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Mohammed HussainAhmad
Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam
Islamic studies, hadith, Malay and Arabic manuscripts, Malay world
HarrisonAkins
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Terrorism, minority discrimination, Islam in South Asia
NahlaAl-Huraibi
Sana'a University
Gender, women, Islam, Muslim immigrants in the West, integration, family, Arabic
I am from Yemen. I received my bachelors in sociology from Sana'a University in Yemen… Read more
I am from Yemen. I received my bachelors in sociology from Sana'a University in Yemen in 1988, my master's in sociology from Ohio University, Athens in 1999, and my PhD in rural sociology from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio in 2009. I worked as a visiting assistant professor at Denison University in 2010, as a visiting assistant professor in Kenyon College from 2011 to 2016. I live in Columbus, Ohio with my husband, Mohamed Al-Ruwaishan and two sons, Abdulrahman and Zaid. My oldest son, Abdullah, lives with his wife and son in Amman, Jordan. I am interested in exploring the various ways Muslim immigrants in the West strive to create a new, hybrid, confident and inclusive identities and live styles. Show less
TazeenAli
Boston University, Graduate Division of Religious Studies
Islam and gender, American Islam, Islamic law, authority
KeciaAli
Boston University
Islamic law, Islamic ethics, religious biography, gender and sexuality
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MusheghAsatryan
University of Calgary
Medieval Islam, early Shi'ism,
I am a historian of medieval Muslim Middle East. I am interested in how religious… Read more
I am a historian of medieval Muslim Middle East. I am interested in how religious ideas reflect social and cultural realities, and my area of research covers the Arabic and Persian Middle East. Show less
EllenAsermely
Boston University
International relations focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, Muslim cultures, Arabic language
RoseAslan
California Lutheran University
Islamic Studies; material culture, sacred space, pilgrimage, and ritual
ThomasBarfield
Boston University
Anthropology, history
Dr. Thomas Barfield’s current research focuses on problems of political development in Afghanistan, particularly on… Read more
Dr. Thomas Barfield’s current research focuses on problems of political development in Afghanistan, particularly on systems of local governance and dispute resolution. He has also published extensively on contemporary and historic nomadic pastoral societies in Eurasia with a particular emphasis on politics and economy. Show less
MichaelBates
American Numismatic Society
Islamic history, caliphates, numismatics
University of Chicago A.B. 1963, Ph.D. 1975 Curator of Islamic Coins, American Numismatic Society, 1970-2005… Read more
University of Chicago A.B. 1963, Ph.D. 1975 Curator of Islamic Coins, American Numismatic Society, 1970-2005 Curator Emeritus, 2005- Show less
GeorgeBristow
Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East - ISRME
Biblical and qur'anic Abraham narratives, comparative theology
KenChitwood
University of Florida
Global Islam, Muslim communities, Islam in the Americas, religion and culture, religion and pop culture, digital religion
OlgaDavidson
Boston University
Persian and Arabic languages and literature
Olga M. Davidson earned her Ph.D. in 1983 from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies.… Read more
Olga M. Davidson earned her Ph.D. in 1983 from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies. She is on the faculty of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, Boston University, where she has served as Research Fellow since 2009. From 1992 to 1997, she was Chair of the Concentration in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. Since 1999, she has been Chair of the Board, Ilex Foundation. Show less
VanessaDe Gifis
Wayne State University
Qur'anic hermeneutics; Islamic theology; the Abbasid Caliphate
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HusseinFancy
University of Michigan
Medieval Iberia and North Africa
Hussein Fancy’s research and writing focus on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of religious… Read more
Hussein Fancy’s research and writing focus on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of religious interaction in the medieval Mediterranean. In particular, he is interested in projects that combine the use of Latin, Arabic, and Romance archival sources. His first book, The Mercenary Mediterranean, examined the service of Muslim soldiers from North Africa to the Christian kings of the Crown of Aragon in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Far from marking the triumph of toleration, he argued, the alliance of Christian kings and Muslim soldiers depended on and reproduced ideas of religious difference. Show less
MayFarhat
University of the Holy Spirit, Kaslik, Lebanon (USEK)
Islamic architecture, Islamic art, Safavid Iran
JeremyFarrell
Emory University
Islamic asceticism; formation of religious communities; lost works; Sufism
GregFisher
Carleton University
Roman Empire, pre-Islamic Middle East
Greg Fisher earned a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (2008) where he studied under… Read more
Greg Fisher earned a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (2008) where he studied under the supervision of Averil Cameron; this thesis was examined by Fergus Millar and Robert Hoyland. His research interests focus on the Middle East in late antiquity (AD 200–800), particularly on the political impact of the Roman and Persian empires in the region’s frontier zones. Show less
KathrynFlynn
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interfaith dialogue between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism; interested in modern voices and schools within Islamic Studies
NiloofarFotouhi
ILEX Foundation
Middle Eastern & Near Eastern Studies
Executive Director, ILEX Foundation
Executive Director, ILEX Foundation Show less
KennethGarden
Tufts University
Al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, al-Andalus
Ken Garden received his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of… Read more
Ken Garden received his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2005. He is the author of The First Islamic Reviver: Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī and his Revival of the Religious Sciences (Oxford: 2014). His current research centers the development of Sufism in North Africa and Muslim Spain in the 12th and 13th centuries. He also has a website that presents and analyzes examples of religious discourse from different currents in contemporary Egyptian Islam. Show less
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AymanGrada
Boston University School of Medicine
Dermatology, wound healing, philosophy, history of North Africa
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ZoharHadromi-Allouche
The University of Aberdeen
Hadith, Qur'an, Sira, Qisas al-anbiya', religious literature, folklore
HansHarmakaputra
Boston College
Comparative theology, Islamic mysticism, Islamic theology, Muslim-Christian relations
RenataHolod
University of Pennsylvania
Landscape archaeology, artisanal practices, city layout, lighting medieval interiors
Renata Holod is Professor, and Curator in the Near East Section, Museum of Archaeology and… Read more
Renata Holod is Professor, and Curator in the Near East Section, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. She received her BA in Islamic Studies from the University of Toronto, MA in the History of Art from University of Michigan and Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Harvard University. She has done archaeological and architectural fieldwork in Syria, Iran, Morocco, Central Asia and Turkey, and on the island of Jerba, Tunisia. Her most recent project is a collaborative study of the grave goods of a Qipchaq kurgan in the Black Sea steppe of the thirteenth century. Show less
Deepak GeorgeJacob
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Health economics , Late Antiquity, Islamic calligraphy
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EvynKropf
University of Michigan Library
Islamic codicology and manuscript culture (esp. bookmaking, use of writing material, structural repairs, reading and collecting practices) ; use of pictograms and other visual content in Sufistic cultures of knowledge transmission ; manuscript cataloguing & digital mediation of cultural heritage
AzadehLatifkar
Tehran University of Art
Ilkhanid and Timurid art and architecture, art and culture of Central Asia
Ph.D. candidate, History of Islamic Art, Tehran University of Art
Ph.D. candidate, History of Islamic Art, Tehran University of Art Show less
A. DavidLewis
MCPHS University
Popular culture, thanatology, eschatology, comic books, narratology
A. David Lewis is a Faculty Associate with MCPHS University and holds a Ph.D. in… Read more
A. David Lewis is a Faculty Associate with MCPHS University and holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Boston University. He is a founding member of Sacred & Sequential (a collection of scholars on comics and religion), co-editor of Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels, and author of the Eisner Award-nominated American Comic Books, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife. Show less
Han HsienLiew
Harvard University
Medieval Islamic history, Islamic political thought, Islam in Southeast Asia
NooraLori
Boston University
Migration, citizenship, Middle East, Indian Ocean
Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security… Read more
Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective. Regionally, her work examines the shifting population movements accompanying state formation in the Persian Gulf, expanding the study of Middle East politics to include historic and new connections with East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Show less
ShariLowin
Stonehill College
Qisas al-Anbiya', Hadith, Qur'anic exegesis, comparisons with midrash and classical rabbinic exegesis
MartinLund
Linnaeus University/Gotham Center for New York City History, CUNY Graduate Center
Comic books, popular culture, representation, identity
UlrikaMårtensson
NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Qur'an, Tafsir, historiography, linguistics, political theory in religious forms
Jeg har en mastergrad i arabisk og religionshistorie fra Stockholms Universitet (1989), og doktorgrad i… Read more
Jeg har en mastergrad i arabisk og religionshistorie fra Stockholms Universitet (1989), og doktorgrad i religionshistorie fra Uppsala Universitet (2001) med avhandlingen "The True New Testament: Sealing the Heart's Covenant in al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings." Min forskning handler om islam. Takket være en kollega som for mange år siden, varslet meg til den franske religionshistoriker , Michel de Certeau (d. 1986), har jeg blitt mer og mer fascinert av hvordan moderne akademia begrepsligjører 'religion' og sin egen relasjon med det som 'vitenskap'. Jeg prøver å utforske skjæringspunktene mellom 'religion' og akademisk og teoretisk tenkning, og hva disse skjæringspunktene innebærer for hvordan indvider og institusjoner begrepsligjører og 'behandler' religiøse mennesker, gjenstander og bevegelser. Show less
IlyseMorgenstein Fuerst
University of Vermont
Islam in South Asia, definitions of religion, history of religion, colonialism
I am an Assistant Professor of Religion here at the University of Vermont. My specialization… Read more
I am an Assistant Professor of Religion here at the University of Vermont. My specialization within the broad scope of the study of religion is Islam, with a particular regional focus on South Asia. My current research deals with issues of Muslim and Hindu religious identity, historiography, and the development of theories of religion. My research interests include South Asian Islam, Indo-Persian literature, Mughal Empire history, colonialism in South Asia, postcolonial theory, theories of religion, history of religion, religious identity formation, Sufism, and South Asian religions. Show less
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KristianPetersen
University of Nebraska Omaha
China, Media, Film
Kristian Petersen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and co-director of the… Read more
Kristian Petersen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and co-director of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He is on the advisory board for the forthcoming Introductions to Digital Humanities: Religion series published with De Gruyter, and is co-editing Introductions to Digital Humanities: Research Methods in the Study of Religion with Christopher Cantwell. He is Assistant Director of MRB Radio at Marginalia Review of Books where he hosts a podcast called Directions in the Study of Religion and contributes to the First Impressions series. As the host of the New Books in Religion and New Books in Islamic Studies podcasts he discusses exciting scholarship with authors of new books. His first book is Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab (Oxford University Press, 2017). He is currently editing a collection for the Mizan Series with ILEX Foundation, Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology, and writing a monograph entitled The Cinematic Lives of Muslims. Show less
MatthewPierce
Centre College
Hagiography, Shi'ism, Gender
My research focuses on early and classical Islamic history, particularly the development of Sunni and… Read more
My research focuses on early and classical Islamic history, particularly the development of Sunni and Shi'i socio-religious boundaries in those periods. I am interested in the ways in which the construction of historical narratives reflect and influence the scope and meaning of cultural symbols related to gender, identity, and authority. Show less
JohannaPink
University of Freiburg, Germany
Qur'anic exegesis, Qur'an translations
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AyşePolat
İstanbul 29 Mayıs University
Anthropology and sociology of religion, religion state and society, Islam and modernity, late Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic
ChristopherPrejean
University of California Los Angeles
Arabic, Arab Christianity, Islamic civilizations
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Jessica AnneRahardjo
SOAS and University College London
Islamic art and architecture
I am an art historian working in the field of post-colonial museology of Islamic art.… Read more
I am an art historian working in the field of post-colonial museology of Islamic art. My current research examines the intersection between museums, cultural heritage, cultural representation and nationalism. I am also interested in an expanded field of Islamic art, in particular Southeast Asian Islamic art. Show less
HusseinRashid
islamicate, L3C
Muslims in America, popular culture, Shi'ism
Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., is founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy and… Read more
Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., is founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy and cultural competency. He works as a contingent faculty member. He has a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from Columbia University, a Masters in Theological Studies focusing on Islam, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, focusing on South and Central Asia, from Harvard University. His research focuses on Muslims and American popular culture. He writes and speaks about music, comics, movies, and the blogistan. He also has a deep interest in Shi’i justice theology. Show less
John C.Reeves
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
history of religions in Near East and Central Asia
John C. Reeves (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Blumenthal Professor of Judaic… Read more
John C. Reeves (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Much of his work probes the margins of conventionally conceived categories, exploring the overlaps and commonalities discernible among a host of Near Eastern fringe groups and texts which inhabit the twilight realms of cosmic arcana, apocalyptic fervor, and religious dualism in late antiquity and the medieval era. Show less
MikaelaRingquist
Boston University
International Relations, Public Health, Arts, Middle East, Afghanistan
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KelseyUtne
Cornell University
Modern South Asia, commemoration, Islamic world, colonialism, Southeast Asia, public history
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Mushtaq AhmadWani
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf University
IR Theory, Political Islam, Islamization of knowledge, Turkish politics, OIC, Kashmir
LiranYadgar
Yale University
Jewish-Islamic relations in the Middle Ages, Mamluk Studies, religious polemics
Liran Yadgar, a Postgraduate Associate at the Judaic Studies Program of Yale University and a… Read more
Liran Yadgar, a Postgraduate Associate at the Judaic Studies Program of Yale University and a PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the University of Chicago, studies the social and intellectual history of Jews and Muslims in the Medieval Islamic World. He is particularly interested in the history of Jews in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517), and Jewish-Muslim polemics. His dissertation, "The Judeo-Muslim Symbiosis Revisited: Jews and Muslims in the Later Middle Period (1200-1500 CE)," examines Jewish-Muslim intellectual exchange in three treatises from Egypt and the Maghrib. Show less
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