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Early modern cultural history of central and eastern Islamdom (Iran, Iraq, Anatolia, Syria); heresy; gender; conversion.

• Affiliation(s)

  • Near Eastern Studies
  • Armenian Studies Program

• Fields of Study

  • Early Modern Iran, Shi'ism, Sufism, Gender and Sexuality

• Education

  • BA Wellesley College 1981
  • MA Georgetown University 1983
  • MA Princeton University 1987
  • PHD Princeton University 1993

• Awards

  • 2011-2012 Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan
  • 2008 University of Michigan Humanities Award
  • 2006 Rackham Spring/Summer Research Grant
  • 2004 Honorable Mention, Said Sirjani Book Award, International Society for Iranian Studies
  • May 2000 Visiting Fellow, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales, Paris, France
  • 1999–2000 Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan