Muhammad Qasim Chattha

Education

M.T.S., Harvard University, Divinity School (Religion, Literature, and Culture)

B.A., with highest distinction, University of Virginia (Interdisciplinary Distinguished Majors Program in South Asian Studies)

Working Languages

Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish (Modern & Ottoman), Punjabi, English, French, and others.

Yale Teaching Experience

The Logic of Dreams with Professor Paul North

Introduction to Theory of Literature with Professor Martin Hägglund

Masterpieces of Arabic Literature with Professor Shawkat Toorawa

Averroes and Thomas Aquinas with Professors Frank Griffel and Volker Leppin (with an Arabic text-reading section)

Introduction to Near Eastern Literatures with Professor Samuel Hodgkin

Research Interests

Eurasian and North African languages and literatures; literary theory; Islam and secularism; Sufism and Islamic philosophy; comparative modernities and modernisms (primarily literary); cultural history; translation.

Qualifying Exams

Genre Theory and Criticism in the West; Poetics, Adab, and the History of Arabic Poetry; Post-War Arabic Literature; Islam, Secularism, and Modernity; Modern Turkish and Iranian Literature; Bilingualism and the Maghreb.