Niloofar Haeri, professor of anthropology and chair of the Krieger School’s Program in Islamic Studies, discussed her recent book, Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer & Poetry in Iran, in the Spring 2021 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine.

Program Chair and Professor of Anthropology Niloofar Haeri publishes an article on the legal aspects of the Muslim prayer in Canopy Forum, a digital publication from the Center of the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.

The Program in Islamic Studies’s Faculty Interviews series continues with Homayra Ziad. Dr. Ziad, the director of the program, discusses Sufism and the innately activist nature of Islamic ethics.

The Program in Islamic Studies’s Faculty Interviews series continues with Naveeda Khan. Dr.Khan, Associate Professor of Anthropology, discusses changing field sites from Pakistan to Bangladesh, about the importance of religious imagination in contemporary problems, and the study of Islam. Check back soon for regularly updated interview content on this website.

Niloofar Haeri, Professor of Anthropology and Islamic Studies, is interviewed by Tom Hall on WYPR All Things Considered about her new book on women, prayer, and poetry in Iran. In the interview, she discusses questions of what it means to be religious and how religiosity affects and informs society at large.

The Program in Islamic Studies continues our new Faculty Interviews series. The second interview features Yitzhak Melamed, Professor of Philosophy, discussing his life-long interest in Spinoza, Jewish-Muslim relations in Ottoman Palestine, and the importance of Islamic and Jewish philosophy.

The Program in Islamic Studies is excited to launch our new Faculty Interviews series. The first interview features Ryan Calder, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Islamic Studies. Dr. Calder discusses how he became interested in the topic of Islamic finance, the origins of Islamic ideas about banking, and his involvement with the Program in Islamic […]