Papers Presented 2018 Paradox and First Principles in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210),” History of “Meno’s Philosophy Society, April 13-14 2018 Skepticism and the Sanctity of Knowledge in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī,” “Epistemological American Oriental Society, March 16-19 2017 Reality: The Ontological Division between the Intelligible and Sensible Realms in “Split Medieval Islamic Thought,” Long Island Philosophical Society, April 1 2017 al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Cosmological System: Evidence from the al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya,” “Fakhr American Oriental Society, March 17-20 2016 to Eternal Felicity: Sufism and Rationalism in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī,” American “Paths Academy of Religion, November 17-22 2016 Ibn Sīnā to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī: Development of the Intellectual Miʿrāj," Middle “From East History and Theory Conference, May 6-7 2014 Knowledge, and the Divine: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Commentary on Verse “Linguistics, 31 of Surat al-Baqarah,” The Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS) Annual Conference, April 12 and McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Symposium, May 2-3 Participation 2016 Panel Chair, & Others: Medieval Issues & Modern Concerns,” Annual “Muslims Conference of the Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion, April 1-2 2013 "Angle of Vision: Then, Now, and the Arabic Novel," Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Public Workshop at the University of Chicago, November 22 Discussant 2015 vs. Astrology in Abū Maʿshar’s Kitāb al-Madkhal al-kabīr” by Dr. Teri Gee, “Astronomy Characterizing Astrology, May 13-14 CAMPUS TALKS 2015 "The Mystical and the Rational Paths: Miʿrāj of the Rational Soul in Fakhr al-Dīn The University of Chicago Islamic Studies Workshop / Philosophy of Religions Workshop, October 16 2013 "The Theology of Aristotle and the Creative Act: The 'Arabic Enneads' on Close Examination,” The University of Chicago Islamic Studies Club, January 18
Papers Presented 2018 “Meno’s Paradox and First Principles in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210),” History of Philosophy Society, April 13-14 2018 “Epistemological Skepticism and the Sanctity of Knowledge in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī,” American Oriental Society, March 16-19 2017 “Split Reality: The Ontological Division between the Intelligible and Sensible Realms in Medieval Islamic Thought,” Long Island Philosophical Society, April 1 2017 “Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Cosmological System: Evidence from the al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya,” American Oriental Society, March 17-20 2016 “Paths to Eternal Felicity: Sufism and Rationalism in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī,” American Academy of Religion, November 17-22 2016 “From Ibn Sīnā to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī: Development of the Intellectual Miʿrāj," Middle East History and Theory Conference, May 6-7 2014 “Linguistics, Knowledge, and the Divine: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Commentary on Verse 31 of Surat al-Baqarah,” The Midwest Association for Middle East and Islamic Studies (MAMEIS) Annual Conference, April 12 and McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Symposium, May 2-3 Participation 2016 Panel Chair, “Muslims & Others: Medieval Issues & Modern Concerns,” Annual Conference of the Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion, April 1-2 2013 "Angle of Vision: Then, Now, and the Arabic Novel," Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Public Workshop at the University of Chicago, November 22 Discussant 2015 “Astronomy vs. Astrology in Abū Maʿshar’s Kitāb al-Madkhal al-kabīr” by Dr. Teri Gee, Characterizing Astrology, May 13-14 CAMPUS TALKS 2015 "The Mystical and the Rational Paths: Miʿrāj of the Rational Soul in Fakhr al-Dīn The University of Chicago Islamic Studies Workshop / Philosophy of Religions Workshop, October 16 2013 "The Theology of Aristotle and the Creative Act: The 'Arabic Enneads' on Close Examination,” The University of Chicago Islamic Studies Club, January 18