Incoming Member
Han Hsien Liew
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Islamic History and Political Thought
Website
Han Hsien Liew is an intellectual historian of the premodern Islamic world focusing on political thought and scholarly culture. At IAS, he will be completing his monograph, which examines the relationship between political thought, homiletic preaching, and emotions in the medieval Middle East through the writings of Ibn al-Jawzi.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
–
Fall
Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
2018
Harvard University
A.M.
2015
Wesleyan University
B.A.
2012
Honors
2022–2023
Arizona State University Humanities Institute Research Fellowship Grant
2016–2017
Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations Junior Fellowship (Istanbul, Turkey)
Appointments
Arizona State University
2021
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Minerva University
2019–2020
Assistant Professor of Arts and Humanities
Harvard University
2018–2019
Postdoctoral Fellow