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Jeremy Farrell
Leiden University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
ABOUT
Academic interests: group- and social movement formation, 9th-11th century Sufi literature, modes of expressing criticism in Arabic literature, network theory and analysis, and Islamic asceticism.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Islamic Studies
Specialties
The Works Of Jaʾfar Al-Khuldī
The Formation Of Religious Movements In Early Islam, Early Sufi Literature, Arabic Literature, Computational History
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Persian (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2021 | Islamic Civilizations Studies | Emory University
MA | 2012 | Near Eastern Languages and Cultures | University of California Los Angeles
Abstracts
Reconstructing Early Sufi Biography: Evidence from al-Iṣfahānī's (d. 430/1038) Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ Isnad-based Analysis of the Emergence of Sufism: A Network Approach Measuring Leadership: A Network Analysis of Prominent Early Sufis (9th-10th cents. C.E.) When Did Sufis ally with Shafi?is? A Network Analysis of Multiple Prosopographical Traditions A Topic-Model of the Sufi Doctrines of Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd (d. 910–11 CE)