Aisha Y. Musa
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Education:
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Doctor of Philosophy: Arabic/Islamic Studies,
June 2004
Portland State
University Portland,
OR
Master of Arts in
Teaching:
General Arts & Letters: Arabic & Applied Linguistics, August 1992
Foreign Language and
Area Studies Fellow, 1991-1992
Portland State
University Portland,
OR
Bachelor of Arts: International Studies,
1990
Certificate: Middle East Studies, 1990
Publications:
Books:
Hadith as Scripture:
Discussions on the Authority of Prophetic Traditions in Islam, Palgrave-Macmillian,
2008
Articles:
"Al-Shafi'i, the
Hadith, and the Concept of Duality of Revelation," Islamic Studies,
vol. 46, issue no.2, (2007) 163-215.
Encyclopedia Entries:
"Incest in
Islam," in The Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions. Edited by
Yudit Greenberg. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
"Islam and
Violence," In The Encyclopedia of Reliigon and Violence. Jeffrey
Ian Ross. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (in press).
"Teachers in
Islam," in The Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions. Edited by
Yudit Greenberg. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
Works in Progress:
Books:
Recording Knowledge: A
Critical Translation of al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's Taqyid al-'Ilm (in progress)
Book Chapters:
"
....A Thousand Years, Less Fifty: Toward a Quranic View of Extreme
Longevity," in Religion and the
Implications of Radical Life Extension. Edited by Calvin Mercer.
Palgrave-MacMillian, 2009 (under review).
Articles:
“Fight
in the way of God those who fight you, but do not aggress…: Principles of
Just War according to the Qur’an” (in progress).
“Jizya:
Toward a Contemporary Understanding of a Historically Problematic Term” (in
progress).
“We
have made you nations and tribes...: A Qur'anically Based Vision of
Multiculturalism and Inter-Religious Relations” (in progress)
"By the Pen:
The Qur'anic Concept of Written Knowledge" (in progress)
Department
of Religious Studies
8/2004-Present
Assistant Professor
Islamic Studies
Developing
and teaching courses for undergraduate and graduate students.
Current
Courses taught:
Islamic Faith &
Society
introduces students to the historical development and ideological foundations
of Islam and to the basic beliefs and practices of Muslims from the time of
Muhammad to the present. (offered for
undergraduates)
Interpreting the Qur’an:
Gender & Jihad
introduces
students to the history, interpretation and translation of the Quran through a
close examination of passages relating to issues of gender and jihad. (offered
for graduates and undergraduates)
By the Snorting Chargers: Muslim Ideas of War, a
Perspective for National Security acquaints students with the history and development
of Islamic laws of war and Muslim concepts of just and unjust war in order to
provide a framework in which to better understand and address contemporary
events. (offered for graduates and undergraduates)
Women in Islam provides students with
a deeper understanding of the position of women in Islam through an examination
of the teachings of the Qur'an, looking at both traditional interpretation and
the contemporary reinterpretation. The
primary texts for the course are the Qur'an and current writings by Muslim
women. (offered for undergraduates)
Hadith: Voice of the
Prophet
familiarizes students with the position and history of Prophetic Traditions
(Hadith) in Islam and with classical Islamic and Western Hadith studies.
(offered for graduates and undergraduates)
Classical Arabic covers the grammar and
vocabulary necessary for developing the ability to read classical texts.
(offered for graduates)
Religion: Analysis and
Interpretation
introduces students to the academic study of religion and to the basic beliefs
and practices of a number of world religions. (offered for undergraduates)
University
of Miami
9/2004-Present
Affliated Faculty Miami, FL
Master of Arts in International
Administration Program
Co-teaching
INS 513 Information and Communication in International Relations: Culture
and Religion, an overview the world religions and cultures as a backdrop of
effective communication for international professionals. The study of
comparative religions and cultures will make students aware of special
challenges in international and intercultural communication, and the role of
mass media in international relations.
Boston University Boston, MA
College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program
9/2001-12/2001
Lecturer
WR 100 Writing Seminar:
Heritage of the Near East
Teaching writing in a
seminar format designed to help students read challenging works with
comprehension and critical discernment, write about them with integrity,
persuasiveness, and a lively sense of style, and speak their mind with the
degree of eloquence appropriate to the occasion
Harvard University Cambridge,
MA
Teaching Fellow
Elementary Modern
Standard Arabic
Teaching reading,
writing, speaking and listening to undergraduate and graduate students
Harvard University Cambridge,
MA
9/1997-6/1998
Teaching Fellow
Intermediate Classical
Arabic
Teaching grammar and
reading to undergraduate and graduate students
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
9/1996-2/1997
Teaching Fellow
Intermediate Classical
Arabic
Teaching grammar and
reading to undergraduate and graduate students
Master’s Thesis
Supervision
As Chair:
Viviana Moreno.
"Neo-Traditionalism As A Response To Globalization Processes Among Young
Educated Muslims In Northern Africa." M.A. Department of Religious
Studies, FIU. (completed October 2005)
Alex Albert. "Jesus
in Islam." M.A., Department of Religious Studies, FIU (December, 2008,
projected).
As Reader:
Iyad Awadallah.
"Islam, Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights." M.A. International Relations Department, FIU (completed March,
2006).
Ahmad Muttaqin.
"The Christianization and Islamization Discourses in Modern
Indonesia: A Struggle for Representing
Power." M.A. Department of Religious Studies, FIU (completed July, 2005).
Shamsul Maarif.
"Indigenous Strategy for Religion-Cultural Survival: The Ammatoa of
Sulawesi, Indonesia." M.A.
Department of Religious Studies, FIU (completed June, 2005).
Doctoral Advising
Member of Doctoral
Committee:
Gonul Tol. "A
Comparative Study of Islamist Movements among Turks Residing in Germany and the
Netherlands." Department of Political Science, FIU (completed July, 2008).
Alla Mirzoyan.
“Armenia’s Foreign Policy, 1991-2004: Between History and Geopolitics.”
Department of International Relations. (completed November, 2007).
Patricia Salahuddin.
"Character Education in a Muslim School: A Case Study of One School’s
Curriculum." College of Education, Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, FIU (December, 2008, projected).
Presentations:
Baku International
Forum: Baku, Azerbaijan
Expanding the Role of
Women in Cross-cultural Dialogue
6/2008
Keynote address: “We
have made you nations and tribes...: A Qur'anically Based Vision of
Multiculturalism and Inter-Religious Relations”
Brandeis University: Waltham, MA
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Centenary Conference
3/2007
Lecture: "Sharing the Legacy of Abraham."
Middle East Studies
Association
11/2006 Boston,
MA
Conference Paper: "Hadith after
God and His Ayat: An
Examination of Challenges to the Authority of the Hadith."
United States Southern
Command Miami, FL
3/2006
Training
Seminar on Islam
6/2006
Adisory
Meeting on Islam
Anatolia
Cultural Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10/2004
Speaker
Grants
and Awards:
9/2006
Florida
Humanites Council
Seminar: "Is There Room at the Inn? The Layering of Scripture - The The Torah, the
Qur'an, and their Commentaries on a Place for 'The Other' in the Holy
Land." To be held March 6-7, 2007,
Florida International University, Miami FL
Related
Professional Activities:
International
Institute for Islamic Thought Herdon, VA
7/2008-8/2008
Participant
Summer Institute for Scholars:
Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and Sunnah.
Foundation
for the Study of Abrahamic Religions San Diego, CA
9/2006-Present
Executive Member
Consultant on Hadith Literature and
Research
Television
Appearances:
WPBT/Channel
2 Miami, FL
7/2007
Panel
Member
Viewpoint:
Justifying War through Religion?
2/2007
Panel
Member
Viewpoint: Understanding
Islam and the Sunni/Shiite Conflict
10/2006
Panel
Member
Viewpoint:
Pope Benedict XVI
8/2006
Panel
Member
View Point: Zionism as
Expressed in Religious Texts
12/2005
Panel
Member
ViewPoint:
The Holy Land
Bridges TV
4/2006
Interviewed
Women of
Courage
Professional
Affliations:
American Academy of Religion
Middle East Studies Association of
North America
Association of Muslim
Social Scientists
Languages:
English,
Arabic; reading knowledge of Persian, French, German