Stefan Williamson Fa
@stwfa.bsky.social
anthropologist of sound, food, and İslam
research associate at Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
normally between Iberia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
research associate at Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
normally between Iberia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
Reposted by Stefan Williamson Fa
Came across an incredible open access publication recently: the definitive edition and translation of Nahj al-Balagha, one of the most important texts in Islamic spiritual and theological tradition. One of its most famous passages is from Letter 53, on governance (p. 625):
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May 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Came across an incredible open access publication recently: the definitive edition and translation of Nahj al-Balagha, one of the most important texts in Islamic spiritual and theological tradition. One of its most famous passages is from Letter 53, on governance (p. 625):
brill.com/display/titl...
brill.com/display/titl...
Reposted by Stefan Williamson Fa
***new podcast alert!***
@bcheves.bsky.social interviews @annikaschmeding.bsky.social about her first book, Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2023). Listen here: ajammc.com/2025/03/03/a...
@bcheves.bsky.social interviews @annikaschmeding.bsky.social about her first book, Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2023). Listen here: ajammc.com/2025/03/03/a...
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
***new podcast alert!***
@bcheves.bsky.social interviews @annikaschmeding.bsky.social about her first book, Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2023). Listen here: ajammc.com/2025/03/03/a...
@bcheves.bsky.social interviews @annikaschmeding.bsky.social about her first book, Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2023). Listen here: ajammc.com/2025/03/03/a...
Looking forward to sharing research from my forthcoming book at the KCL Music Colloquium later this month. London friends very welcome!
Sonic Relations – Cultivating Ties with the Unseen through Sound in Muslim Devotional Life
This talk highlights the affective, material, and political dimensions of Shiʿi sonic practices, revealing the profound significance of sound in devotional and communal life.
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Looking forward to sharing research from my forthcoming book at the KCL Music Colloquium later this month. London friends very welcome!
I will also be participating in this week’s Cambridge Anthropology and Theology Network discussion with Lili Di Puppo. Thinking about what anthropologists can learn from Sufi epistemologies and ontologies. Online this Tuesday!
January 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I will also be participating in this week’s Cambridge Anthropology and Theology Network discussion with Lili Di Puppo. Thinking about what anthropologists can learn from Sufi epistemologies and ontologies. Online this Tuesday!
Please come along if you are in Oxford this Tuesday!
January 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Please come along if you are in Oxford this Tuesday!