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Megan Hibler ReidAssistant Professor of Religion, Gender Studies, and LawContact Information E-mail: meganrei@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3623 Office: ACB 235 |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Religion, Princeton, 9/2005
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M.A. Religion, Princeton, 6/1998
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M.A. Islamic Studies, UCLA, 6/1994
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B.A. Islamic Studies, Harvard-Radcliffe College, 6/1989
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Description of Research |
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Research Keywords |
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| History of Islamic Law; Religion and the Body; Women and the Islamic Tradition; Islamic Constructions of Gender; Sufi Literature and Practice; Islamic Theology; Islam and African-American Religious History | |
Publications |
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Book |
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Reid, M. H.
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Law and Piety in Medieval Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (in press).
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Reid, M. H. Punishment and Appropriate Justice in Islamic Societies (in progress).
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Book Review |
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Reid, M. H.
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Review article of The History of al-Tabari, vol. XXXIII: Storm and Stress Along the Northern Frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate. Translated by C. E. Bosworth (Albany: SUNY Press, 1991). Iranian Studies 30.
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Encyclopedia Article |
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Reid, M. H.
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"Ashura (Sunnism)," Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition. Edited by John Nawas and Maribel Fierro. Leiden: Brill.
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Reid, M. H.
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"Caliphate." "Dhimmi." "Nudity." "Qadi." "Sufism." In Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World. Edited by G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Journal Article |
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Reid, M. H. "Judging Race and Religion: Pierre Crabitès, the Mixed Courts and African American Muslims in Early Twentieth-Century Cairo" (in progress).
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Honors and Awards |
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Carnegie Scholar. Project: "Punishment and Appropriate Justice in Islamic Societies", 2007-2009
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"The Abu Ghraib Seminar Project" USC Provost’s Initiative Grant , 2007-2008
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American Academy of Religion Individual Research Grant, 2006-2007
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USC-Huntington Faculty Fellowship, 2005
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Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2000-2001
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship: Egypt and France, 1999-2000
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University Tuition Fellowship and Stipend, 1997-1998
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Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, 1995-1997
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Ora J. Bretall Fellow in Religion, 1995-1996
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Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships, 1991-1994
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Fulbright Grant: Damascus, Syria, 1989-1990
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Service to the University |
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Media, Alumni, and Community Relations |
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USC-Omar Foundation Advisory Committee, 2006-
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Respondent, Habib Umar bin Hafiz Lecture, 04/04/2011
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Advisor and Speaker for Center for Active Learning in International Studies, outreach program of SIR,
Fall
2010
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Other Service to the University |
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College Commons Project: Dehumanized, 2010-2011
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Editorial Board Member, Center for Global Understanding Book Series, 2010-
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Associate Editor for History, Review of Middle East Studies, 2010-2013
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Professional Memberships |
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International Society for Islamic Legal Studies, 2005-
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Middle East Medievalists, 2003-
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American Academy of Religion, 2002-
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Middle East Studies Association, 1992-
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