Ali Karjoo-Ravary

Ali Karjoo-Ravary is the Richard W. Bulliet Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Columbia University, specializing in the intellectual, social, and visual histories of premodern Islam through Arabic, Persian, and Turkic sources. His research intersects historical writing, cosmology, Sufism, and multilingual poetry in the Islamic East (Mashriq).

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2018)
• M.A., University of Pennsylvania (2016)
• B.A., SUNY Stony Brook (2011)

His current book project, Muhammad’s Song: Politics, Performance, and Cosmology in the Fourteenth Century, examines post-Mongol Islamic monarchy through Kadi Burhaneddin's life and rule. He also explores Sufi visual iconography, science fiction's relationship to religion, and architecture's role in evolving Islamic discourses.

Scientific Awards and Fellowships:

• Bard Graduate Center Visiting Fellow (Fall 2020)
• Wolf Humanities Center Graduate Research Fellow (2016-2017)