Dr Shirin Shafaie

Dr Shirin Shafaie studied philosophy, and philosophy of art in Tehran, and Middle East Politics, and Film and TV in London. She completed her doctoral research on ‘Contemporary Iranian War Narratives: A Dialectical Discourse Analysis’ at SOAS, University of London, where she is currently teaching. She also holds a post-doctoral position at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies in Oxford where she works on ‘Reading Gen. 37- 50 in conversation with Islam.’ Her research interests are narrative theory, critical war studies, and faith-based diplomacy. She has worked extensively with the victims of chemical weapons and war-related mental illness and has been involved in a number of projects at the Tehran Peace Museum and other civil-society movements for inter-religious peace and dialogue. Besides her research activities, Shirin is the Director of Visual Academics Ltd. that provides professional filmmaking services to universities.