After completing his dissertation, Studies in Zoroastrian Exegesis and Hermeneutics with a Critical Edition of the Sudgar Nask of Denkard Book 9 in Iranian and Persian Studies at NELC this June, Professor Vevaina currently serves as a Core Fellow in the Core Curriculum in Harvard College and as a Lecturer in NELC. In the Fall he will be a TF for Images of Alexander the Great and in the Spring semester he will be a TF for Professor Jay Harris' course “If There is No God, All is Permitted”: Theism and Moral Reasoning . In the Spring Vevaina will also be teaching his own course (Iranian Civ. 105) “Crow Eaters” and “Fire Worshippers”: Encountering Contemporary Zoroastrians . His research interests include: critical approaches to the study of Zoroastrianism; the history and development of Zoroastrian interpretation; the interplay between text and liturgy in ritual practice; colonial and post-colonial constructions of religion; and religion in diaspora.
