- Concordia University (Canada), Religions and Cultures, Department Memberadd
- late Classical world, early Middle Ages, Central Asian History and Anthropology, Ancient and Roman Roads, Iranian Contribution to Early European Culture, Sogdian Culture, and 21 moreKushan history, Indo Greek Culture and History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Hellenistic Philosophy, Hellenistic History, Roman Archaeology, Roman History, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Philosophy, Persian Culture, Ancient Persia, Persian Art, History of Late Classical and Hellenistic Asia Minor, Asia Minor, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Mesopotamian Religions, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Postcolonial Theory, Orientalism, Postcolonial Studies, and Post-Colonialismedit
- I am a research associate at Concordia University, Department of Religions and Cultures. I received my B.A. and M.A.... moreI am a research associate at Concordia University, Department of Religions and Cultures. I received my B.A. and M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Tehran, followed by an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Erfurt. I received my Ph.D. from Concordia University, Department of Religions and Cultures.
“Mithraism” is the main area of study I pursued for the past 15 years. The major of my scholarly work examines the foreign cults of the Roman Empire and the cultural-political interaction between Iran and the Greco-Roman world. My present research focuses on Rome’s perception and imagery of Iran (Persia) in relation to her imperial ideology and cultural identity. I also work on intellectual interactions between the Greco-Roman world and the Persianate world in conversation with contemporary cultural studies and postcolonial critiques.
I have been the recipient of several awards, more recently, the DAAD research grant that enabled me to visit and revisit some Mithraic archeological sites in Rome and Ostia as a part of my Ph.D. project.
I am currently looking for a teaching or post-doctorate position in the field of Roman culture and Religions. You can contact me at mazhjoon@gmail.com or +1 (438) 935-5355.edit - Dr. Carly Daniel Hughes, Prof. Touraj Daryaee, Prof. Katharina Waldner, Prof. Naftali Cohn,Prof. Jalal-al-Din Rafifar, edit
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The Mithraic visual language can be read as a hybrid iconography created by the Roman Mithraists to stress the non-Roman provenance of their deity. This note analyses the gesture of Mithras' slaying the bull and the so-called "Mithraic... more
The Mithraic visual language can be read as a hybrid iconography created by the Roman Mithraists to stress the non-Roman provenance of their deity. This note analyses the gesture of Mithras' slaying the bull and the so-called "Mithraic hold" to reveal the ex-novo nature of the Mithraic visual language and iconography from two vantage points: the first, at the aesthetic level; and the second, from its sources and origin. Additional considerations are also given on the iconographical referent of the Mithraic bull as well as the numismatic symbols traditionally discussed in relation to the Mithraic visual language.
