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Noah Hasan Taj

PhD Candidate, Literary Studies

• B.Comm (University of Ottawa), M.A. (�Ӱ�ԭ�� University)
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Noah H. Taj completed his finance degree at the University of Ottawa and presently works as an auditor. He subsequently completed an MA in Religion at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University, where he is now pursuing his doctorate at the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Arts, and Culture (ICSLAC) as well as conducting research on the Qūnawī-Ṭūsī correspondence at the Centre for the Study of Islam. His publications have been featured in major peer-reviewed venues, such as JMIAS, Studia Islamica, and The Philosophical Forum.

Areas of Academic Interest
Epistolary Theory, Islamic Philosophy, Akbarianism

Conference Presentations

“From Aqwāl to Aḥwāl: Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī’s (d. 580/1184) Commentary on Chapter 91 from Manāzil al-sāʾirīn.” Bridging the Gap: Texts, Commentaries and the New Audience. Humboldt University. Berlin, July 27–30, 2023.

“Ibn Kamāl’s Fatwā on Ibn ʿArabī: A Study & Translation.” Beginnings (Canadian Association for the Study of Islam and Muslims, Inaugural Conference). McMaster University. Hamilton, May 26, 2022.

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• “Dawūd al-Qayṣarī: On Recognizing Real Love.” Global Philosophy: A Sourcebook, edited by Mohammed Rustom. Sheffield: Equinox, accepted and forthcoming.
• “Mullā Qābiḍ & The Question of Prophetic Superiority: An Annotated Study and Translation of Ibn Kamāl Pāshā’s (d. 940/1534) Risālat fī ʾAfḍaliyyat Muḥammad.” Studia Islamica (Brill), accepted and forthcoming.
• “On Rooting Religious Studies: The Metaphysical Proposal of René Guénon.” The Philosophical Forum (Wiley) 54, no. 1-2 (2023): 3-26.
• “Ibn Kamāl’s Fatwā on Ibn ʿArabī: A Study & Translation.” Journal of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 72 (2022): 37-64.

Book Reviews

• Review of Jari Kaukua, Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism: A Philosophical Study (Leiden: Brill, 2022), Journal of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Routledge), forthcoming.
• Review of Mukhtar Ali, Philosophical Sufism: An Introduction to the School of Ibn al-‘Arabī. Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy (London: Routledge, 2021), Studia Islamica (Brill) 117 (2022): 380-3.
• Review of Mohammed Rustom (trans.), Al-Ghazālī, The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2018), Al-Abhath (Brill) 69 (2021): 244-7.Miscellaneous
• “From the Divine to the Human: New Perspectives on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic: Conference Report.” June 28–30th, 2022 (online). Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies 7, no. 2 (2022): 120-7.

TA Assignment / Courses Taught

• Judaism, Christianity and Islam RELI 1710
• Mystical and Contemplative Traditions RELI 2713
• The Qur’an RELI 2330
• Islam RELI 2310