In March 2010, Mushegh Asatryan, a Doctoral Candidate in Religious Studies at Yale University, working on a dissertation about early Shi’ite extremism, participated in the 220th Annual Conference of the “American Oriental Society” in St. Louis. He presented a paper titled “Who were the Mufaddaliyya? A Study of an Extreme Shi’ite Sect”.
In October 2010, Mr. Asatryan will also present a paper at the Annual Conference of the “American Academy of Religion” in Atlanta. In his paper he will present the results of his research on early Shi’ite mystical theology.
Mushegh Asatryan is cofounder of the Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support – ARMACAD.
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