YOUSEF ALEXANDER CASEWIT [email protected] The University of Chicago Divinity School Swift Hall 225 1025 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 +1 312 483 7430

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 7/2016 - present Assistant Professor of Qur’anic Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School

8/2015 - 5/2016 Humanities Research Fellow, New York University Abu Dhabi 2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor of Arabic Medieval Intellectual Heritage and Culture, Arabic and Translation Studies Department, American University of Sharjah

EDUCATION Ph.D. Yale University, Religious Studies Department 2014 Program: Islamic Studies (high distinction) Thesis: The Forgotten Mystic: Ibn Barrajān and the Andalusian Muʿtabirūn M.Phil Master of Philosophy, Yale University 2012 Religious Studies Department Program: Islamic Studies (high distinction) Concentrations: Islamic Religious History Islamic Religious Thought Scripture & Tradition M.A. Master of Arts, Yale University 2012 Religious Studies Department Program: Islamic Studies (high distinction) B.A. G eorge Washington University, 2002-2006 Major: International Affairs (cum laude) Middle East Studies Latin American Studies Minor: Religion I.B. Rabat American School, International Baccalaureate 1998-2002 Language of Instruction: English and Arabic

RESEARCH INTERESTS Qurʾānic Studies; Islamic mysticism, theology, and philosophy; Qurʾānic exegesis,

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scriptural reasoning, Divine names in Islamic thought, Muslim perceptions of the Bible

LANGUAGES Arabic: Native speaking, reading, and writing fluency in Classical Arabic & Modern Standard (MSA) Native speaking fluency in Moroccan Colloquial Arabic (dārija) Advanced speaking fluency in Levantine Colloquial Arabic ('āmmiyya) French: Advanced reading, speaking, and writing fluency Spanish: Advanced reading, speaking, and writing fluency in Modern Spanish Basic reading fluency in Medieval Spanish Persian: Basic Reading competence German: Basic Reading competence

BOOKS

The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajān and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century, with Cambridge University Press (Studies in Islamic Civilization, April 2016). Winner of the Iran World Book Award of the Year (2019).

A Qurʾān Commentary by Ibn Barrajān of Seville (d. 536/1141): Wisdom Deciphered, the Unseen Discovered - Ῑḍāḥ al-Ḥikma bi-ʾAḥkām al-ʿIbra, co-edited with Gerhard Böwering, Brill, Tafsir Qurʾānic Studies Series (Oct. 2015). http://www.brill.com/products/reference-work/quran-commentary-ibn-barrajan-seville-d- 5361141

Articles

“Shushtarī’s Treatise On the Limits of Theology and Sufism: Discursive Knowledge (ʿilm), Direct Recognition (maʿrifa), and Mystical Realization (taḥqīq) in al-Risāla al- Quṣāriyya.” In Religions, Special Issue: “Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval Spain,” (published May 2020).

“Ghazālī’s Virtue Ethical Theory of the Divine Names: The Theological Underpinnings of al- Maqṣad al-asnā.” In Journal of Islamic Ethics, Special Issue on Futuwwa edited by Cyrus Zargar (under review).

“Transmission (naql) and Realization (taḥqīq) of Tradition: Reflections on the Muʿtabirūn of al-Andalus,” Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College, forthcoming.

“The Treatise on the Ascension (al-Risāla l-miʿrājiyya): Cosmology and Time in the Writings of Abu l-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī (d. 668/1269)” (20,000 words) forthcoming in Bowering’s Festschrift, Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Böwering, Brill, 2019.

“Tadabbur āyat Allāh bayn al-khalq waʾl-ḥaqq,” Jawhar al-Islam: Thaqāfiyya Islāmiyya

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Jāmiʿa, Tunis, 1440/2018, pp. 49-57.

“A Muslim Scholar of the Bible: Biblical Proof-Texts for Qurʾānic Teachings in the Works of Ibn Barrajān (d. 536/1141),” Journal of Qurʾānic Studies, No. 18.1 (Feb. 2016) pp. 1-48.

“A Reconsideration of the Life and Works of Ibn Barrajān,” al-Abhath, No. 60-61 (2012- 2013) pp. 111-142.

“The Objective of Metaphysics in Ibn Sabʿīn's Answers to the Sicilian Questions,” Iqbal Review, Pakistan, April 2008, pp. 99-120.

Encyclopedia Entries: “Zahiris,” The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, ed. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin J. Stewart, Muhammad Qasim Zaman Princeton: Princeton UP, 2012.

Translations Shaʿrawī’s Modern Qurʾān Commentary on Suras 12 & 13 (Yūsuf & al-Raʿd), Dar al-Shurūk: Cairo, 2009.

Miscellaneous “Christian [Missionary] Rock in Morocco,” Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Middle East Program Newsletter, Vol. III, Number 6. Washington DC, June 2005.

Book Reviews The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra, Mohammed Rustom, State University of New York Press, 2012 (Islam and Christian Muslim Relations)

Books and Articles in Progress In the Names of God: A Mystical-Philosophical Commentary on the Divine Names by ʿAfīf al-Dīn al- Tilimsānī (d. 1291), An Analytical Study, Critical Arabic Edition, and English Translation for the Library of Arabic Literature, NYU Press.

The Foundations of the Path (K. al-Qawānīn): A Study, Edition, and Translation of Ibn al- Marʾa’s (d. 1214) commentary on Ibn al-ʿArīf’s (d. 1136) Splendors of the Mystical Gatherings (Maḥāsin al-Majālis).

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“The Names of the Prophet: Metaphysical Approaches to Understanding the Life of Muhammad,” Annual Milad-un-Nabi Lecture, Ismaili Center, Toronto. November 16th, 2019.

“In the Names of God: Approaching the Asmāʾ Allāh al-Ḥusnā Genre in Islam,” Annual Wilfrid Laurier University Keynote Series, November 17th 2019. 3

“The Revival of Sufism: Current Directions in Contemporary Islam,” Al-Ghazali Annual Lecture, Elmhurst College, September 23rd, 2019.

“Transmitted Tradition and Realized Knowledge,” The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) & The Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Annual Muslim- Catholic Event, Villa Park, I, May 21st, 2019.

“Contemplating the Signs of God between the Real and the Created: A Lecture on the thought of Ibn Barrajān d. 1141” (Tadabbur āyāt Allāh bayn al-ḥaqq waʾl-khalq), Nationally televised Royal Lecture in Honor of King Hassan II (Dars Ḥasanī) delivered in classical Arabic before his Majesty Mohamed VI in the Royal Palace, Rabat Morocco, June 8th, 2018. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k54UaAGDo5k

INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

“The Influence of the Shādhilī Sufi Order in North America,” presented in Arabic at the First World Forum on Sufism (al-Muntadā al-ʿālamī al-awwal liʾl-taṣawwuf), Morocco, Chefchaouen, April 18-21, 2019.

As member of ISESCO’s “Supreme Council of Education, Science and Culture for Muslims outside the Islamic World,” I was invited to participate in the drafting of the ten-year executive Program for Islamic Educational and Cultural Institutions outside the Islamic world at a conference, organized by ISESCO and The Islamic Organization for Latin America & the Caribbean, entitled Islamic Cultural Action in the West towards Development and Co-Existence Consolidation, Santiago, Chile, Oct. 29-31, 2018.

“Ghazālī on the Beautiful Names of God,” in Al-Ghazālī: The Major (Mature) Works, New York University Abu Dhabi, hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, UAE, Dec. 10-11, 2017.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Biblical Proof-Texts in the Qurʾānic Exegesis of Ibn Barrajān of Seville (d. 536/1141),” Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) / International Qurʾanic Studies Association (IQSA), Biblia Arabica: The Bible in Arabic among Jews, Christians, and Muslims; Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, Nov. 21st, 2015.

“What Ambiguity?: Ibn Barrajān’s (d. 536/1141) Treatment of the Muḥkamāt and Mutashābihāt,” American Academy of Religion (AAR), Qur’an Group, Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, Nov. 23rd 2015.

“Filling the Qurʾānic Gaps: Citations of Genesis and Matthew in the Works of Ibn Barrajān (d. 536/1141),” Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Qur’an and Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, Nov. 24, 2015.

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“Ibn Barrajān and the Andalusian Muʿtabirūn,” Utrecht University, The Aesthetics of Crossing: Experiencing the Beyond in Abrahamic Traditions (International Conference), March 20th, 2015.

“Ibn Barrajān and the Tradition of Iʿtibār in al-Andalus,” American Oriental Society (AOS), Annual Meeting, Portland OR, March 2013.

“Natural Phenomena as Gateways into the Celestial Realm: The Sufi Tafsīr of Ibn Barrajān,” Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 2012.

“Cosmological Doctrines of Ibn Barrajān,” American Academy of Religion (AAR), Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, November 2012.

“Religion, Politics and Economics: Developing a Consensus Paradigm,” panel discussant for the Association of Muslim Social Sciences' (AMSS) 41st annual conference: Religious Dimensions of Democratization Processes in Muslim-Majority Nations, Yale Divinity School, September 29th, 2012.

FACULTY COLLOQUIA

“Ghazālī’s Virtue Ethical Theory of the Divine Names,” presented at the Divinity School Faculty Retreat, January 24th, 2019.

Dean’s Forum: response and discussion of my book The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajān and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2017), with response by Professor James T. Robinson, University of Chicago Divinity School, May 1st, 2019.

“Muslim understandings of human Vulnerability as Liability and Possibility: Religious and Professional Explorations,” March 3rd workshop, “Religious Dimensions of Healthcare,” University of Chicago, March 2-3, 2019. (with Professors Andrea Bieler and Cynthia Lindner on the panel)

“Religious Persecution during the Late Meccan Period,” Panel on “Religious Prejudice and Persecution” for the Divinity School Council and the Martin Marty board, February 12, 2019.

“The Beginnings of a Mystical Discourse in al-Andalus,” American University of Sharjah, Arabic and Translation Studies Department Research Seminar, December 10th, 2014.

“Ibn Barrajān and the Indigenous Mystico-Philosophical Tradition of al-Andalus,” Yale University, Yale Arabic Colloquium, December 4th, 2013.

“Beyond Maraboutism & Neo-Sufism in West Africa: Reconsidering Mauritanian

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Scholarship in Light of its 16th-19th Century Curricular Creeds,” Ifriqiyya Faculty Colloquium, Sponsored by the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asia, and African Studies (MESAAS), Columbia University, February 7th, 2013.

INVITED GUEST LECTURES

“God is His Own Proof: The Quest for Certainty in Islamic Mysticism, Theology, and Philosophy,” Oxford University, UK; Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Trinity Term 2019, June 19, 2019.

“Defining ‘Good’ Islamic Scholarship: Challenges to the Field of Islamic Studies”, March 13th, 2019. (Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion, DVSC 51000, Co- Taught by Professors Dwight Hopkins, Willemien Otten).

“Transmitted Tradition (naql) and Realized Knowledge (taḥqīq),” Introduction to the Study of Religion, DVSC 30400, taught by Professor Ryan Coyne. November 7th, 2018.

Tadabbur āyāt Allāh bayn al-ḥaqq waʾl-khalq, (Contemplating the Signs of God between the Real and the Created: A Lecture on the thought of Ibn Barrajān d. 1141), Nationally televised Dars Ḥasanī Lecture in the Royal Palace, Rabat Morocco, June 8th, 2018. Link http://www.habous.gov.ma/tv/2018/7172-2015-07-20-09-13-72.html

“Islamic Spiritual Psychology,” a lecture in Cynthia Lindner’s course, Ministry Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School, Jan. 12th, 2018.

“Prophetic Love Literature,” A Public Lecture at the American Islamic College, Nov. 28th, 2017.

“What is the Soul (nafs)?,” Lecture in Classical Arabic for The Arabic Circle (al-Nadwa al- ʿArabiyya) at NELC, University of Chicago, Nov. 3rd, 2017.

“Graduate Workshop on the Science of the Letters in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn Barrajān, and Ibn ʿArabī” University of Chicago Divinity School, Professor James Robinson’s Seminar on the Science of the Letters, January 31st, 2017; February 7th, 2017.

“Divine Names and Prophetic Attributes: an interactive engagement of Islamic theology and ethics,” Benedictine University, American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM Summer Program), July 29th, 2017.

“The Names of the Prophet: A Metaphysical Approach to Understanding the Life of Muḥammad,” Islamic World Studies Lecture, Loyola University, April 5th, 2017.

“In the Names of God: Approaching the Asmāʾ Allāh al-Ḥusnā Genre in Islam,” A Public Lecture at the American Islamic College, January 25th, 2017. 6

“The Hermeneutics of Certainty in Ibn Barrajān’s Quran Commentary Īḍāḥ al-ḥikma,” A Public Lecture at The University of Chicago Divinity School, January 28th, 2016.

“The Epistemological Hegemony of the Quran in the Writings of Ibn Barrajān,” Graduate Seminar Lecture at The University of Chicago Divinity School, January 29th, 2016.

“Muslim Readings of the Bible in al-Andalus,” A Research Presentation at The College of William and Mary, Religious Studies Department, January 27th, 2016.

“Introduction to the Sources of Authority in Islam: Quran and Hadith,” The College of William and Mary, Rebecca Hernandez’s Women in Islam, January 26th, 2016.

“Islamic Responses to Modernity: Salafism and Wahhābism,” Yale University, Gerhard Bowering’s The Religion of Islam, November 19th, 2013. “The Arabic Translation of the Latin Vulgate in al-Andalus,” Yale University, Stephen Davis’ Arabic Bible and Biblical Interpretation Seminar: Genesis 1-2, Text and Commentary, November 18th, 2013. “Divine Unity and Justice in Muʿtazilite Theology,” Yale University, Frank Griffel’s Introduction to Islamic Theology and Philosophy, September 26th, 2013. “The History and Approach to Islamic Learning in Madrasas of West Africa,” Yale University, Gerhard Bowering’s The Religion of Islam, September 5th, 2013. “State-Jurist Entente in Almoravid Spain,” Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, Gerhard Bowering’s The Golden Age of Islam, February 14th, 2013. “The Efflorescence of Sufism in Muslim Spain: A Case for Ibn Barrajān as the al-Ghazālī of Andalusia,” Ifriqiyya Lecture Series, Columbia University, February 6th, 2013.

“The Ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Presentation at the Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, Frank Griffel’s Islam Today: Jihad and Fundamentalism course, September 9th, 2012.

“An American Muslim Leader: Plemon al-Amin,” Critical Islamic Reflections (CIR), Yale University, April, 2009.

“The Delicate Balance between Tradition and Modernity in Morocco,” Qalam wa-Lawḥ Center for Arabic Studies, Rabat, May 15th 2008.

“The Medina of Fes as an Embodiment of Classical Islamic Ethos,” Arabic Language Institute of Fez (ALIF), Fez, Dartmouth College Summer Abroad Program, May 2008.

“An overview of Sufism in Morocco,” Qalam wa-Lawḥ Center for Arabic Studies, Rabat, June 30th, 2008.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Qurʾānic Studies (2016-present), University of Chicago, Divinity School.

Recent Courses at the University of Chicago:

Islamic Thought in Morocco - Winter 20 (Middle Eastern Civilizations - 2, Study Abroad, Rabat) Major Trends in Islamic Mysticism - Autumn 19 (Signature Undergraduate Lecture Course) Introduction to Islamic Theology - Spring 19 (Undergraduate Lecture Course) Sufism in al-Andalus - Spring 19 (Graduate Seminar) Introduction to the Qur’an - Winter 19 (Undergraduate Lecture Course) Divine Names in Islamic Thought - Winter 19 (Graduate Seminar) Contemporary Arabic Scholarship on the Qur’an - Spring 18 (Graduate Seminar) Islamic Thought in Morocco - Winter 18 (Undergraduate Course) The Muhammadan Reality - Autumn 17 (Graduate Seminar) Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Studies - Spring 17 (Graduate Course) Seminar on ‘Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani - Spring 17 (Graduate Seminar) What is a Madrasa Education? - Winter 17 (Graduate & Undergraduate Course) Arabic Manuscript Editorial Techniques and Textual Criticism - Autumn 17 (Graduate Course)

Humanities Research Fellow (2015-2016), New York University Abu Dhabi: one-year research position awarded to complete book on Andalusian intellectual history.

Assistant Professor (2013-2015), Medieval Arabic Heritage and Culture, Arabic and Translation Studies Department, American University of Sharjah (UAE): M.A. Theses Examiner; Survey courses of Arabic literature and heritage (i.e., scientific, and intellectual writings in Arabic during the pre-modern period).

Adjunct Professor, Islam and the West, Religious Studies Department, Yale University: Survey course of the key historical points of contact exchange and contention between Islam, Christendom and Judaism from the early medieval period to the present. (Yale Summer Session, 2014).

Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Islam, Religious Studies Department, Fairfield University: Survey course of the Islamic tradition, religious beliefs and practices from the origins of the revelation to present times with a special emphasis on history, institutions, scripture, law, theology, mysticism, sectarianism. (Spring, 2014).

Adjunct Professor, Contemporary Approaches to Islam, New York University (Wagner): Islamic jurisprudence, juridical reasoning, with an emphasis on sharīʿa law in the modern world. (informally approved, pending final administrative agreement, Spring 2014). 8

Teaching Fellow, Islamic Theology and Philosophy, Religious Studies Department, Yale University: Grading, essay guidelines, and weekly discussion sections on medieval Islamic intellectual traditions. (Frank Griffel, Fall 2013).

Teaching Fellow, Islam Today: Jihad and Fundamentalism, Religious Studies Department, Yale University: Grading, essay guidelines, and weekly discussion sections on Islam in the 20th century, the emergence of fundamentalism, confrontation with the West, intellectual figures of the Muslim fundamentalist movement, Arab Spring. (Frank Griffel, Fall 2012).

Course Advisor, Women and Islam, online course, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University (Canada): Designing course syllabi and guidelines on Muslim women's studies, social, political, cultural and religious dynamics of Muslim women, Muslim feminism, historical and contemporary debates regarding the nature of Islamic womanhood. (Dr. Maliha Chishti, Summer 2012)

Instructor, Islam, Religious Studies Department at State University of New York, (Stony Brook): Survey course of the Islamic tradition, religious beliefs and practices from the origins of the revelation to present times with a special emphasis on history, institutions, scripture, law, theology, mysticism, sectarianism. (Spring 2012)

Instructor, Senior Seminar on Death and the Afterlife in the Abrahamic & Eastern Religions, Religious Studies Department at State University of New York (Stony Brook), NY: broad survey of death and the afterlife in Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism, discussion of student presentations. (Spring 2012)

Teaching Fellow, The Religion of Islam, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University: weekly discussion sections on the historical development of law, theology, mysticism, philosophy, and sectarianism in Islam (Gerhard Bowering, Fall 2011)

ESL Teacher, American Language Center of Marrakech, Morocco, (Fall 2007).

HONORS, AWARDS, & FELLOWSHIPS

The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajān and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century was awarded the Twenty-Sixth World Award for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, best new work in the field Islamic Studies, Feb. 5th, 2019.

Tadabbur āyāt Allāh bayn al-ḥaqq waʾl-khalq, (Contemplating the Signs of God between the Real and the Created: A Lecture on the thought of Ibn Barrajān d. 1141), Nationally televised Dars Ḥasanī Lecture in the Royal Palace, Rabat Morocco, June 8th, 2018. Link http://www.habous.gov.ma/tv/2018/7172-2015-07-20-09-13-72.html

NYUAD Humanities Research Fellow 2015-2016 MacMillan Doctoral Fellowship 2011-2012 9

Yale Graduate School Fellowship 2008-2012 American Institute of Maghrib Studies Fellowship 2010-2011 (Multi-Country Manuscript Research Grant: Turkey, Morocco, Mauritania) Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa 2010 (summer) (Manuscript research, Mauritania) Foreign Language and Area Studies Award 2009 (summer) (FLAS, Damascus, Classical Arabic training) Dean's Honor List (GWU) Fa. 2005, Sp. 2006 Graduated with Cum Laude distinction from the Elliott 2006 School of International Affairs, GWU Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies/Theology 2006- present

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Ph.D. Advisees & Dissertation Committee Members (for Divinity School, NELC, SALC, CST):

Elizabeth Anne Sartell (Divinity School), “Mystical Philosophy: Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Lettrist Cosmogony,” Chaired by Michael Sells, with Sarah Stroumsa, James Robinson and Yousef Casewit as dissertation committee readers.

Ahmed Arafat, (Divinity School), “Continuity in the Literary Structure of the Quranic Text: Revisiting the Classical Arabic Tradition,” Chaired by Michael Sells; members Tahera Qutbuddin, Yousef Casewit.

Daniel Morgan (South Asian Languages and Civilizations), “Mysticism, manuscripts, and ‘magic’ in late Mughal Delhi: Shāh Walī Allāh (1703-1762) and his Legacy,” chaired by Muzaffar Alam, members: Thibaut d’Hubert, Yousef Casewit.

Daniel Walting (Committee on Social Thought), “The Dearest Desire: Philosophy and Islam in The Book of Ibn Tūmart,” Chaired by David Nirenberg.

Kyle Wynter-Stoner (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations), Chaired by Ahmed el Shamsy, Committee members: Konrad Hirschler of Freie University in Berlin, and Yousef Casewit.

Izzet Coban (Divinity School), “The Dialectic of Nonbeing: Language, Ontology, and Cosmology in the 9th-14th Century Islamic World,” Committee members: James Robinson, Yousef Casewit, Chaired by Michael Sells.

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M.Div Senior Ministry Theses:

- Mentoring and supervising two Muslim MDiv students, Catherine Bridges-Lyman and Maher Alhaj (thesis entitled: On the Halalizing of Queer Sexualizing: Between Neoliberalism and Ahl as-Sunna wal-Jamāʿah at the Onset of the twenty-First Century).

Undergraduate Thesis:

Saloni Jaiswal, “The Notion of Tawḥīd Accordig to Abū l-Qāsim b. Muḥammad al-Junayd in Rasāʾil al-Junayd: The Relationship Between Human and Divine Attributes in Attaining Tawḥīd,” submitted May 4th, 2020.

REFEREE SERVICE

Edinburgh University Press Bill Journal of Religion Arabica

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Supreme Council of Education, Science and Culture for Muslims outside the Islamic World, ISESCO. American Academy of Religion (AAR) American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) Middle East Studies Association (MESA) American Oriental Society (AOS) International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA)

COMMITTEES

Fons Vitae Advisory Board (New Generation of Scholars) Critical Islamic Reflections Academic Committee at Yale University (CIR)

American University of Sharjah Committees: CAS Excellence in Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences - Academic year 2014-2015 ATS Research Committee - Academic year 2014-2015

Postdoctoral Council Member (2015-2016), New York University Abu Dhabi.

Humanities Research Fellowship Selection Committee Advisor, New York University Abu Dhabi

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Editorial Board member, International Journal of Islam, published by Benedictine University (2017 onward).

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