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Shafique Virani

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Historical StudiesUniversity of Toronto

Shafique Virani

Associate Professor

Department of Historical Studies

University of Toronto Mississauga

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Esoteric Interpretation (ta'wil) in Shi'i Islam
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$65,244
Esoteric Interpretation (ta'wil) in Shi'i Islam
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$98,352
A model of heroes and communities in Pir Sabzali's journey to the Roof of the World: Ismaili Muslim studies and digital humanities
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$90,070

All 6 grants and awards

Esoteric Interpretation (ta'wil) in Shi'i Islam

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Virani, Shafique N.

Keywords: Islamic studies; Shi'ism; Quranic studies; reason and revelation; Ismaili studies; Twelver Shi'ism; Fatimids; Mulla Sadra

$65,244

Esoteric Interpretation (ta'wil) in Shi'i Islam

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Virani, Shafique

Keywords: Islamic studies; Shi'ism; Quranic studies; reason and revelation; Ismaili studies; Twelver Shi'ism; Fatimids; Mulla Sadra

$98,352

A model of heroes and communities in Pir Sabzali's journey to the Roof of the World: Ismaili Muslim studies and digital humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Virani, Shafique N.

Keywords: Islam; Shiism; Ismailism; Sufism; digital humanities; multimedia; dissemination; Iran; South Asia; Central Asia; Afghanistan; Badakhshan; Tajikistan; India; Pakistan; Persian; Farsi; Dari; Tajik; Gujarati; Arabic; audio-visual; audio-book; art; music

$90,070

The evolution of religion and morality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: religion; morality; evolution of religion; cognitive science of religion; prosociality; cultural evolution; gene-culture coevolution

$2,999,280

Journey to the roof of the world: the travels of Pir Sabzali (d. 1936) in central Asia - Ismaili Muslim studies and digital humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Virani, Shafique N.

Keywords: Islam; Shiism; Ismailism; sufism; digital humanities; multimedia; dissemination; Iran; south Asia; central Asia; Afghanistan; Badakhshan; Tajikistan; India; Pakistan; Persian; Farsi; Dari; Tajik; Gujarati; Arabic; audio-visual; audio-book; art; music

$48,053

Identities: Reflections on Global Gujarati Communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Virani, Shafique N.

Keywords: identity; migration; diaspora; Gujarati; South asia; Gujarat; education; Hinduism; Islam; Jainism; Zoroastrianism

$13,161

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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