Intissar Mourad Memorial Scholarship In Islamic Studies

Emad Afkham 
PhD candidate; History, Classics & Religion

Thesis topic: His project investigates the relationship between politics and religion in historical Islamic Iran, examining peasant unrest and power relationships in Safavid Persia, known as the Siyāh pūshān (wearers of black). It investigates this particular case of the Islamicate in the context of global history and a comparative study of contemporary European revolts.

Sayeed Al-Zaman
MA (Thesis) in Digital Humanities

Research topic: Religious misinformation on social media in Bangladesh