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...
Area of research: Assyriology and Digital Humanities. I spent an academic year as a traveling fellow in Copenhagen, where I was able to work with the leading specialists in Old Assyrian studies. My research project is inspired by this collaboration with...
Area of research: Mamluk-Era Medical and Ethical Literature
Joseph works on Islamic religious sciences, medical ethics and self-care, studying how these disciplines informed and were informed by the socialization and devotional identities of ulema in...
My current work is the thought of Jacob Taubes (1923-1987), who is chiefly remembered today for his posthumous book The Political Theology of Paul, a political interpretation of the antinomian theology of Paul the Apostle. In this work, Taubes argues...
Area of research: Hebrew Bible, Assyriology, Northwest Semitic Philology.
My current area of research originates from the combination of childhood love for languages and history in general and my undergraduate major in China, Hebrew language and Jewish...
