Biography:
- PhD (Divinity), Trinity College, Cambridge, 2015–present, ("Trinity External Research Studentship" with the title of "Prince of Wales Student" by Trinity College, Honorary "Cambridge International Scholarship" by Cambridge Trust)
PhD Thesis: Light in the Cave: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Nature of Suhrawardi's Illuminationist Philosophy
- MA (Religious Studies), Department of Philosophy, and of Religious Studies, Peking University, 2012–2015
MA Thesis: Avicenna on Universals
- BA (Arabic), School of Arabic Studies, Beijing International Studies University (also known as Beijing Second Foreign Language University), 2006–2010
Subject area and speciality
- Religious Studies specialists:
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Suhrawardī's Illuminationist Philosophy
- Islamic studies specialists:
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Suhrawardī's Illuminationist Philosophy
College
Research Interests
- Suhrawardī
- Avicenna
- Islamic philosophy
Teaching
- Paper C9: Islamic Philosophy and Theology (2015–16)
- Paper B15: Introduction to Islam (2016–17, 2017–18)
Other Professional Activities
Conference Presentations
- "Suhrawardī and the Nature of Illuminationism", One-day-conference on Immateriality (organised by "Immateriality, Thinking and the Self in the Long Middle Ages" project and "New Directions" project), Trinity College, Cambridge, 18 Feb 2016 (video available on YouTube)
- "Suhrawardī and Presential Knowledge", Themes in Post-Classical Islamic Thought, 2nd Annual HoAPGoC Workshop, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge, 26 May 2017
