Faculty

Mahan Mirza

Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies

Degrees

B.S., University of Texas at Austin; M.A. Hartford Seminary; M.A., Yale University; M.Phil., Yale University; Ph.D. Yale University

Research Profile

Mahan Mirza completed his Ph.D. dissertation on the relationship between "reason and revelation" in the works of the Muslim polymath al-Biruni (d. 1048). He comes to Notre Dame with a broad preparation in the study of Islam and two years of teaching experience at California State University, Chico. He will be teaching courses in Arabic language and classical Islam, and hopes to be an active affiliate with the Kroc Insitute for International Peace Studies.