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Rose Aslan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Arabic
Arab Studies
Islamic Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Medieval
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Mediterranean Countries
Iraq
Specialties
Shi'ism
Sacred Space
Ritual
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (intermediate)
Persian (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2014 | Department of Religious Studies | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MA | 2008 | Arab and Islamic Civilizations | American University in Cairo
BA | 2004 | NE & Rel Stds | U of British Columbia
Abstracts
At the Threshold of the Sacred: Nineteenth Century Persian Narratives of Pilgrimage to Najaf Art, Sufism, and Politics in Contemporary Istanbul