Mr. Aurangzeb Haneef
Teaching Fellow
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Selected Qualifications:
- Ph.D. candidate, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, expected 2020. Focus: Sufyan al-Thawri (d. 778 CE) and Early Qur'anic Exegesis (Tafsir)
- MTS (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. Focus: Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.
Research Interests:
- Early Qur'anic exegesis (Tafsir)
- Qur'anic studies
- Early textual traditions in Islam
- Text and interpretation
- Education and transmission of knowledge in early Muslim societies
- Religion, justice, and ethics
- Religion, violence/conflict, and peacebuilding
- Religion and ecology
- Sufism
Undergraduate courses offered at LUMS:
- SS 101: Islamic Studies
- HIST 235: Jihad: A Social, Political, and Theological History
- HIST 236: Classical Sufism
- REL 362: Qur'an and its Interpreters: Between text and context
Academia.edu: https://edinburgh.academia.edu/AurangzebHaneef
Blog: www.totbatot.wordpress.com
Instagram: @aurangzebh