Position Title
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
Position Title
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
903 Sproul Hall or https://ucdavis.zoom.us/my/syedvirtualoffice
Bio
Current Projects: Hadith (early Islamic narratives) and the social network that preserved and disseminated them in premodern Islam
Education and Degree(s)
- M.A., Ph.D. in Religion, Princeton University
- B.A. in Business, University of Texas at Austin
Honors and Awards
- Fulbright Fellow (2014)
- College of Letters and Science Fellow (2020-2023)
Courses
- Religion and Law (RST 1H)
- The Qur'an (RST 65C)
- Introduction to Islam (RST 60)
- Introduction to Islamic Thought (RST 160)
- Introduction to Islamic Law (RST 162)
- Foundational Theories of Religion (RST 200B)
- Early Medieval Culture (MST 20A)
Research Interests & Expertise
- Islamic law, Early Islamic History, Hadith literature, Islamic Ethics, Ethical Theory, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic Intellectual History, Legal Theory, Legal History, Law and Society, Moral Philosophy, Social Theory, Gender