Sheam Khan

Overview

Sheam maintains a special interest in Qur’anic Exegesis and Translation.

Sheam obtained her MA in Qur’ānic Exegesis from Qatar University in 2018, and a BA in Islamic Sciences from Princess Noura bint Abdul-Rahman University, Riyadh (2012). Sheam is currently a Ph.D candidate at Cardiff University’s ‘Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK’ in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies, researching Qur’ānic Exegesis and Translation.

As part of her community engagement work, Sheam has been active in the third sector for over twenty years delivering Islamic seminary-style lectures, as well as classes in the traditional ‘halaqa-format’ in Islamic centres of learning in the UK and overseas. Sheam has taught Islamic texts in the fields of Qur’anic Exegesis, Islamic Jurisprudence, Arabic Grammar and Morphology and more. She developed the curriculum for a two-year course specialising in the field of Qur’anic exegesis and Ulūm ul Qur’an (Qur’anic Sciences), which she has been teaching at various locations for over ten years both in the UK and overseas.

Conference Papers:

• September 2024, The Ideological Implications of Laleh Bakhtiar’s Hermeneutics on Qur’anic Exegesis and Translation, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin.

• July 2024, Concealer of Secrets, The Concordance-Based Translation Methodology that led to the Crucifixion of John the Baptist, International Qur’an Studies Association, London.

• July 2024, GLOQUR Conversations on Qur’an Translation Series: Lost in Trauma, Exploring Ideological Influences Present in Qur’an Translations Through the Lens of Phenomenology and Trauma Theory, University of Freiburg.

• May 2024, Lost in Trauma, Exploring Ideological Influences Present in Qur’an Translations Through the Lens of Trauma Theory. British Association of Islamic Studies, University of Leeds.

• May 2024, Pecha Kucha Presentation on Examining the Influence of the Translator's Ideology on the Message of the Qur'an. Islam-UK Centre Annual Symposium, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University.

• October 2023, The Perils of Receiving Revelation in Your Mother-Tongue: A Critical Study of the Translator’s Ideological Influence on the Message of the Qur’an, Global Qur’an Workshop, University of Freiburg.

• May 2023, Synonymy of Congruence: The Problem of Denying Synonymy in the Qur’an. British Association of Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London.

• March 2022, Examining the Influence of the Translator's Ideology on the Message of the Qur'an. LeCTIS Seminar Series, Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Leicester.