Walid A. Saleh

Walid A. Saleh is a Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto, holding appointments in both the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations department and the Department for the Study of Religion. His scholarship focuses on the Qur’an, Quranic exegesis (Tafsir), Islamic apocalyptic literature, and Biblical reception in Islam.

• PhD from Yale University (2001)
• Recipient of Mellon New Directions Fellowship (2014) and Konrad Adenauer Fellow (2017)
• Editor of the Routledge Qur’an Series

His research analyzes Quranic chronology, manuscript traditions, and Islamic intellectual history. Recent publications examine periodization in Sunni tafsir, late Ottoman book culture, and the reception of al-Bayḍāwī's Anwar al-tanzīl. Articles explore topics from Quranic death narratives to medieval Islamic cosmology.

• Key article themes: Quranic identity formation, Islamic manuscript studies, exegetical methodology

He has edited critical texts like al-Biqa`i's Bible treatise and serves on editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and Journal of Qur'anic Studies. His teaching includes advanced courses in Arabic paleography and Quranic hermeneutics.