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Current Member

Justin Stearns

Funding provided by the Hetty Goldman Membership Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of study

Premodern Islamic Intellectual History

Home institution

New York University Abu Dhabi
Justin Stearns is writing an intellectual biography of the seventeenth century Moroccan Berber polymath al-Hasan al-Yusi, situating him in the social and intellectual networks of his age and arguing for a reevaluation of his significance.

Visits

Member
School of Historical Studies
Spring
Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Princeton University
Ph.D.
2007

Honors

2017
ACLS Research Fellowship

Appointments

New York University Abu Dhabi
2014–2019
Associate Professor
New York University Abu Dhabi
2010–2014
Assistant Professor
Middlebury College
2005–2010
Assistant Professor