Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

Area of research: Arabic-Islamic intellectual history from the 13th century to the 17th, especially theology and the rational sciences.

Study of Religion, Mysticism, Islamic Philosophy, Arabic Intellectual History

Thesis topic: "Travel and the Means to Victory: Urdu Travel Writing and Aspiration in Islamicate South Asia”

Ph.D. 2017

Area of research: My research focuses on the history, culture and politics of South Asia and Islamicate societies. My dissertation elucidates the heritage of contemporary feminist social movements in South Asia by examining Indian intellectual Ismat...

Ph.D. candidate

Area of research: I am a scholar with a threefold specialization in Arabic and Turkish literature, literary and cultural theory, and women’s and gender studies. My current book project, entitled Contested Heritages: Modernity and Identity Construction in...