Public Scholarship
Lectures & Talks
Imagining the Medieval World
Panel discussion with Joshua O’Driscoll and Asa Mittman on the exhibition The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World.
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Can the Quran be Translated? Debates in Early Islam and Today
On the history of Quran translation and the contested theological status of vernacular Persian renderings.
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Exploring Islamic Maps at the Beinecke and Beyond
On medieval Islamic cartography, held in conjunction with the World in Maps (1400–1600) exhibition at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Stranger Matter: The Weird and Paranormal in Islamic Natural Philosophy
On the strange and uncanny in classical Arabic and Persian cosmographical compendia.
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Gestures of Perplexity in Persian Compendiums of Wonder and Rarity
On natural history, wonder, and rarity in Persian intellectual tradition.
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On the History of Religions and the Study of Islam
On the place of Islamic studies within the modern history of the study of religion.
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Podcasts
Wonders and Rarities
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A World of Wonders: A Muslim Guidebook to the Cosmos
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Wonders and Rarities
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Review Essays
“Imperfect States”
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“On Reading the Library of Arabic Literature”
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“Qurʼanic Studies and the Literary Turn”
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Museum Consulting & Press
Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World
Exhibition curated by Ladan Akbarnia →
