Mairaj Syed

Mairaj

Position Title
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
Teaching Assistant Supervisor

903 Sproul Hall or ​https://ucdavis.zoom.us/my/syedvirtualoffice
Bio

Education and Degree(s):

  • M.A., Ph.D. in Religion, Princeton University
  • B.A. in Business, University of Texas at Austin

Research Interest(s):

  • Islamic law, Early Islamic History, Hadith literature, Islamic Ethics, Ethical Theory, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic Intellectual History, Legal Theory, Legal History, Law and Society, Moral Philosophy, Social Theory, Gender

Course(s) Taught:

  • Religion and Law (RST 1H), the Qur'an (RST 65C), Introduction to Islam (RST 60), Introduction to Islamic Thought (RST 160), Introduction to Islamic Law (RST 162), Foundational Theories of Religion (RST 200B), Early Medieval Culture (MST 20A)
  • Tuesday and Thursdays 1030am to 11:50am

Teaching Experience:

11 years

Current Projects:

Hadith (early Islamic narratives) and the social network that preserved and disseminated them in premodern Islam

Honors and Awards:

  • Fulbright Fellow (2014)
  • College of Letters and Science Fellow (2020-2023)