Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
Thomas Lamb Eliot Professor of Religion and Humanities
Religion Department
Division of Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics
Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Professor of Religion & Humanities, joined ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College in 2002 after completing his doctoral studies in the committee on the study of religion at Harvard University. An internationally recognized scholar in Islam in America and the Middle East, he was named a Carnegie Scholar for his book A History of Islam in America and a Guggenheim Fellow for his current book project on the mosque in Islamic history. He also served as one of five national scholars who developed the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association Muslim Journeys Bookshelf.