Mona Hassan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and International Comparative Studies and History

Contact Info:

Office Location:	118 Gray Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3531
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Teaching (Spring 2021):

• Religion 375.01, Islamic civilization i Synopsis

  Online on, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as AMES 122.01, CULANTH 256.01, HISTORY 210.01, MEDREN 268.01)

• Religion 786s.01, Islam, art, & society Synopsis

  Online on, W 10:15 AM-12:45 PM

  (also cross-listed as ARTHIST 786S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.

Princeton University

2009

Specialties:

Islam
Religion
Culture

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Hassan, M. "Poetic Memories of the Prophet’s Family: Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī’s Panegyrics for the ʿAbbasid Sultan-Caliph of Cairo al-Mustaʿīn." Journal of Islamic Studies 29:1 (January, 2018): 1-24. [doi]  [abs]
2. Hassan, M. Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History.  Princeton University Press, 2017: 408 pages. [html]  [abs]
3. Hassan, M. "Relations, Narrations, and Judgments: The Scholarly Networks and Contributions of an Early Female Muslim Jurist." Islamic Law and Society 22:4 (2015): 323-351. [15685195-00224p01]  [abs]
4. Hassan, M. "Reshaping Religious Authority in Contemporary Turkey: State-Sponsored Female Preacher." Women, Leadership and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority  (2012): 85-103. [women-leadership-and-mosques]  [abs]
5. Hassan, M. "Women at the Intersection of Turkish Politics, Religion, and Education: The Unexpected Path to Becoming a State-Sponsored Female Preacher." Comparative Islamic Studies 5:1 (2011): 111-130. [7978]  [abs]