Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart is Reader Emeritus in Zoroastrianism at SOAS and former Shapoorji Pallonji Reader in Zoroastrianism and co-chair of the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrianism. She is Hon Sec of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS). Her principal area of research is the Zoroastrian living tradition. Her publications include, in collaboration with Mandana Moavenat, Voices from Zoroastrian Iran, Volumes 1 and 2, which are based on fieldwork accompanied by an archive of recorded interviews. Sarah was the lead curator of the exhibition The Everlasting Flame, Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination (Brunei Gallery, SOAS 2013 and the National Museum, Delhi, 2016) and has created a short introductory online course on Zoroastrianism. Her most recent project, Gen Z and Beyond: A Survey for Every Generation was published in a Report last year. It is the first of its kind that seeks to capture the demographics, religious practices, and views of Zoroastrians in the world today.