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Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ph.D. 1982, Yale University.
Research Interests: Medieval Islamic literature; law; theology; gender and society.
Affiliations: American Research Center in Egypt (President, 2002-), American Institute for Yemeni Studies (Treasurer, 1995- ), Executive Editorial Board, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, third edition (2001-), Editorial Board, Tabari Translation Project, 1989-; Supervisor, Cumulative Index Project (for the 38 volumes), 1999.
Selected Works:
A Computerized Listing of Biographical Data from the Yatimat al-Dahr by Tha`alibi (with introductory essay), Onomasticon Arabicum, Serie Listing 3, Malibu: Undena, 1980 (with Seeger A. Bonebakker)
Notes on Two Poetic Anthologies: Tha`alibi's Tatimma and Bakharzi's Dumya, Serie Onomasticon Arabicum, 7, Malibu: Undena, 1984 (with Seeger A. Bonebakker)
A Muslim Philosopher on the Soul and Its Fate: Al-`Amiri's Kitab al-Amad `ala l-abad, American Oriental Series, vol. 69, New Haven, 1988
The History of al-Tabari, volume XXII: The Marwanid Restoration, (annotated English translation), Albany: SUNY Press, 1989
Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature, edited by J. W. Wright Jr. and Everett K. Rowson, New York: Columbia University Press, 1997
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