Shafique N. Virani is Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto.^[1] Having earned a master's degree in Islamic Studies from McGill University and a PhD from Harvard University, he has also served as faculty at Harvard University and Zayed University.^[2][3]

He has won several international awards, such as the 2001 Dissertation Award from the Foundation for Iranian Studies,^[4] the 2008 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize (for his The Ismailis in the Middle Ages),^[5] and the Farabi International Award (granted annually by the Iranian Ministry of Science).^[6]

In 2014, the American Academy of Religion named Virani the recipient of its Excellence in Teaching Award.^[7]

Publications

• Virani, Shafique N. (2007). The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311730.001.0001. ISBN 9780195311730.