Mohammed Rustom
Carleton University, College of Humanities, Faculty Member
- Islamic Philosophy, philosophical Sufism (school of Ibn 'Arabi), Philosophy Of Religion, Religious Studies, Metaphysics, Virtue Ethics, and 34 moreIslamic Mysticism, Persian Literature, Arabic Literature, Ibn Arabi, Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (d. 1111), Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Theology, Tafsir, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Quranic Studies, Quranic Exegesis, Medieval Arabic Philosophy, Poetry, Intellectual History, Mulla Sadra, Avicenna, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Perception, Philosophy of Mind, Imagination, Dreams, Death, Philosophy Of Language, History of Philosophy, South Asian Studies, Hadith Studies, Alchemy, Metaphysical poetry, Non-Western Philosophy, Sufism, Qur'anic Studies, Mysticism, Medieval Studies, and Comparative Philosophyedit
- Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought and Global Philosophy at Carleton University and Director of the Carl... moreMohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought and Global Philosophy at Carleton University and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. He has been the recipient of a number of academic distinctions and awards, such as the Ibn ‘Arabi Society Latina’s Tarjuman Prize (Spain), a Templeton Foundation Global Philosophy of Religion grant (USA), a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Fellowship (Canada), the 21st International Book of the Year Prize (Iran), The Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship (UK), and Senior Fellowships courtesy of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute’s Library of Arabic Literature and Humanities Research Fellowship programs (UAE). An internationally recognized scholar and philosopher whose works have been translated into over ten languages, Professor Rustom’s research focuses on Islamic philosophy, Arabic and Persian Sufi literature, Quranic exegesis, translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy. He is also Editor of Equinox Publishing's Global Philosophy series and an Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature (NYU Press).edit