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Edgar W. Francis IV
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: 715-346-3289
Dept of History and International Studies
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point1901 Fourth Avenue
Stevens Point WI 54481
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
History Of Religion
History Of Science
Islamic Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Islamic World
Maghreb
Specialties
Islamic Magic
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
German (elementary)
Hebrew (elementary)
Persian (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2005 | Islamic Stds | UCLA
CPhil | 1999 | Islamic Stds | UCLA
MA | 1994 | NE Stds | U Michigan, Ann Arbor
BA | 1991 | NE Stds | Cornell U
Abstracts
Are You A Good Witch or a Bad Witch?: Ritual Purity and Purity of Intent in Medieval Islamic Magic Shams al-Maarif: The Expansion of an Occult Sufi Text after Its Author's Death Middle Eastern History at a Rural, ¬Mid-Sized State University