Jonathan R. Lawrence
Provost's New Faculty Fellow (Starting in July 2024 as Assistant Professor), Near Eastern Studies
Academic focus:
Arabic literature and Islamic studies
Current research project:
“Narratives of Love: Chastity, Sex and Desire in Medieval Arabic Literature and Thought”
Previous positions:
- Departmental Lecturer in Classical Arabic Literature, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2022-2023
Academic background:
- D.Phil., Asian and Middle Eastern studies, University of Oxford 2022
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Brighton, 2018
- M.St., Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, 2017
- B.A., Arabic and French, Somerville College, University of Oxford, 2016
Last book read:
“Porn: An Oral History” (Fitzcarraldo Editions) by Polly Barton
In your own time/when not working:
I enjoy cooking, cycling, reading, running, films and travel!
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Death and the Afterlife in Islam, Sex and Sexuality in the Pre-Modern Islamic World, Orientalism and the European Imaginary, Arabic Literature
What most excites you about Cornell:
I absolutely love teaching and interacting with students, so I am probably most looking forward to building students’ excitement about Arabic literature and the Islamic World, as well as building departmental and cross-departmental connections with the amazing scholars and faculty who work here!
