Professor Roja Fazaeli
Professor in Islamic Civilisation, Near & Middle Eastern Studies
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Introduction: Lost Histories: Ireland and the evolution of human rights law in, editor(s)Aisling O'Sullivan and Roja Fazaeli , Lost Histories: Ireland and the evolution of human rights law, Routledge, 2023, [Aisling O'Sullivan and Roja Fazaeli]
Aisling O'Sullivan and Roja Fazaeli, Lost Histories: Ireland and the evolution of human rights law, Oxfordshire, U.K., Routledge , 2023
Ireland's Relationship to the United Nations Regarding Rights of Women in, editor(s)Aisling O'Sullivan and Roja Fazaeli , Lost Histories: Ireland and the evolution of human rights law, 2019, Routldge , 2023, pp127 - 161, [Roja Fazaeli ]
Roja Fazaeli and Masood Noori, Female Judgeship: Legal Opinions of Imami Fuqaha, New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023
Roja Fazaeli, Axis of Hope: Iranian Women's Activism across Borders Catherine Z. Sameh. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019 (ISBN 978-0-295-74630-2), Hypatia, Cambridge University Press , 2022, p1 - 5
Roja Fazaeli and Dorsa Faraji, Preaching Hate: An Analysis of Gendered Hate Speech in Jomeh Prayers in Iran, International Conference on Contemporary Iranian Studies, ISS, The Hague, Netherlands, 26 and 27 August, 2022
Roja Fazaeli, Linda Hogan, Jeroen Temperman, Religion and Human Rights Summer School, 13-17 June 2022, In:Religion and Human Rights Summer School, 2022, Trinity College Dublin
Human Rights and Religion in, editor(s)Michael Goodhart , Human Rights: Politics and Practice (4th edition), New York and Oxford , Oxford University Press, 2022, ppChapter 19 , [Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek]
Roja Fazaeli , The Gender Dimensions of the Latest Changes in the Government, Recent Developments and Changes in Iran Series Bilingual Lecture Series, the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (online), 31 October, 2021, Prof. Nayereh Tohidi
Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hansiek, Human Rights, Islam, and Debates around CEDAW, Journal of Religion and Human Rights: Special Issue: Women's Religious Freedom and Freedom of Religion or Belief, 16, (2-3), 2021, p93 - 116
Roja Fazaeli and Mine Yildrim, "Introduction: Women's Religious Freedom, Religion and Law.", Religion & Human Rights: Special Issue: Women's Religious Freedom and Freedom of Religion or Belief, 16, (2-3), 2021, p63 - 66
Religion & Human Rights: Special Issue: Women's Religious Freedom and Freedom of Religion or Belief, 16, 2-3, (2021), 63 - 202p, Roja Fazaeli and Mine Yildrim, [eds.]
Female Religious Authority in Muslim Majority Contexts: past examples and modern state-initiatives in, editor(s)Adele Bardazzi and Alberica Bazzoni , Gender and Authority across Disciplines, Space and Time, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli, The Irish Housewives Association and Hilda Tweedy: National and International Activism, Panel on Law and Archives, 11 December, 2019
The Lives of Two Mujtahidahs: Female Religious Authority in 20th Century Iran in, editor(s)Mirjam Künkler and Devin Stewart , Female Religious Authority in Shi'i Islam: Past and Present, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019, [Mirjam Künkler and Roja Fazaeli]
Nusrat Amin, John O. Voll., Nusrat Amin, Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies, Oxford University Press, 2018, [Roja Fazaeli]
Aisling O'Sullivan and Roja Fazaeli, Multilateralism, human rights and the 1970s: insights from Ireland's role in the development of the human rights field, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 2018
Roja Fazaeli , "the landscape of women's rights in the Republic of Ireland in the 1970s" , Multilateralism and Interdependence: Prospects and Challenges, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, May, 2018
Roja Fazaeli, Iranian Women's movement from the Revolution to Rouhani, Negotiating Iran's Future: The Policy Implications of President Rouhani's Second Term, St. Anthony's College, 1 December, 2017
Roja Fazaeli, ISLAMIC FEMINISMS: RIGHTS AND INTERPRETATIONS ACROSS GENERATIONS, New York and London, Routledge , 2017, 1 - 166pp
Religion & Human Rights, An International Journal, 11, 1, (2016), 1 - 75p, Roja Fazaeli (Guest Editor) and Jeroen Temperman (Editor-in-Chief), [eds.]
Roja Fazaeli, Islam and Feminist Perspectives, Religions and Feminisms: Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Perspectives, Trinity College Dublin, 25 February, 2016
Human Rights and Religion in, editor(s)Michael Goodhart , Human Rights Politics and Practice, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp163 - 182, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli, Human Rights, Islam and Western Democracies, Interdisciplinary Conference on Law and Religion: Irish Context; International Perspectives, Trinity College Dublin, November, 2015
Religion & Human Rights An International Journal, Vol. 10, 3, (2015), 203 - 269p, Roja Fazaeli (Guest Editor) and Jeroen Temperman (Editor-in-Chief), [eds.]
Roja Fazaeli, Feminization of Martyrdom: Palestine and Iran, The 26th International Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation, SOAS, London, 15 August, 2015
Roja Fazaeli, Diplomacy with Iran - Are Human Rights Being Bartered for Other Gains?, Diplomacy with Iran - Are Human Rights Being Bartered for Other Gains?, Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin, December , 2014, Baha'i Faith Ireland, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
The Iranian Women's Movement: A Narrative of Hope and Loss in, editor(s)Peter Admirand , Loss and Hope: Global, Interreligious and Interdisciplinary Perspective, London, Bloomsbury, 2014, pp51 - 67, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli , Women's bodies in Islam: narratives of life and death, Society for Women in Philosophy , Newman House, Dublin, Ireland, 21-22 November, 2014
Martyred Women and Humiliated Men in, editor(s)Fineman, Martha and Michael Thomson , Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections, Ashgate, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli ]
"Women's Rights", Natala J. DeLong-Bas, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
"Kar, Mehrangiz", Natala J. DeLong-Bas et al, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
"Education: Women's Religious Education", Natala J. DeLong-Bas, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
"Taliban", Natala J. DeLong-Bas, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
Mujtahidah, Natala J. DeLong-Bas et al, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
Family Code and Marriage laws in Iran in, editor(s)Peter Losocnzi and Mika Luoma-Aho , The Future of Political Theology: Religious and Theological Perspectives, , Ashgate, 2013, pp143 - 159, [Roja Fazaeli ]
Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discriminations Against Women, Natana J. DeLong-Bas et al, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
"Martyrdom", Natala J. DeLong-Bas, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli and Melanie Hoewer, Gendered images and women's rights in Iran and Ireland, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland, 24-26 June, 2013
"UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)", Natala J. DeLong-Bas et al, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
"Ayatollah", Natala J. DeLong-Bas, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli, Online Narratives, the Iranian Women's Movement , British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Conference, Uiniversity Collge Dublin, Ireland, 24-26 June, 2013
Roja Fazaeli, Iranian Women's Movement, Women's Political and Economic Agency/Presence in Iran, Swedish Research Institute Lund, 5-6 June, 2012, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund
Roja Fazaeli, Review of Gender Stereotyping Transnational Legal Perspectives , by Rebecca J. Cook and Simone Cusack , International Journal of Group and Minority Rights, 19, 2012
In search of Iranian Feminisms: A Study of Iranian Women's Moveme in, editor(s)Chitra Raghavan and James P. Levine , Women's Rights in the Changing Islamic World, Brandeis University Press, 2012, pp273 - 301, [Roja Fazaeli]
International Laws and Treaties on Women's Status, The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, 2012, [Roja Fazaeli]
Roja Fazaeli and Melanie Hoewer, Gendered images and women's rights in Iran and Ireland, Erin-Iran conference, Uiniversity College Cork, Ireland, 22 October , 2011
Of alima, vaizes, and mujtahidas: New Opportunities for Old Role Models? in, editor(s)Kalmbach, Hilary and Bano, Masooda , Women, Leadership and Mosques, Netherland, Brill, 2011, pp127 - 161, [Roja Fazaeli and Mirjam Kunkler]
Roja Fazaeli, Islam and Europe: Religion, Law, Identity, Islam and Europe: Religion, Law, Identity, SIAS Johns Hopkins, Bologna, Italy, 14-15, 2011, The Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Roja Fazaeli, Women's Rights in the Iranian Civil Code, Islam and Women and the Personal Status Law In Iraq, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2011, United States Institute of Peace
Roja Fazaeli, Feminisms and Female Religious Leadership, The North American South Asian Bar Association Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusett, 24-27 June, 2010
Roja Fazaeli, CEDAW and Muslim Majority Countries, Human Rights and Abrahamic Faiths, Trinity College Dublin, May, 2010
Roja Fazaeli and Mirjam Künkler, Training Female Ulama in Jama'at al-Zahra - New Opportunities for Old Role Models?, Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza, Clerical Authority in Shi'ite Islam, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and the British Institute of Persian Studies, London, June, 2009, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and the British Institute of Persian Studies
Roja Fazaeli and Mirjam Künkler, Female Ulama in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Agents of Change or Preservation?, ?" Oxford Conference on Women, Leadership and Mosques, St. Anthony's College, Oxford, UK, October, 2009
Roja Fazaeli, Can Ijtihad Play a Major Role in Islamic Law Reform?, The Third Workshop of the Network of British Researchers and Practitioners of Islamic Law Diversity and Change in Islamic Law: Developments in Shi'ite Jurisprudence , University of Exeter, 4-5 June, 2009, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies University of Exeter
Roja Fazaeli , Martyred Women and Humiliated Men, Masculinities and the Law, Emory School of Law, Atlanta, USA, edited by Martha Fineman , Emory School of Law, 2009, pp1 - 16
Religion and Human Rights, Leiden, The Netherlands, BRILL | NIJHOFF , [Editor ], 2009-2022
Roja Fazaeli, The Role of Women in the (Re)Formation of Islamic Jurisprudence, Judicial Decisions and Statutory Interpretation, Ghent University, Belgium, 29-30 October , 2009, The Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Roja Fazaeli (with Elizabeth Bucar), "Free Speech in Weblogistan, the Offline Consequences of Online Action," , Public Talk, Clinton Institute, UCD, Dublin, November, 2009, Clinton Institute, UCD, Dublin
Roja Fazaeli and Jeroen Temperman, Book Review: Islam and the Secular State, Negotiating the Future of Shari'a by Abdullahi An-Na'im, Religion and Human Rights, 2009
Roja Fazaeli and Mirjam Künkler, Training Female Ulama in Jama'at al-Zahra - New opportunities for Old Role Models?, Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza, Clerical Authority in Shi'ite Islam, University of Exeter, University of Exeter, December , 2009
Roja Fazaeli, Women's Movements and Social Controls in "Weblogistan, "," Iran and the World: Societal Change, Self-Images and Worldviews since 1953, Universitat Basel, Soziologisches und Orientalisches Seminar, Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, November, 2009
Roja Fazaeli and Mirjam Künkler , Female Religious Authorities in Iran, Middle-Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA, November, 2008, Middle-Eastern Studies Association
Elizabeth Bucar and Roja Fazaeli , Free speech in Weblogestan? The Off-Line Consequences of On-Line Discourse, , International Journal of Middle-Eastern Studies , 40:3, 2008, p403 - 419
Roja Fazaeli, 'The Fifth Generation of Islamic Feminists: Rights, Interpretations and Activisms, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008
Roja Fazaeli, The Swaying Pendulum: Public to Private,, An Uncomfortable Conversation: Religious Visions in the Family: Images and Aspirations for Equality, Emory School of Law, Atlanta, USA, 11-12 May, 2007
Roja Fazaeli , Contemporary Iranian Feminism: Identity, Rights and Interpretations, , Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 4, (1), 2007
Roja Fazaeli, All in the Family? Islam, Women, And Human Rights: A Conference Report, , Religion and Human Rights, 1, (3), 2006
Roja Fazaeli and Joshua Castellino, Book review: The Role of Islam in the Legal System of Pakistan by Martin Lau, Religion and Human Rights, 1, (2), 2006
Roja Fazaeli, Myths, Paradoxes and Lies: Iranian "Women's" Sexuality: gender, sexuality and cultural studies in law, There is no Politics without Fantasy, Keele University , 19-20 April , 2006, The AHRC Centre for LAw, Gender and Sexuality
Roja Fazaeli, Contemporary Iranian Feminism: Identity, Rights and Interpretation, the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, 35th Annual Conference: "Mu slim Identities: Shifting Boundaries and Dialogues", Hartford Seminary Connecticut, 27-29 October, 2006
Roja Fazaeli, The Developing Iranian Civil Society: Governmental or non-Governmental Organisations?, Muslim Public Affairs Journal, 2006
Roja Fazaeli, Islamic Feminism and the Issues of dependency, Islam, Women and Human Rights, Emory School of Law, Atlanta, USA, March, 2006, Emory School of Law
Roja Fazaeli, Islamic Feminism and the Issues of dependency, All in the Family-Islam, Women and Human Rights , Emory School of Law, Atlanta, USA, 3-4 March 2006, edited by Martha Fineman , Emory School of Law, 2006, pp1 - 31
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Roja Fazaeli and Maryam Foumani, 'Opinion Piece: 'Woman, Life, Freedom' must be more than a graveside lament', Irish Times , 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli, Chair and speaker "Politics and Governance", Representation and Misrepresentation Themes: Intergenerational Challenges, Anti-Muslim Sentiment, Irish Distinctiveness, Royal Irish Academy, RIA Dawson's Street, Dublin, 18 October, 2022, Newman Centre UCD and University of Notre Dame, USA
Interviewed, 'Dublin Protests Death of Mahsa Amini', RTE News, 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Meet Roja Fazaeli', Trinity Today, 2022, -
Interviewed , 'Iran Protests', Deutsche Welle TV, 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli, '50th Day of Iran Protests', BBC World News TV, 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Protests in Iran: The Leap of Faith', RTE Radio 1, 2022, -
Interviewed by Moncrieff Show , 'Salman Rushdie Attack and meaning of Fatwa', Newstalk Radio, 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Protests in Iran: BBC Radio 4', BBC Radio 4, 2022, -
Interviewed by Cathrin Caprez , 'In Iran studieren mehr Frauen als Männer', Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), 2022, -
Roja Fazaeli , 'The Ireland I've come to know is warm, open and embracing of the new, but it still has its challenges', Independent , 2021, -
Roja Fazaeli and Soraya Afzali, 'Despite the PR, the Taliban's ideology has not changed', Irish Times, 2021, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Who are Isis-K and what threat do they pose?', Irish Times Podcast , 2021, -
Roja Fazaeli, Behind the Headlines: Afghanistan, Reflections, Interventions, Responsibilities, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 29 September , 2021, Trinity Long Room Hub
Scholars at Risk, 'Free to Think Podcast', Scholars at Risk Apple Podcasts, 2021, -
Roja Fazaeli, '"No Body Wants War"', Joe.ie, 2020, -
Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek, 'Opinion Piece: Suleimani killing of zero benefit to Iran, Middle East or US', Irish Times, 2020, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Opinion Piece: Iran must not be plunged again into the nightmare of conflict', Irish Times, 2020, -
Roja Fazaeli, A Public Lecture on Islamic Feminism, A Public Lecture on Islamic Feminism, Graduate Memorial Building, Trinity College Dublin, 26 February , 2019, the Phil and the Trinity Global Development Society, Trinity College Dublin.
Roja Fazaeli, Keynote: Islamic feminism and human rights activism in Iran, Winter Gathering 2019: Iran - The Revolution Goes Wrong, Sarum College, Salisbury, 22-24 November, 2019, Muslim Institute
Roja Fazaeli (trans. Maryam Hosseinkhah), Ma'na va Hoviat Feminism-eMoaseer dar Iran, Aasoo, 2019
Roja Fazaeli, Women in Leadership, The Good Summit, Trinity College Dublin, 24 October , 2018
Roja Fazaeli, Opening Remarks: Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue and the 2018 Democracy Camp, Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue and the 2018 Democracy Camp, Malahide, Dublin, 12-14 October, 2018, The Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue (TMDD) and the Immigrant Council of Ireland
Roja Fazaeli, Similarities and Difference, Similarities of Difference Reveal Hope for the Future, Baha'is of Ireland, 19 May, 2017
Roja Fazaeli, Experiences of Women in Academia and Research, Women In Research, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Pearse Street, 7 March, 2017, WiSER, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, keynote speaker: Invited to launch the annual International Women's Week celebrations in Trinity as , International Women's Week Trinity College Dublin, 7 March, 2017
Roja Fazaeli, A panel discussion "We Should All be Feminists", Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "We Should All be Feminists", TCD Global Room, 10 March, 2017
Roja Fazaeli, The "Others" of Europe, Regulating Against Hate Speech in the Media Respect Words Seminar, Wynn's Hotel Dublin, April, 2017, Near FM
Roja Fazaeli, Waiting in Line to do Good, The Global Undergraduate Summit, Farmleigh House, November, 2017
Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek (trans. Sepideh Jodeyri), Mamnoiat Mosaferat be Amrika bara-ye Khanevad-ye Amrika-ye, Irani, Iralandi-ye Man , Aasoo, 2017
Roja Fazaeli, From Asylum to Inclusion , Ireland's Response to the Global Refugee and Migration Crisis: From International Protection to National Integration , Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Dublin, 1 February , 2017, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Roja Fazaeli, Introduction: "Feminists are Awake" , The Feminists Are Awake, Film Base, Temple Bar, Dublin, 8 October, 2016
Roja Fazaeli, Incitement to Hatred, TOXIC ACCESS: ARTISTIC LICENSE IN IRELAND, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 27 October, 2016, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, 'Terrorism: Marian Finucane ', RTE Radio , 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, The Gender of Violence: Female Martyrdom and Suicide Bombers, Behind the Headlines "Terrorism Today", Trinity College Dublin, 23 May, 2016, Trinity Long Room Hub
Roja Fazaeli, Keynote Speaker: Narratives and Stereotypes: Islam in Ireland , 7th European Diversity Charter Annual Forum, Dublin Castle, Ireland, 19 October, 2016, The European Commission and Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland in collaboration with Irish Diversity Charter
Roja Fazaeli, '"The intertwining of religion and state is a thing best avoided"', Irish Examiner, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli , 'Spirit Radio: Debate Over Burkini bans in France', Spirit Radio, Spirit Radio, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, Women, Islamic Dress and Religious Freedom: A Panel Discussion, Public Lecture, Robert Emmett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, October, 2016, Trinity Muslim Student Association & Trinity FLAC
Roja Fazaeli, Probe: Migrants at Risk, Probe: Migrants at Risk, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, September, 2016, Sceince Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, Speaker at the Women's Peace Table: Gendered Experience of Iran-Iraq War , Women's Peace Tables #womenseriously, The Westin Dublin Westmoreland Street Dublin , 10 September, 2016, #womenseriously
Joe Humphreys and Roja Fazaeli, 'Unthinkable: Is Islam compatible with human rights law?', 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Cannes mayor wins gold medal for burkini bigotry and politics of shame', Irish Examiner, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, '"Irish Muslims Respond to Brenda Power"', TODAYFM, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli , 'Spirit Radio Podcast: Debate Over Burkini bans in France', Spirit Radio, Spirit Radio, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, 'Opinion Piece: Burkini ban is another way to subjugate Muslim women', Irish Times, Irish Times, 2016, -
Roja Fazaeli, Debate: "Right to Offend, Debate: the Phil, Trinity College Dublin, October, 2015, the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, "Europe and its "Other": Whose Religion is it any way?, Behind the Headlines "After Charlie Hebdo: A Public Forum on Religion, Freedom and Human Rights, The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, February , 2015, The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, Religion and Human Rights, "Freedom of Speech and Religious Freedom, Human Rights and Interreligious Perspectives, Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, March, 2015, Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, Respondent to the book "Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present (Edinburgh UP, 2015), Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religion, Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin, May, 2015, IrishSociety for the Academic Study of Religion
Roja Fazaeli, 'Talking Point with Sarah Carey: the escalating uprising by Islamic militants in Iraq', Newstalk, 2014, -
Roja Fazaeli, Putting Persepolis in context, Public Lecture, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2014, Trinity College Dublin Film Society
Amnesty Iran Group and Trinity Equality, 'Keeping Iran's Heart Beating', Trinity College Dublin and Amnesty International , 2012, -
Roja Fazaeli, Psalm 139: An Islamic Perspective, Trinity College Dublin Chapel, March , 2012, Trinity College Dublin Chapel
Roja Fazaeli and Maryam Hosseinkhah, Nahid Tavasoli: Moshkel az Tafsir Mardany-e Din Ast, RadioZamneh, 2012
Roja Fazaeli, Muslim Identities in Europe, the Ireland Hijabi Monologues Workshop, Dublin, Ireland, March , 2012, British Council and the Immigrant Council of Ireland
Roja Fazaeli, Islamic laws and the Status of Women, Seminar on Shari'a Law and Military Operations, ISISC, Siracusa, Italy, November, 2011, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights
Roja Fazaeli, Women's Rights in Islamic Law, Summer School for Young Jurists on Shari'a Law, ISISC, Siracusa, Italy, June, 2011, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights
Roja Fazaeli, Women's Rights and Religion, Minority Rights and Indigenous People Summer School, Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, 13 June, 2011, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway
Roja Fazaeli and Maryam Hosseinkhah, Feminism Eslami: Mosahebeh ba Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh Part I, RadioZamaneh, 2011
Roja Fazaeli, 'Panel Discussion:The New Irish on Global Village ', Newstalk, Newstalk, 2011, -
Roja Fazaeli, Experiences of Muslims in Ireland, "Think-in" on Muslim identity in the EU and Irish identity in the United States. , Dublin Castle, Ireland, 14 June, 2010, Dublin City Council civic offices at Wood Quay
Roja Fazaeli, Iranian women's movement, Public Talk, February , 2009, Iran Group, Amnesty International
Roja Fazaeli, Keynote: Inspiring Women: Challenging Voices, Changing Times, Inspiring Women: Challenging Voices, Changing Times, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, 5 March, 2009
Roja Fazaeli, Islam and Gender, Lecture, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2009, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, 'Marian Finucane: DOES GOD HATE WOMEN?', 2009, -
Roja Fazaeli, The Role of Female Ulama in (Re)Formation of Islamic Theology , Encounters with Islamic Theology, Trinity College Dublin, June, 2009, School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College Dublin
Roja Fazaeli, The role of female religious authorities in Islam, Public Lecture , Univeristy College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 3 December, 2009, Study of Religion UCC
Roja Fazaeli, War and its Consequences: Violence in the Private Sphere during the Iran and Iraq War, Iraqi Youth Dialogue, the United States Peace Institute, Dharamasala, India, March, 2008
Roja Fazaeli, "Making Way for the Feminine: Islamic Exegesis," , Making Way for the Feminine for the Benefit of the World Community Conference, Jaipur, India, March , 2008, Global Peace Initiative for Women
Roja Fazaeli, Freedom of Speech and Religion, the Iranian Weblogistan, Public Talk, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2008
Deutsche Welle (Khadijeh Moghaddam), 'Interview with Khadije Moghadam by Deutsche Welle A Campaign to Advance Society's Culture', https://we-change.org/english/, One Million Signatures Campaign to End Legal Discrimination Against Women, Iran, 2007, -
Deutsche Welle (Khadijeh Moghaddam Tr. Roja Fazaeli)), 'Interview with Khadije Moghadam by Deutsche Welle A Campaign to Advance Society's Culture', https://we-change.org/english/, One Million Signatures Campaign to End Legal Discrimination Against Women, Iran, 2007, -
Roja Fazaeli, Taking a Human Rights Based Approaches to Interculturalism and Multiculturalism Debate, A Public Debate,, Conference National Consultative Committee Against Racism and Interculturalism, Dublin, December, 2006, National Consultative Committee Against Racism and Interculturalism
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- BILQIS: Building Conceptual and Methodological Expertise for the Study of Gender, Agency and Authority in Islam
- Summary
- BILQIS emerges from a critical concern around Muslim women"s access to justice in Europe. BILQIS will be driven by methodological advances in Islamic feminism that the PI has been to the fore in delivering and will be primarily distinguished by its systematic and rigorous inquiries into questions of gender in relation to Islamic family laws (IFL) and IFL-related socio-religious and socio-legal power structures. The project will engage in a comparative study how Muslim women in Europe have navigated agency and authority over time from the long 19th century to the present day across diverse European peripheries, specifically the Ottoman Balkans, the post-Ottoman Balkans, and the territorial spaces that are currently governed by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. BILQIS will interrogate how the gendered development of IFL in each of these peripheral contexts can be better understood in terms agency and authority through studies of legal texts and authorities (e.g., qadis, sijills, muftis, fatwas, istintâk, national court judgements) and will produce new critical, contextual, conceptual, and constructive knowledge in this regard. As a result BILQIS will break significant epistemic, conceptual and methodological impasses around shari"a, conflict of laws, and cultural pluralism in Europe. Finally, BILQIS will aim to use the sum of this new knowledge to construct a new methodological framework to transform the study of gender gaps and power imbalances related to agency and authority. This new methodology will direct the future of critical work on gender gaps across multiple disciplines (e.g., Islamic studies, Socio-legal Studies, Women"s and Gender Studies, European Studies, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Political Philosophy, Government and Policy Studies).
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 01/01/2023
- Date To
- 01/01/2028
- Title
- Understanding Islamic Family Law and Equal Access to Justice in Europe - Past, Present and Future(IFamEU)
- Summary
- This study will provide the first comprehensive research programme on the historical and contemprary role and application of Islamic family law in a European context.
- Funding Agency
- ERC AHSS teaching buyout
- Date From
- September 2020
- Date To
- September 2021
- Title
- Preaching Hate: A Contextual Discourse Analysis of Charismatic Socio-Religious Speech
- Summary
- This project investigates the relationship between the emotion and practice of hate and the construction and influence of formal and informal types of authority in the European context. Increasingly "hateful ideologies" are propagated by right-wing propagandists, religious fanatics, and extreme left groups. This project seeks to study the role and origins of charismatic leaders in propagating hate. Through texts, including religious sermons, political speeches, social media communication, and music this project will chart the topography of the personality politics driving discourses of hate and alterity in a European context. This project will employ an interdisciplinary methodology composed of discourse analysis, cultural studies, socio-legal studies, and Islamic studies. The project will also be filtered through a strong gender lens in order address the intimate relationship between gender and systems and platforms of authority.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- 1 September 2020
- Date To
- 31 August 2024
Recognition
Representations
Chairperson, Board of Directors, Immigrant Council of Ireland
Member of the Board of Directors, Front Line Defenders
Member of Board of Directors, Scholars at Risk Europe
Final project reviewer for DEMOS (Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe)funded by EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
European Commission expert for the evaulation of HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01; HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01; HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01
European Commission Expert for the evaluation H2020: SC6-GOVERNANCE-2018 Addressing populism and boosting civic and democratic engagement."
European Commission Expert for the evaluation of H2020 - Societal Challenge 6: Europe in a changing world
External Examiner, PhD Viva, University of Sussex, UK.
Member of International Board of Directors, Scholars at Risk Europe
Member of the Board of Directors, Frontline Defenders
International Advisory Board, Sustainable Alliances Against Anti-Muslim Hatred (SALAAM). Funded by the EU Commission"s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values initiative (DG Justice and Consumers)
Member of Board of Directors, Azadi Andisheh(Association for Freedom of Thought)
Awards and Honours
Nominated for Excellence in Research Student Supervision
Winner of Trinity Research Excellence Award for 2020 in the category 'Cherish academic freedom, diversity of scholarship, and pursuit of truth'
Global Affiliate, Vulnerability and Human Condition Project, Emory School of Law, USA
Winner of Global Entreps Award Inclusive Quality Education and Life-long Learning for All
Certificate of Commendation, Provost's Teaching Awards
Certificate of Commendation, Provost's Teaching Awards
Nominated for the Provost's Teaching Awards
SPECTRESS fellowship to JNU (declined)
Visiting Scholar, Deparment of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York
Visiting Scholar (Stipendiary),The Feminism and Legal Theory Project, Emory School of Law, USA
Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Scholarship
Third Prize, best graduate paper, the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, 35th annual conference
Memberships
Chair, Immigrant Council of Ireland
Board of Editors, the Journal of Religions and Human Rights, Brill
Member of the Board of Directors, Scholars at Risk Europe
Member of the Board of Directors, Front Line Defenders
Member of the Board of Directors, Azadi Andisheh (the Association for Freedom of Thought)
Board of Editors, Azadi Andisheh Journal
Board member, UCD Newman Centre for the Study of Religions
EU Fundamental Rights Agency Expert Panel for Ireland
Scholars at Risk Committee Trinity Representative
Member of the Scholars at Risk National Committee
Member, International Research Network on Religion and Democracy
Board Member UNIFEM Ireland
Board member, Amnesty International, Ireland
member, CEDAR, European Muslim Professionals Network
Invited member, Multi-Belief Educational Reference Group for New Community National Schools (Ireland)
Academic Freedom Advocacy Team, Scholars at Risk
Board member, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS)
Chair, South-West Asia Section, Millennium Development Goals Initiative, United Nations partnership with the Global Peace Initiative for Women, New York