The interdisciplinary study of Islam in its various historical, cultural and geographic expressions from the seventh century to the present. Methods include historical, text-critical, anthropological, philosophical, legal, and art historical approaches. Faculty expertise encompasses the study of the Qur’an, hadith, Islamic forms of mysticism (including Sufism), Shi’ism (both Twelver and Ismaili), philosophy, law, history of science, Islamic aesthetics (both artistic and literary), gender and Islam, Muslim diasporas and interaction with other religious traditions. The CSR has further strengths in the study of modern and contemporary Muslim societies, ritual, piety and popular practice, education and ethnography. The U of T also offers classes in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu/Hindi, and a range of other relevant languages.
Islam Faculty
Linda Northrup, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Maria Subtelny, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Walid Saleh, Centre for the Study of Religion
Anver Emon, Faculty of Law
Shafique Virani, Centre for the Study of Religion
Mohammed Fadel, Faculty of Law
Todd Lawson, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
James Reilly
Janice Boddy, Department of Anthropology
Amira Mittermaier, Centre for the Study of Religion
Karen Ruffle