Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
Thomas Lamb Eliot Professor of Religion and Humanities
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On leave 2024-25
Islam.
BA 1994 Claremont McKenna College.
AM 1998 Harvard University.
PhD 2003 Harvard University.
¿ì²¥µ¼º½ 2002–.
Research Interests
Islamic social and intellectual history in the classical and modern periods
Islam in America
Material dimensions of religion
Religious diversity in US history
Courses
Rel 121 – Rise and Formation of Islam
Rel 123 – Islam in the Modern World
Rel 201 – Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion
Rel 226 – Islam in America
Rel 227 – Erasure and Location of Muslims in ‘Western’ Humanities I
Rel 327 – Erasure and Location of Muslims in ‘Western’ Humanities II
Rel 321 – Islamic Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Rel 322 – Semantics of Love in Sufism
Rel 325 – The Mosque in Islamic History
Rel 381 – Special Topics in Islamic Studies: New Trends in the Study of Islam