Th. Emil Homerin is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion & Classics at the University of Rochester, where he teaches courses on Islam, classical Arabic literature, and mysticism. Homerin received his BA with distinction and MA from the University of Illinois and completed his Ph.D. with honors at the University of Chicago. A specialist in Arabic literature and Islam, Homerin has lived and worked in Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco. Among Homerin’s many publications are From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint (2nd rev. ed., 2001), Ibn al-F?rid: Sufi Verse & Saintly Life (2001), Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind: Ibn al-F?rid and the Poetry of Recollection (2011), and two books on the woman Arab Sufi poet A’ishah al-Ba’un?yah, Emanations of Grace (2011) and The Principles of Sufism (2014). Homerin has been the recipient of grants from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has also received a number of awards including the American Association of Teachers of Arabic Translation Prize, the University of Rochester’s Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Teacher of the Year Award, and the Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Education.

Religious Studies/Theology

Islamic Studies

Mysticism/Sufi Studies

Arabic

All Middle East

Egypt

Arabic Poetry

Islamic Mysticism

Mamluk Stds

Arabic (advanced)

French (intermediate)

German (intermediate)

Persian (intermediate)