Travis Zadeh
Assistant Professor of Religion
Biography
Travis Zadeh earned his B.A. from Middlebury College and his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has conducted research in Spain, Morocco, Syria, and Iran.
Education
B.A., Middlebury College
A.M. and Ph.D. Harvard University
Research
His research focuses on the role of translation in the formative stages of Islamic intellectual history, particularly in the areas of geographical writings on the wonders ('aja'ib) of the world and scriptural hermeneutics concerning the transcendental nature of the Qur’ān. Currently, he is finishing a monograph on early debates concerning the translatability of the Qur’ān, which treats the theological and juridical inquiries into the doctrine of inimitability (i'jaz) and their relationship to the rise of the Persian tafsīr tradition over the course of the tenth and twelfth centuries.
My Links
Courses: Fall 2009, Haverford
Comparative Literature
Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Religion
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Courses: Spring 2010, Haverford
Religion
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