STEVEN C. JUDD History
 
CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

“Ibn ‘As«kir’s Sources for the late Umayyad Period,” Ibn ‘As«kir in Islamic History, ed. James Lindsay (Princeton: Darwin Press, 2002)

“Al-Awz«‘» and Sufy«n al-Thawr»: The Umayyad Madhhab?” The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution, and Progress, ed. P. Bearman, F. Vogel, R. Peters (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003, forthcoming)

“Character Development in al-˛abar»’s and al-Baladhur»’s Narratives of Late Umayyad History,” Insights into Arabic Literature and Islam: Ideas, Concepts and Methods of Portrayal, ed. Sebastian Gunther (Leiden: Brill, 2003, forthcoming)

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

"Ghaylan al-Dimashqi: The Isolation of a Heretic in Islamic Historiography,"  International Journal of Middle East Studies, 31 (May, 1999).

“Competitive Hagiography in Biographies of Al-Awz«‘» and Sufy«n al-Thawr»” Journal of the American Oriental Society, 122 (2002)

“What about Bil«d al-sh«m? The Importance of Umayyad Syria in the Formation of Islamic Thought,” Al-‘Usur al-Wusta: The Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists (2003, forthcoming)

 

BOOK REVIEWS:

Several reviews of Arabic books in Al-Usur al-Wusta: The Bulletin of the Middle East Medievalists

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

"Heretics and Heroes: Ghaylan al-Dimashqi in Islamic History," Paper presented at  the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, December, 10  1995

 "Ibn ‘Asakir's Sources for the Late Umayyad Period," Paper presented at the Middle  East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Providence RI, November 22, 1996

 "Al-Awza'i and the ‘Abbasids: Surviving the Revolution," Paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 23,  1997

"Citations of al-Mada’ini in al-Tabari and al-Baladhuri," Paper presented at the Yale Arabic Colloquium, New Haven, CT, October 14, 1998

"Competitive Derogation in Islamic Historiography: The Legacies of al-Awza‘i and Sufyan al-Thawri,"  Paper presented at the New Haven Oriental Club, New Haven, CT, November 12. 1998

 "Qadis, Caliphs and Governors: Umayyad Judicial Administration of Medina," Paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,  December 5, 1998

"The Qadi in Umayyad Administration," Paper presented at the American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 13, 2000

"Al-Awza'i and Sufyan al-Thawri: The Umayyad Madhhab?" Paper presented at the III International Conference on Islamic Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, May 4, 2000
 

“Evidence of Editing in al-˛abar»’s Citations of al-Mad«’in» for the Late Umayyad Period,” Paper presented at American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, March 31, 2001

“A Faq»h for two Regimes: Al-Awz«‘» ‘s Legal Advice to the ‘Abb«sids,” Paper to be presented at Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2001

  “The Theological Significance of al-Wal»d’s Rhyming Sermon,” Paper presented at American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, March 23, 2002

“The Forgotten Mutakallim: Al-Awz«‘»’s influence on early Islamic theology,” Paper presented at Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 26, 2002

 
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

CSU Research Grant 1999

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Early Islamic History, Islamic Law, Islamic Theology

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Commanding the Faith: Orthodoxy under the Umayyads, monograph on the role of the Umayyad regime in shaping early Islamic doctrine, to be completed Spring, 2003

‘Abd al-RaŻm«n b. ‘Amr al-Awz«‘» and the Formation of Islamic Thought, monograph on the influence of al-Awz«‘» on early Islamic law and theology, to be completed 2005

 

DISSERTATION TITLE:

"The Third Fitna: Orthodoxy, Heresy and Coercion in Late Umayyad History"

INSTITUTION GRANTING Ph.D.:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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