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Vika Gardner
Hampshire College
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Hampshire College
School of Cognitive Science 893 West Street
Amherst MA 01002
United States
Discipline
Media Arts
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
13th-18th Centuries
Persian
Central Asian Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Media
Pop Culture
Geographic Areas of Interest
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
Former Soviet Union
Iran
Ottoman Empire
North America
Specialties
Sufism In Central Asia, 15th And 16th Centuries
Alternative Sexual Expression In The Islamicate Wo
Internet Videos Portraying Science And Islam
Languages
English (native)
Russian (advanced)
Uzbek (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
Tajik (intermediate)
Turkish (elementary)
French (intermediate)
German (elementary)
Italian (elementary)
Latin (elementary)
Spanish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2006 | Near Eastern Studies | University of Michigan
MA | 1996 | Modern Middle East and North African Studies | University of Michigan
MA | 1996 | Russian and East European Studies | University of Michigan
BA | 1993 | History | Temple University
Abstracts
A Muslim Televangelist Preaches Science: Zakir Naik Constructs Authority through Science