Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University

Shaharyar Zia works on late-medieval and early modern Islamic intellectual history. He is interested in the scholarly traditions of Firangī Maḥall, Shāh Walī Allāh, Khayrābādīs and various Sufi groups in South Asia. In trying to situate and analyze these...

• Regions: Eastern Mediterranean; Egypt; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Time periods: 14th and 15th centuries
• Themes: History of Art and Architecture; History of the Book; History of Education; History of Religion; Intellectual History; Philosophy

• Regions: Eastern Mediterranean; Eurasia; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Time Periods: 14th to 19th centuries
• Themes: Architectural History; Classical Reception; Colonialism; Environmental Humanities; History of Art and Architecture; History of the...

• Regions: Europe; Mediterranean; Middle East
• Times: 14th to 19th centuries
• Themes: Jewish Art & Visual Culture; Jewish History; History of the Book; History of Art and Architecture

Deborah B. Thompson is a PhD student studying Jewish History in...

• Region: Near East; Europe; Americas
• Time: 14th to 19th century
• Theme: Jewish History; History of the Book; Hebrew Literature; Biblical Interpretation

Research Fields: Classical and Modern...

• Region: Eastern Mediterranean; Europe; Middle East
• Time: 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century
• Theme: History of Science; Intellectual History; Philosophy
  

  
  I am a second-year PhD student in Islamic Intellectual History at Harvard’s...

• Region(s): Eastern Mediterranian; Egypt; Saudi Arabia
• Time Period(s): 13th century; 14th century; 15th century; 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): Arabic-Islamic intellectual and cultural history; Islamic theology and philosophy...