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