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Lara Harb is an Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director of Graduate Studies at Princeton University, affiliated with the Humanities Council. She holds a PhD in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from NYU (awarded S. A. Bonebakker Prize) and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University. Her research bridges classical Arabic literature, comparative poetics, and medieval intellectual history, focusing on the role of wonder in Arabic literary theory and cross-cultural influences between Arabic and Persian traditions.
- Education:
- PhD, New York University (2014)
- BA, Brown University (Comparative Literature)
- Awards:
- NEH Grant and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (current projects)
- Sheikh Zayed Award finalist (2020)
Her book Arabic Poetics: Aesthetic Experience in Classical Arabic Literature (2020) redefines the aesthetic paradigm of wonder in 11th-century Arabic literary theory, challenging earlier notions of truthfulness. Current projects explore mimesis and literary representation in classical Arabic texts. She teaches courses on medieval Arabic literature, the Arabian Nights, and comparative aesthetics, blending historical analysis with theoretical frameworks.
Her work integrates philosophy, Quranic studies, and cross-cultural poetics, reflecting her dual focus on textual analysis and broader intellectual histories.
