Junaid Quadri

Junaid Quadri is an Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies in History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also directs the Program in Religious Studies. His expertise lies in Middle Eastern civilizations, Islamic intellectual history, colonialism, and religious studies. He holds a PhD from McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies.

Education:

• PhD in Islamic Studies, McGill University

Research Interests:
Quadri focuses on Islamic legal thought in modernity, colonial-era transformations of Islamic law, and the intersection of virtue ethics with Islamic jurisprudence. His work examines scholars like Muhammad Bakhit al-Mutiʿi and explores how colonial modernity reshaped concepts of religious authority and secularism.

Publications:
His book Transformations of Tradition (Oxford UP, 2021) analyzes colonial impacts on Islamic legal discourses. Recent articles include explorations of moral habituation within Sharīʿa frameworks.

Awards:

• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Grant
• American Center for Oriental Research Fellowship
• American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Fellowship

Advising & Grants:
While no advisees are listed, Quadri has held multiple prestigious fellowships supporting his research. He taught at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (2014–2015).

Labs/Teams:
Not specified in text; focuses on individual and collaborative scholarly projects.