Andrew J. Newman

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} '''Andrew J. Newman''' holds the chair of [[Islamic Studies]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]].

==Education and career== Newman majored in history at [[Dartmouth College]], graduating [[summa cum laude]]. He went to the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] for graduate study in Islamic studies, and earned his Ph.D. there. After postdoctoral research at [[Green Templeton College, Oxford]], affiliated with Oxford's Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, he joined the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/andrew-j-newman|title=Dr Andrew J Newman|last=Newman|first=Andrew J.|publisher=[[The University of Edinburgh]]|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>

==Books== Newman's books include: * ''The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism: Hadīth as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad'' (2000)<ref>Reviews of ''The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism'': *{{cite journal | last = Afsaruddin | first = Asma | date = January 2006 | doi = 10.1086/504909 | jstor = 10.1086/504909 | issue = 1 | journal = Journal of Near Eastern Studies | pages = 62–64 | title = none | volume = 65}} *{{cite journal | last = Amir-Moezzi | first = Mohammad Ali | date = May 2002 | doi = 10.4000/abstractairanica.35516 | volume = 23 | journal = Abstracta Iranica | language = fr | title = none| doi-access = free }} *{{cite journal|first=Tamima|last=Bayhom-Daou|title=none|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London|volume=64|issue=3|year=2001|pages=403–404|jstor=3657610}} *{{cite journal|first=Rainer|last=Brunner|title=none|journal=Middle East Studies Association Bulletin|volume=39|issue=1|date=June 2005|pages=95–97|doi=10.1017/S0026318400047702 |jstor=23063134|s2cid=165070935 }} *{{cite journal | last = Gleave | first = R. | date = September 2002 | doi = 10.1093/jss/47.2.382 | issue = 2 | journal = Journal of Semitic Studies | pages = 382–383 | title = none | volume = 47}} *{{cite journal|first=Heinz|last=Halm|language=de|title=none|journal=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft|volume=153|issue=1|year=2003|pages=196–197|jstor=43381267}} *{{cite journal | last = Hashim Saraf|first=A. Z. |year=2019|title=''The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse between Qum and Baghdad''; View and Study|journal= Journal of Shiite History|volume= 3|issue=2|pages= 31–61|url=http://www.sh-isihistory.ir/article_126046.html}} *{{cite journal|first=Etan|last=Kohlberg|title=none|journal=[[Iranian Studies (journal)|Iranian Studies]]|volume=36|issue=1|date=March 2003|pages=108–110|doi=10.1017/S0021086200001298 |jstor=4311497|s2cid=245659995 }} *{{cite journal|first=Sajjad H.|last=Rizvi|title=none|journal=Journal of Islamic Studies|volume=13|issue=1|date=January 2002|pages=62–66|doi=10.1093/jis/13.1.62 |jstor=26198383}} </ref> * ''Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire'' (2006)<ref>Reviews of ''Safavid Iran'': *{{cite journal | last = Abisaab | first = Rula Jurdi | date = April 2018 | doi = 10.1163/24682470-12340034 | issue = 1–2 | journal = Shii Studies Review | pages = 400–406 | title = none | volume = 2}} *{{cite journal | last = Calmard | first = Jean | date = May 2008 | doi = 10.4000/abstractairanica.28632 | volume = 29 | journal = Abstracta Iranica | title = none | language = fr}} *{{Cite journal|last=Herzog|first=Christopher|date=May 2007|title=none|journal=[[Journal of Islamic Studies]]|volume=18|issue=2|pages=259–261|doi=10.1093/jis/etm011|jstor=26199816}} *{{cite journal|first=Hani|last=Khafipour|title=none|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=41|issue=3|date=June 2008|pages=403–404|doi=10.1080/00210860801981377 |jstor=25597468|s2cid=216152402 }} *{{Cite journal|last=Sanni|first=Amidu Olalekan|date=January 2009|title=none|journal=[[Die Welt des Islams]]|volume=49|issue=1|pages=143–144|doi=10.1163/157006008X313862|jstor=27798290}} *{{cite journal | last = Spencer | first = W. | date = March 2007 | doi = 10.5860/choice.44-4039 | issue = 7 | journal = Choice | pages = 1226–1227 | title = none | volume = 44| doi-broken-date = 1 July 2025 }} *{{cite journal|first=Bruce|last=Wannell|title=none|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |series=Third Series|volume=19|issue=3|date=July 2009|pages=395–396|doi=10.1017/S1356186309009791 |jstor=27756082|s2cid=162505861 }} *{{cite journal | last = Yamaguchi | first = Akihiko | date = January 2009 | doi = 10.1017/s1479591409000102 | issue = 1 | journal = International Journal of Asian Studies | pages = 121–124 | title = none | volume = 6| s2cid = 144558392 }} </ref> *''Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722'' (2013)<ref>Reviews of ''Twelver Shiism'': *{{cite journal | last = Cappucci | first = John | doi = 10.1353/isl.2015.0037 | issue = 4 | journal = Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies | pages = 521–524 | title = none | volume = 8 | year = 2015| s2cid = 147123644 }} *{{cite journal | language = tr | last = Demi̇r | first = Habip | date = June 2015 | doi = 10.18403/emakalat.60329 | issue = 2 | journal = E-Makalat Mezhep Araştırmaları Dergisi | page = 175 | title = Book review | url = http://www.emakalat.com/en/pub/issue/5499/74629 | volume = 7| doi-broken-date = 11 July 2025 | doi-access = free }} *{{cite journal | last = Inloes | first = Amina | journal=Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies|title=none|date= Summer 2014|volume=7|issue= 3|page=375| doi = 10.1353/isl.2014.0034 | s2cid = 201787642 }} *{{cite journal | last = Salati | first = Marco | date = January 2016 | doi = 10.1515/islam-2016-0023 | issue = 1 | journal = Der Islam | title = none | volume = 93| hdl = 10278/3675651 | hdl-access = free }} *{{cite journal|first=Devin J.|last=Stewart|title=none|journal=Journal of Islamic Studies|volume=27|issue=2|date=May 2016|pages=228–232|doi=10.1093/jis/etv114 |jstor=26200467}} *{{cite journal | last = Terrier | first = Mathieu | date = July 2016 | doi = 10.4000/abstractairanica.41346 | volume=34-35-36 | journal = Abstracta Iranica | title = none| doi-access = free }} *{{cite journal|first=George|last=Warner|title=none|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |series=Third Series|volume=24|issue=3|date=July 2014|pages=511–513|doi=10.1017/S1356186314000339 |jstor=43307316|s2cid=163971381 }} </ref> His work on [[Safavid Iran]] won [[Iran's Book of the Year Awards]] for 2007 in the category of [[Iranian studies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/162966/Winners-of-Iran-s-Book-of-the-Year-Awards-announced|title=Winners of Iran's Book of the Year Awards announced|date=8 February 2008|website=[[Tehran Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429010031/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/162966/Winners-of-Iran-s-Book-of-the-Year-Awards-announced|archive-date=29 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Portal|Biography}}

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== External links == * [https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/andrew-j-newman Profile at University of Edinburgh] {{Authority control}}

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