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PERSIAN 108/HDS 3045: Persian Sufi Literature

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Instructor: Nicholas Boylston In this course we will explore the major genres of classical Persian Sufi poetry and prose. In addition to examining the formation of these genres and their contexts of composition, we will pursue a range of broader questions...

HDS 3169/ISLAMCIV 146: Al-Ghazali’s Thought and Legacy

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Instructor: Mariam Sheibani Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) is known as “The Proof of Islam” and is widely considered to be the most influential philosopher, theologian, and mystic in Sunni Islam. This course will serve as an inquiry into al-Ghazālī’s...

HDS 3045/RELIGION 1804/PERSIAN 108: Persian Sufi Literature

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Instructor: Nicholas Boylston In this course we will explore the major genres of classical Persian Sufi poetry and prose. In addition to examining the formation of these genres and their contexts of composition, we will pursue a range of broader questions...

Mohsen Goudarzi

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Mohsen Goudarzi joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in July 2021, having taught previously at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). He is a scholar of religion who studies the Qur’an and early Islamic history using a variety of analytical...

HDS 3147: Islamic Modernities: A Sociological Approach

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Instructor: Francesco Piraino This course will explore the multiplicity of Islamic modernities by examining how different Islamic movements and intellectual figures approach issues such as race, gender, diversity, sexuality, and class. We will focus on...

HDS 3057: Intro to Islam Through the Prophetic Traditions

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Instructor: Yunus Kumek This course will engage in a critical reading and analysis of well-known Muslim prophetic traditions and a study of the practices of the Prophet Muhammad. Through analysis of Muslim prophetic traditions, such as “Hadith Jibril,” we...

HDS 3057: Intro to Islam through Prophetic Traditions

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Instructor: Yunus Kumek This course will engage in a critical reading and analysis of well-known Muslim prophetic traditions and a study of the practices of the Prophet Muhammad. Through analysis of Muslim prophetic traditions, such as “Hadith Jibril,” we...

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"Islamic studies has a long history at Harvard. Since the early twentieth century, Harvard has established professorships and committed resources to the study of Islam and the Muslim world. The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program brings...

Research Methods in Islamic Studies

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The Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop is a bi-annual workshop that engages graduate students and faculty active in the field of Islamic Studies around current methodological questions. Where Islamic Studies is informed by, intervenes in, and...