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Current Member

Han Hsien Liew

Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Islamic History and Political Thought

Home Institution

Arizona State University
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