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Elvire Corboz is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh specializing in Contemporary Islam and Middle Eastern Studies. She holds a DPhil in Oriental Studies and an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, and a License ès Lettres in Arabic Islamic Studies and Musicology from the University of Geneva. Since joining the University of Edinburgh in 2018, she has held prior positions as a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University and a lecturer at Rutgers University and Aarhus University. Her main research interests focus on contemporary Shi’ism, clerical authority, transnational networks, and Sunni-Shi‘i relations, particularly within the context of European communities. Additionally, she has supervised various PhD projects and has been involved in multiple research collaborations aimed at understanding sectarianism and religious dynamics in modern societies. Corboz has contributed to academic discourse through her teaching, research, and involvement in projects aimed at fostering understanding of religious movements and their sociopolitical contexts.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland
Teaching and supervising students in the field of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, conducting research on contemporary Shiism.
Princeton University • Princeton, New Jersey
Conducted research in Middle Eastern Studies related to contemporary Islamic movements.
Rutgers University • New Brunswick, New Jersey
Taught courses related to Middle Eastern History and Islamic Studies.
Aarhus University • Aarhus, Denmark
Engaged in teaching and research focused on various themes in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
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