Dr. Bahman Khodadadi is the PIL–LC Research Fellow at the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School and the Library of Congress for the 2024–2025 academic year. Prior to this, he served as a Research Associate at the Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School.
His expertise lies in Islamic law and Middle Eastern studies, with a particular focus on Shīʿī Islamic jurisprudence. His current research spans a broad range of topics, including Iranian studies, the sociology of law, the history of Islamic law, criminal law theory, and the politico-juridical dynamics of Shīʿī legal traditions. He earned his PhD from the University of Münster, Germany, in 2023, graduating with summa cum laude honors. His book, On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran, was recently published by Oxford University Press and has been endorsed by several leading scholars in the field.
He has authored numerous articles and reviews in journals such as Political Studies Forum, Journal of Criminal Law Research, Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft (ZStW), and Europality Journal. His recent article, titled "Nowhere but Everywhere: The Principle of Legality and the Complexities of Judicial Discretion in Iran," appeared in Iranian Studies (Cambridge University Press). His forthcoming work will appear in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities (Vol. 35), Iranian Studies (Vol. 58), Journal of Law and Religion (Vol. 41), and the Cambridge Handbook of Islamic Law.
He has served as an editor and peer reviewer for several academic journals, including the Journal of Islamic Law (Harvard), British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Millah: Journal of Religious Studies, and Cogent Social Sciences (Taylor & Francis Group).
Dr. Khodadadi's academic accomplishments have been widely recognized. He received the prestigious Harry Westermann Award for the best doctoral dissertation at the University of Münster, as well as two DAAD awards in 2016 and 2023. From 2015 to 2023, he was a member of the Excellence Cluster "Religion and Politics" in Germany, where he contributed to multiple research projects. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an accomplished author and lecturer, with numerous publications, translations, and invited talks across Europe, including in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Ireland.
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