Ali Karjoo-Ravary

Ali Karjoo-Ravary is the Richard W. Bulliet Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Columbia University's History Department. Previously, he held the Josephine Hildreth Detmer & Zareen Taj Mirza Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies position at Bucknell University. He earned his PhD in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also completed his MA. His undergraduate degree (B.A., summa cum laude) was from SUNY Stony Brook.

His research focuses on transregional intellectual and social histories of the premodern Islamic world, emphasizing language, material culture, Sufism, and Islamic Law. Current projects include The Alchemy of Kingship: Politics and Cosmology in the Islamic East, exploring 14th-16th century dynamics, and studies on medieval Sufi iconography, science fiction's intersection with religion, and the role of architecture and print culture in religious evolution.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided texts. His advising record remains unspecified at this time.