Kianoosh Rezania

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Kianoosh Rezania (* 1972 in Tehran ) is an Iranian Iranist .

Life

From 1991 to 1996 he studied computer science at the Scharif University for Technology , degree: Bachelor of Science, from 1996 to 1998 computer science at the Scharif University for Technology, degree: Master of Science and from 1999 to 2002 ancient Iranian culture and languages ​​at the university Tehran , degree: Magister . From 2004 to 2006 he was a member of the Graduate College 896: “Images of Gods - Images of God - Views of the World: Polytheism and Monotheism in the Ancient World”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . After completing his doctorate (2004–2008) in Ancient Iranian Studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen on the subject of the Zoroastrian conception of time: an investigation into the concepts of time and eternity and the question of Zurvanism , he was a scholarship holder of the Graduate College 896 from 2008 to 2011: " Images of Gods - Images of God - Images of the World: Polytheism and Monotheism in the Ancient World ”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Research on the topic "Mazdakites as members of a religious movement in the Sasanid period". Since 2011 he has been a research assistant ( DFG third-party funding) at the seminar for Iranian studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . He is a professor for West Asian religious history in Bochum .

His focus is on Zoroastrianism , oral tradition, conception of time and conception of space.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Zoroastrian concept of time. An investigation into the concepts of time and eternity and the question of Zurvanism . Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06266-4 .
  • (Ed.): Spatial Concepts in Ancient Religions. Contributions to the international symposium in Göttingen, June 28 and 29, 2012 . Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-447-10139-4 .
  • Spatial concepts in earlier Zoroastrianism. Cosmic, cultic and social spaces . Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 3-447-10528-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rezania, Kianoosh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian Iranist
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran