People

Abdul Bhat

Preceptor in Urdu and Indo-Persian

Abdul Manan is a scholar of Islam, devotional literature, and material religion, specializing in Islamic discourses on poetry with a focus on the Persianate world. Urdu and Persian literature is at the heart of his teaching and research interests. At...

Edward Blankenship

eblankenshipiii@fas.harvard.edu

Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

A.M. 2014

Ariel Blavatnik

Undergrad Concentrator

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Allison Blecker

blecker@fas.harvard.edu

Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

Subfield: History and Culture of Islamic World

Ph.D. 2019

Jody Bloom

Ancient Near Eastern Studies/Archaeology

PhD Candidate

Jody is a PhD student in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, specializing in Archaeology. She holds a BA (Hons) in Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations from the University of Liverpool and an MPhil in Assyriology from the...

Salma Boukouj

Undergrad Concentrator

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Nicholas Boylston (On Leave)

boylston@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Nicholas Boylston is a scholar of classical Persian literature and Persianate Islam. His research focuses on themes of diversity and unity in the writings of Sufis, philosophers and litterateurs from the Persianate world. He is currently completing a book...

Pamela Brenner

Yiddish Studies

PhD Candidate

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Daniel Brickman

Undergraduate Concentrator (Joint with Physics)

AM

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Akeem Burgess

Ancient Near Eastern Studies/Hebrew Bible

PhD Candidate

Akeem Burgess is a Ph.D. student in Hebrew Bible in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He holds a B.A. in Biblical Literature from Oral Roberts University, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and an M.T.S. in Hebrew Bible from...

Alicia Campbell

Undergrad Concentrator

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Faris Casewit

fcasewit@fas.harvard.edu

Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

Subfield: Arabic & Islamic Studies

Ph.D. 2019

Area of research: Mystical Qur'anic exegesis, Sufi hermeneutics, 13th century, North Africa and Middle East. I was led to this unknown figure by Paul Nwyia's book "Ibn 'Ata' Allah et la Naissance de la Confrerie Shadilite" (Beirut, 1986) Thesis topic: The...