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**Andrew J. Newman** holds the chair of [Islamic Studies](/source/Islamic_Studies) and [Persian](/source/Persian_language) at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh).

## Education and career

Newman majored in history at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College), graduating [summa cum laude](/source/Summa_cum_laude). He went to the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) for graduate study in Islamic studies, and earned his Ph.D. there. After postdoctoral research at [Green Templeton College, Oxford](/source/Green_Templeton_College%2C_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.[1]

## Books

Newman's books include:

- *The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism: Hadīth as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad* (2000)[2]

- *Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire* (2006)[3]

- *Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722* (2013)[4]

His work on [Safavid Iran](/source/Safavid_Iran) won [Iran's Book of the Year Awards](/source/Iran's_Book_of_the_Year_Awards) for 2007 in the category of [Iranian studies](/source/Iranian_studies).[5]

- [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Newman, Andrew J. ["Dr Andrew J Newman"](https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/andrew-j-newman). [The University of Edinburgh](/source/The_University_of_Edinburgh). Retrieved 29 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Reviews of *The Formative Period of Twelver Shī'ism*: - Afsaruddin, Asma (January 2006). *Journal of Near Eastern Studies*. **65** (1): 62–64. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1086/504909](https://doi.org/10.1086%2F504909). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [10.1086/504909](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/504909).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (May 2002). *Abstracta Iranica* (in French). **23**. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4000/abstractairanica.35516](https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fabstractairanica.35516).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Bayhom-Daou, Tamima (2001). *Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London*. **64** (3): 403–404. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3657610](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3657610).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Brunner, Rainer (June 2005). *Middle East Studies Association Bulletin*. **39** (1): 95–97. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0026318400047702](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0026318400047702). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23063134](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23063134). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [165070935](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:165070935).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Gleave, R. (September 2002). *Journal of Semitic Studies*. **47** (2): 382–383. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/jss/47.2.382](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjss%2F47.2.382).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Halm, Heinz (2003). *Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft* (in German). **153** (1): 196–197. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [43381267](https://www.jstor.org/stable/43381267).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Hashim Saraf, A. Z. (2019). ["*The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse between Qum and Baghdad*; View and Study"](http://www.sh-isihistory.ir/article_126046.html). *Journal of Shiite History*. **3** (2): 31–61. - Kohlberg, Etan (March 2003). *[Iranian Studies](/source/Iranian_Studies_(journal))*. **36** (1): 108–110. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0021086200001298](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0021086200001298). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4311497](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4311497). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [245659995](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:245659995).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Rizvi, Sajjad H. (January 2002). *Journal of Islamic Studies*. **13** (1): 62–66. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/jis/13.1.62](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjis%2F13.1.62). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [26198383](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26198383).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Reviews of *Safavid Iran*: - Abisaab, Rula Jurdi (April 2018). *Shii Studies Review*. **2** (1–2): 400–406. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/24682470-12340034](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F24682470-12340034).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Calmard, Jean (May 2008). *Abstracta Iranica* (in French). **29**. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4000/abstractairanica.28632](https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fabstractairanica.28632).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Herzog, Christopher (May 2007). *[Journal of Islamic Studies](/source/Journal_of_Islamic_Studies)*. **18** (2): 259–261. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/jis/etm011](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjis%2Fetm011). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [26199816](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26199816).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Khafipour, Hani (June 2008). *Iranian Studies*. **41** (3): 403–404. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/00210860801981377](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00210860801981377). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [25597468](https://www.jstor.org/stable/25597468). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [216152402](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:216152402).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Sanni, Amidu Olalekan (January 2009). *[Die Welt des Islams](/source/Die_Welt_des_Islams)*. **49** (1): 143–144. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/157006008X313862](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F157006008X313862). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [27798290](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27798290).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Spencer, W. (March 2007). *Choice*. **44** (7): 1226–1227. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5860/choice.44-4039](https://doi.org/10.5860%2Fchoice.44-4039) (inactive 1 July 2025).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_DOI_inactive_as_of_July_2025)) CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Wannell, Bruce (July 2009). *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society*. Third Series. **19** (3): 395–396. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S1356186309009791](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1356186309009791). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [27756082](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27756082). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [162505861](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162505861).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Yamaguchi, Akihiko (January 2009). *International Journal of Asian Studies*. **6** (1): 121–124. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/s1479591409000102](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs1479591409000102). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [144558392](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144558392).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Reviews of *Twelver Shiism*: - Cappucci, John (2015). *Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies*. **8** (4): 521–524. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1353/isl.2015.0037](https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fisl.2015.0037). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [147123644](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:147123644).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Demi̇r, Habip (June 2015). ["Book review"](http://www.emakalat.com/en/pub/issue/5499/74629). *E-Makalat Mezhep Araştırmaları Dergisi* (in Turkish). **7** (2): 175. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.18403/emakalat.60329](https://doi.org/10.18403%2Femakalat.60329) (inactive 11 July 2025).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_DOI_inactive_as_of_July_2025)) - Inloes, Amina (Summer 2014). *Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies*. **7** (3): 375. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1353/isl.2014.0034](https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fisl.2014.0034). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [201787642](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:201787642).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Salati, Marco (January 2016). *Der Islam*. **93** (1). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1515/islam-2016-0023](https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fislam-2016-0023). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10278/3675651](https://hdl.handle.net/10278%2F3675651).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Stewart, Devin J. (May 2016). *Journal of Islamic Studies*. **27** (2): 228–232. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/jis/etv114](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjis%2Fetv114). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [26200467](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26200467).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Terrier, Mathieu (July 2016). *Abstracta Iranica*. 34-35-36. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4000/abstractairanica.41346](https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fabstractairanica.41346).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical)) - Warner, George (July 2014). *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society*. Third Series. **24** (3): 511–513. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S1356186314000339](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1356186314000339). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [43307316](https://www.jstor.org/stable/43307316). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [163971381](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163971381).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_untitled_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Winners of Iran's Book of the Year Awards announced"](https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/162966/Winners-of-Iran-s-Book-of-the-Year-Awards-announced). *[Tehran Times](/source/Tehran_Times)*. 8 February 2008. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190429010031/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/162966/Winners-of-Iran-s-Book-of-the-Year-Awards-announced) from the original on 29 April 2019.

## External links

- [Profile at University of Edinburgh](https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/andrew-j-newman)

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