معرفی
SherAli Tareen is a Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M), where he has taught since 2012. He holds a PhD from Duke University (2012). His research focuses on Muslim intellectual traditions, debates in early modern and modern South Asia, and the interaction of Islam with secularism and colonial modernity. His major works include Defending Muhammad in Modernity (2020), which won the American Institute of Pakistan Studies Book Prize, and Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship after Empire (2023), a finalist for the American Academy of Religion Book Award.
Education: PhD in Religious Studies from Duke University (2012).
Research Interests:
- Colonial and post-colonial South Asian religious thought
- Interreligious polemics and translation
- Islamic political theology and modernity
- Qur’anic exegesis and translation history
- Secularism studies and critical theory
Awards and Recognition:
- 2020 American Institute of Pakistan Studies Book Prize
- 2021 & 2024 Finalist, American Academy of Religion Book Award
- Multiple fellowships including Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship (2010-11)
Teaching: Courses include Islam in Modernity, Islamic Law, Sufism, Hindu-Muslim relations, and Religion & Secularism. He co-hosts the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast, a leading platform for scholarly dialogue in Islamic Studies.
Languages: Fluent in Arabic, Persian/Dari, Urdu, and Pashto, with advanced knowledge of Punjabi and English.
