Parnia Vafaeikia
First Name:
Parnia
Last Name:
Vafaeikia
Title:
PhD Candidate
Biography :
Parnia is a PhD candidate at the department. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of British Columbia in Interdisciplinary Studies with focuses on gender and Islamic jurisprudential texts.
As an anthropologist of Islam, her PhD research is shaped around the phenomenological perceptions and practices of waiting, hope, and future among Shi’i communities.
People Type:
Research Area:
Areas of Interest:
- Shi’ism
- Transnational Islam
- Anthropology of Islam
- Iran