Introduction
I am an Assistant Professor in the Study of Religion with a specialization in Islamic Intellectual History of the Formative and Classical periods complemented by a scholarly interest in the modern period. I have been associated with LUMS in various teaching roles since 2010.
Selected Qualifications
Ph.D. Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, 2022
Thesis: "The Tafsīr of Sufyān al-Thawrī (d. 161/778): A study of its provenance, sources, methods, and topics."
Master of Theological Studies, Harvard University, 2009
Focus: Islamic Studies
International MA in Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies, Universitat Jaume I (Spain) and University of Innsbruck (Austria), 2007
Thesis: Religion and Peacebuilding: Nonviolence and the Use of Force in Islam
Research Interests
- Early Qur'ānic Exegesis (Tafsīr)
- Qur'ānic studies
- The Oral and the Written in Early Islam
- Text and Interpretation
- Education and Transmission of Knowledge in Early Muslim Societies
- Religion, Ethics, and Justice
- Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
- Religion and Ecology
- Sufism
Undergraduate courses
- Current courses
- SS-101: Introduction to Islamic Studies
- REL-235: Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
- REL-362/HIST-337: Qur'an and its Interpreters: Between Text and Context
- REL-363: Jihad: Religion and Warfare in the Islamic Context
- Future courses
- REL-2XX: The Sacred Nature: Religion and Ecology
- REL-3XX: The Prophetic Word: The Origins, Development, and Function of Hadith
- REL-3XX: Qur'ān in the Modern: Interpreting an Ancient Text
- Previous courses
- HIST 235: Jihad: A Social, Political, and Theological History
- HIST 236: Classical Sufism
Academic and other links
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-1257
Academia.edu: https://edinburgh.academia.edu/AurangzebHaneef
Academic blog: https://totbatot.wordpress.com/
Photography: @AurangzebH
Twitter: @AurangzebHaneef