Subject associations REL 580 / NES 560 Term Spring 2025 Instructors Tehseen Thaver View additional detailsfor Major Trends and Debates in Islamic Studies Registrar description This course engages certain major trends, debates, and questions that populate the field of Islamic Studies today, broadly defined. A central objective of this course is to think carefully about ways in which anthropological and other theoretical perspectives currently operative in the field might enrich more textually oriented approaches to the study of Islam, and vice versa. In addition, this course allows students to explore the question of how their particular research projects fit into and intervene in the broader landscape of Religious Studies and Islamic Studies. Email this page Print this page