Mohammadmahdi Mostafavinia
Mehdi Mostafavinia studied Religious Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. In 2026, he received his Master's degree with a thesis focusing on the analysis of metaphors in the Middle Persian text Dādestān ī Mēnōy ī Xrad. He is currently working as a research associate at CERES within the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1475 "Metaphors of Religion." He is affiliated with subproject C05, which investigates how the concept of religion was understood and expressed in late antique Iran, focusing on dēn as a term for religion and religion-related concepts in Zoroastrian and Manichaean Middle Persian texts.
Office Hours
By appointment
Areas of Research
04/2026 – Present: Research Associate, Center for Religious Studies (CERES), Subproject C05 [A04] & PhD Student, Graduate School of Metaphor and Religion (GSMR), Ruhr-Universität Bochum
08/2025 – 03/2026: Student Assistant, CRC 1475 "Metaphors of Religion" (Subproject A04), Ruhr-Universität Bochum
10/2022 – 5/2026: M.A. in Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2016 – 2021: B.A. in Russian Language, University of Guilan (Rasht, Iran)
Research Associate of Center for Religious Studies , Subproject C05 [A04] and Zoroastrian Middle Persian: Digital Corpus and Dictionary
PhD Student of Graduate School of Metaphor and Religion
Former Projects and Affiliations
Research Associate of CRC 1475 „Metaphors of Religion“
Research Assistant of Center for Religious Studies
Student Assistant of Subproject C05 [A04]