Kambiz GhaneaBassiri

Thomas Lamb Eliot Professor of Religion and Humanities

Email | 503-517-7435
On leave 2024-25

Islam.

BA 1994 Claremont McKenna College.
AM 1998 Harvard University.
PhD 2003 Harvard University.
Reed College 2002–.

Research Interests

Islamic social and intellectual history in the classical and modern periods
Islam in America
Material dimensions of religion
Religious diversity in US history

Courses

Rel 121 – Rise and Formation of Islam
Rel 123 – Islam in the Modern World
Rel 201 – Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion
Rel 226 – Islam in America
Rel 227 – Erasure and Location of Muslims in ‘Western’ Humanities I
Rel 327 – Erasure and Location of Muslims in ‘Western’ Humanities II
Rel 321 – Islamic Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Rel 322 – Semantics of Love in Sufism
Rel 325 – The Mosque in Islamic History
Rel 381 – Special Topics in Islamic Studies: New Trends in the Study of Islam