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Past Research Assistant

Bella Tendler

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Islamic History
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Bella Tendler, a research assistant to Particia Crone, is interested in Islamic heterodoxy. Her current research focuses on secrecy, esotericism, and initiation among the Nusayri-Alawis of Syria. In the coming year, she will study the survival of libertine and antinomian rites in some Nusayri communities of the nineteenth century.

Dates at IAS

Research Assistant
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Princeton University
Ph.D.
2012