
• I serve as an advisor for under-grad students

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Selected Publications

• Hadromi-Allouche, Z.S. "The death and life of the Devil's son: A literary analysis of a neglected tradition". Studia Islamica (forthcoming).
• Abbou-Hershkovits, K. & Z.S. Hadromi-Allouche. "Divine Doctors: The Construction of the Image of three Greek Physicians in Islamic Biographical Dictionaries of Physicians". Al-Qantara (forthcoming).
•  Hadromi-Allouche, Zohar. “Creating Eve: feminine fertility in medieval Islamic narratives of Eve and Adam.” Caspi, Mishael and Green, John. Women in the Bible and Ancillary Literature: Women Acting Within the Feminine Side of Creation (forthcoming).

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Recent conference presentations

• "An Inter-Dimensional Trek: The Prophet Muhammad between Humans and Demons". MEISAI, The Annual MEISAI Conference 2010, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010.
• "The Associated Child: Adam, Eve and the Devil as a Family-Planning Consultant". SBL, The SBL International Meeting 2010, Tartu University, 2010.
• "The Prophet with a Thousand Faces[?]: Idris Between the Bible and the Olympus". SBL, The SBL International Meeting 2011, London, 2011. (With Keren Abbou-Hershkovitz)
• “All about Eve (and Adam): Eve's Role in Muslim Fall Stories”. SBL, The SBL International Meeting 2012, Amsterdam, 2012.

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Doctoral supervision

Supervision is offered on the following areas, amongst others:

Islamic Sources

Supervision is offered in the study of primary Islamic sources:

• Qur'an and Tafsir (commentary)
• Hadith (Prophetic tradition)
• Sira (Prophetic biography)
• Related genres.

 

Universal Themes in Islam

Supervision is offered in the study of such themes as

• Islam and ambivalence
• Islamic demonology
• Literary paradigms in Islamic sources
• Interfaith/ intercultural parallels (e.g., stories of the prophets genre, transcultural literature).

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