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Indiana University Bloomington
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Core Faculty : Faculty & Staff

John WalbridgeJohn Walbridge

  • Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Education

  • Ph.D. at Harvard, 1983, Near Eastern Languages

Research Interests

  • Islamic philosophy
  • Islamic intellectual history, emphasis on the cultural role of philosophy and science
  • Baha'i studies
  • Islamic Studies
  • Islamic History

Contact Information

jwalbrid@indiana.edu
Goodbody Hall 222
(812) 855-8689

Courses Recently Taught

  • Islamic Philosphy
  • Military History of the Middle East
  • Readings in Classical Arabic Literature
  • Koranic Studies

Publication Highlights

  • The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism (2001).
  • The Philosophy of Illumination of Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi: [with Hossein Ziai, [UCLA], (1999).
  • Sacred Acts, Sacred Time, Sacred Space: Essays on Bahá’í Law and History (1996).
  • The Beloved: Reflections on the Path of Love, by Kahlil Gibran (translator, 1997).
  • The Storm: Prose Poems and Short Stories by Kahlil Gibran (translator, 1993).
  • The Science of Mystic Lights: Qutb al-Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy (1992).
  • Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History (2002).
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