Dr Alessandro Cancian
Senior Research Associate
Dr Alessandro Cancian is Senior Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where he works on Shiʿi Sufism, Qur’anic exegesis and the intellectual and religious history of pre-modern Iran. A historian of religions and anthropologist by formation, he has published books and articles on religious education in Shiʿi Islam, Shiʿi Sufism and Qur’anic exegesis.
