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Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities
University of Pennsylvania
Jamal J. Elias, PhD
I am the Director of the Wolf Humanities Center and Director of the Penn Forum for Global Islamic Studies. I specialize in the history, literature and visual culture of the Islamic World
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities
University of Pennsylvania
Jason Varney Photography
Jason Varney Photography
Publications
My latest book, After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World, is forthcoming from Harvard University Press in September 2025. I also have an edited volume coming out in early 2026 from University of Pennsylvania Press entitled What Makes Islamic Literature Islamic? For my other writings, click on the Publications and Articles tabs.
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