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Infidel or Paganus? The Polysemy of kafara in the Quran
(2020-09)
This article explores the meaning of the root k-f-r in the Quran, questioning the practice of translating the noun kāfir as “infidel.” It argues for a distinction between the idiomatic phrasal verb kafara bi-, which does ...
review of A. Schachner, ed., Innovation versus Beharrung
(2021)
Review of the proceedings of a conference on Hittite archaeology held in May, 2014 in honor of Jürgen Seeher.
Liminal
(2020)
Liminal is a 15 minute single-movement work for orchestra (2[1+picc].2.2[2+bcl].2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp, 3perc - str) with optional projected images. The dissertation as a whole is an interdisciplinary work consisting of the ...
Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form
(Northwestern University Press, 2020-07)
Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, contradictory history of naturalist ...
Imperfect Solidarities: Tagore, Gandhi, Du Bois, and the Global Anglophone
(Northwestern University Press, 2020-11-15)
A century ago, activists confronting racism and colonialism—in India, South Africa, and Black America—used print media to connect with one another. Then, as now, the most effective medium for their undertakings was the ...