Maria Subtelny is cross appointed from the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilization. She finished her B.A in University of Toronto and PhD in Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Subtelny has on the reasearch fields of the history and culture of medieval Islamic Iran and Central Asia; classical Persian literature, especially mystical poetry, and Sufism and comparative mysticism. Recent publications are “The Traces of the Traces: Reflections of the Garden in the Persian Mystical Imagination” (2008); Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran (2007); and “Visionary Rose: Metaphorical Interpretation of Horticultural Practice in Medieval Persian Mysticism” (2007).
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
BA (Toronto), PhD (Harvard)
4 Bancroft Avenue
tel: (416) 978-5245
email: m.subtelny@utoronto.ca
Areas of research
history and culture of medieval Islamic Iran and Central Asia, classical Persian literature, especially mystical poetry, Sufism and comparative mysticism.
Selected publications
“The Traces of the Traces: Reflections of the Garden in the Persian Mystical Imagination” (2008)
Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran (2007)
“Visionary Rose: Metaphorical Interpretation of Horticultural Practice in Medieval Persian Mysticism” (2007)