MOHAMMED RUSTOM

Carleton University
College of the Humanities 2A61 Paterson Hall 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 (613) 5202600, ext. 1954 mrustom@connect.carleton.ca www.mohammedrustom.com

EDUCATION
2009 2004 PhD Islamic Thought, University of Toronto Hon. BA Islamic Studies and Philosophy, University of Toronto

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2013Present Associate Professor, Carleton University, College of the Humanities 2010 20092013 2008 20072009 Research Associate, Iranian Institute of Philosophy Assistant Professor, Carleton University, College of the Humanities Visiting Scholar, Stony Brook University, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies Lecturer, University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and the Department for the Study of Religion

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sufism Islamic Philosophy Islamic Theology Quranic Studies

LANGUAGES
Arabic (reading, writing, speaking) Persian (reading, writing, speaking) French (reading) German (reading) Gujarati (speaking)

PUBLICATIONS
Books
Sufi Metafizii [Sufi Metaphysics]. A collection of eight previouslypublished articles (with a new preface and introduction) translated into Turkish by Abdulkadir Filiz. Istanbul: Nefes Yaynevi, in press. The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mull adr. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012, xii + 243 pp.
Translations of The Triumph of Mercy Turkish translation by Abdulkadir Filiz. Istanbul: Nefes Yaynevi, forthcoming. Reviews of The Triumph of Mercy Peter Adamson, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlndischen Gesellschaft, forthcoming. Abdessamad Belhaj, Journal of Shia Islamic Studies 6, no. 3 (2013): 363365. David Burrell, Modern Theology 29, no. 3 (2013): 413416. Yousef Casewitt, Islam and ChristianMuslim Relations, forthcoming. Rose Deighton, Islamic Sciences, forthcoming. Janis Esots, Philosophy East and West 65, no. 1 (2015): forthcoming. Jari Kaukua, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies 24, no. 3 (2013): 363366. Ali Lakhani, Sacred Web, forthcoming. Sayeh Meisami, Iranian Studies, forthcoming. Joel Richmond, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 52 (2012): 149 154. Sajjad Rizvi, Journal of the American Oriental Society, forthcoming. Anonymous online review: Midwest Book Review 7, no. 11 (2012): www.midwestbookreview.com/wbw/nov_12.htm

Edited Volumes
Assistant editor of The HarperCollins Study Quran. Edited with Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editorinchief), Caner Dagli, Maria Dakake, and Joseph Lumbard (Associate editors). San Francisco: HarperOne, in press. Main editor of William C. Chittick, In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought. Edited with Atif Khalil and Kazuyo Murata. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012, xiv + 397 pp.
Translations of In Search of the Lost Heart Albanian translation by Sokrat Amataj: Krkime pr zemrn e humbur: eksplorime n mendimin islamik. Tirana: AlbPAPER, 2013. Persian translation by Amir Hossein Asghari forthcoming.

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Reviews of In Search of the Lost Heart Rose Deighton, Iranian Studies 46, no. 6 (2013): 10101013. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, forthcoming. Ali Lakhani, Sacred Web, forthcoming Joel Richmond, Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 51 (2012): 133 137. Axel Takcs, Islamic Sciences, forthcoming. Muhammad Isa Waley, Mawlana Rumi Review 5 (2014): forthcoming. Book note: Amina Inloes, Journal of Shia Islamic Studies 6, no. 2 (2013): 253.

Translations
Ab mid alGhazl, The Condemnation of Pride and Conceit (Kitb dhamm alkibr wal ujb: Book XXIX of The Revival of the Religious Sciences). Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, contracted for publication in 2015. Mull Rajab Al Tabrz, On the Necessary Being (Ithbti wjib). In An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi. Vol. 5. London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, in press. Mull Rajab Al Tabrz, The Fundamental Principle (alAl alal). In An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi. Vol. 5. London: I. B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, in press.

Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes

StoryTelling as Philosophical Pedagogy: The Case of Suhraward. In Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam, edited by Sebastian Gnther. Leiden: Brill. Accepted, forthcoming. A Philosophers Itinerary for the Afterlife: Mull adr on Paths to Felicity. In Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam, edited by Sebastian Gnther and Todd Lawson. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming. Philosophical Sufism. In The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy, edited by Richard Taylor and Luis Xavier LpezFarjeat. New York: Routledge, in press. Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr alDn alRz: A Study and Translation. Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, in press. The Ocean of Nonexistence. Mawlana Rumi Review 4 (2013): 188199.
Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 5.

4 The Nature and Significance of Mull adrs Qurnic Writings. Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010): 109130. The Sufi Teachings of DhulNun. Sacred Web 24 (2009): 6979. Approaching Mull adr as Scriptural Exegete: A Survey of Scholarship on His Quranic Works. Comparative Islamic Studies 4, no. 12 (2008): 7596. Equilibrium and Realization: William Chittick on Self and Cosmos. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 25, no. 3 (2008): 5260. Reprinted in Jvdnkhirad 1, no. 4 (2009): 518. Slightly modified version published in Iqbal Review 50, no. 4 (2009). Persian translation by Sayeh Meisami: Tadul wataqq: Ddghi Wliym Chtk dar bbi nafs wajahn. Kitbi mhi dn 145 (2009): 8288. Spanish translation by Alberto Martin: Equilibrio y Realizacin: William Chittick sobre el s y el Cosmos: www.webislam.com/articulos/61636 equilibrio_y_realizacion8206_william_chittick_sobre_el_si_y_el_cosmos.html Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 8. The Metaphysics of the Heart in the Sufi Doctrine of Rumi. Studies in Religion 37, no. 1 (2008): 314.
Modified version published as Rumis Metaphysics of the Heart. Mawlana Rumi Review 1 (2010): 6979. Turkish translation of modified version published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 4.

Mull adrs Prolegomenon to the Maft alGhayb. Journal of Quranic Studies 9, no. 1 (2007): 128133. Psychology, Eschatology, and Imagination in Mull adr Shrzs Commentary on the adth of Awakening. Islam & Science 5, no. 1 (2007): 922.
Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 7.

Approaches to Proximity and Distance in Early Sufism. Mystics Quarterly 33, no. 12 (2007): 125. Ibn Arab on Proximity and Distance: Chapters 260 and 261 of the Futt. Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 41 (2007): 93107.
Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 3.

Is Ibn alArabs Ontology Pantheistic? Journal of Islamic Philosophy 2 (2006): 53 67.

Modified version published in The Quran and Intellect: Proceedings of the Second AlMustafa University Short Term Course, edited by Sayyed Mohsen Mousawi. Tehran, forthcoming. Turkish translation of modified version published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 2.

5 Dwd alQayar: Notes on His Life, Influence and Reflections on the Muammadan Reality. Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society 38 (2005): 5164.
Modified version published as The Cosmology of the Muhammadan Reality in Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook 4 (2013): 540545. Modified version reprinted in The Proceedings of the Second International adr alDn Qnaw Symposium, edited by Dilaver Grer. Konya: Meram Publishing, forthcoming. Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 6.

Forms of Gnosis in Sulams Sufi Exegesis of the Ftia. Islam and ChristianMuslim Relations 16, no. 4 (2005): 327344. Reprinted in Tafsir: Interpreting the Quran (Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies), edited by Mustafa Shah. London: Routledge, 2012, 4: ch. 63. Turkish translation published in Sufi Metafizii, chapter 1.

Book Reviews
Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Mehdi Aminrazavi (eds.), An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Volume 4: From the School of Illumination to Philosophical Mysticism. Islam and ChristianMuslim Relations, forthcoming. Firoozeh PapanMatin, Beyond Death: The Mystical Teachings of Ayn alQut al Hamadhn. Journal of Sufi Studies 2, no. 2 (2013): 213216. Ibrahim Kalin, Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy: Mull adr on Existence, Intellect, and Intuition. Iranian Studies 45, no. 3 (2012): 457461. Sajjad Rizvi, Mull adr and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being. Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies 22, no. 3 (2011): 409412. Fazlur Rahman, The Philosophy of Mull adr. Translated into Persian by Muaf Amr. Kitbi mhi falsafa 205 (2009): 8586. Kristin Sands, f Commentaries on the Qurn in Classical Islam. Studies in Religion 36, no. 34 (2007): 627629. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Parabola 31, no. 3 (2006): 120124. Tom Cheetham, The World Turned Inside Out: Henry Corbin and Islamic Mysticism. The Muslim World Book Review 26, no. 2 (2006): 2627. Michel Chodkiewicz, An Ocean without Shore: Ibn Arabi, the Book and the Law: www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/MRChodkiewicz.pdf

6 Michel Chodkiewicz, Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn Arabi: www.fonsvitae.com/OnlineStore/tabid/58/pid/182/0886Sealofthe SaintsProphethoodandSainthoodintheDoctrineofIbnArabi.aspx Paul Walker, amd alDn Kirmn: Ismaili Thought in the Age of alkim: www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/MRWalker.pdf Farhad Daftary (ed.), Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 22, no. 4 (2005): 110112. Book note: Ibn Arabi and Modern Thought: The History of Taking Metaphysics Seriously by Peter Coates. Studies in Religion 34, no. 34 (2005): 608. Nar alDn s, Paradise of Submission: A Medieval Treatise on Ismaili Thought, trans. S. J. Badakhchani. The Muslim World Book Review 26, no. 1 (2005): 3234. Martin Lings, Sufi Poems: A Mediaeval Anthology. Islamica 16 (2005): 114115. David Waines, An Introduction to Islam. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 21, no. 4 (2004): 131133.

Other
Commentaries upon Quranic chapters 1015 and 20. In The HarperCollins Study Quran, edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editorinchief), Caner Dagli, Maria Dakake, Joseph Lumbard (Associate editors), and Mohammed Rustom (Assistant editor). San Francisco: HarperOne. In press. Editorial. Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6 (2010): 13. In Memoriam: Michael E. Marmura, 19292009. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 20, no. 1 (2010): 177184; obituary by Mohammed Rustom (pp. 177180), bibliography of Marmuras works by ThrseAnne Druart (pp. 181184).

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED LECTURES

The End of Islamic Philosophy. Rediscovering the Sacred in Our Lives and Our Times. Vancouver, Canada, April 2627th, 2014. The Proximity of Proximity is the Distance of Distance. Proximity within Distance: The Hazrat Uftade International Symposium. Bursa, Turkey, April 1820th, 2014.

7 Mysticism and Rational Inquiry in the School of Ibn Arab. 7. Hannoveraner Symposium zur Philosophie des Mittelalters. Leibniz Universitt Hannover. Hannover, Germany, February 25th27th, 2014. Of Aspiration and Poverty: Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr alDn alRz. The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Baltimore, USA, November 23rd, 2013. The Water and Fire of Love. The Hac Bayram Veli International Symposium. Ankara, Turkey, December 16th, 2012: www.vimeo.com/63815855 Mercy Triumphant: On the Relationship between the Quran and Philosophy. Public lecture and book launch for The Triumph of Mercy. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, November 2nd, 2012. Ontology and Cosmogony in Mull adrs Scriptural Hermeneutics. The Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Iranian Studies. Istanbul, Turkey, August 3rd, 2012. On Aspiration and Poverty. The Annual Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. University of Oxford (Worcester College). Oxford, UK, May 6th, 2012: www.ibnarabisociety.org/podcasts/index.html Mull adr on the Link Between Scripture and Idolatry. The Institute of Ismaili Studies. London, UK, May 4th, 2012. Death and Awakening in Islamic Philosophy. Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, November 25th, 2011. Mull adr on IdolSmashing. The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. San Francisco, USA, November 20th, 2011. The Role of Philosophy in the School of Ibn Arab. The Second International adr al Dn Qnaw Symposium. Konya, Turkey, October 8th, 2011. StoryTelling as Philosophical Pedagogy: The Case of Suhraward. Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Impact. University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, October 4th, 2011. Rm on the Ocean of Nonexistence. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, July 29th, 2011. The Role of Love in the Sufi Poetry of Rm. University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Canada, March 21st, 2011.

8 Mull adrs Cosmology of Praise. The Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Chicago, USA, March 11th, 2011. A Seventeenth Century Persian Philosopher on Smashing Idols. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, February 4th, 2011. The Word Made Book: Mull adrs Qurnic Hermeneutics in Context. New Approaches to the Qurn and Exegesis. George Mason University. Fairfax, USA, October 24th, 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gybXO3Zhq3s Beyond Idol Worship: Mull adrs Critique of Mental Constructs of God. Gttinger OrientSymposium. University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, April 26th, 2010. From Philosophic Language to Mythic Discourse: Mull adrs Anthropology of the Afterlife. The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Montreal, Canada, November 7th, 2009. The Expanse of Gods Mercy in Later Islamic Thought. Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada, December 8th, 2008. Symbolism and Autology in a Medieval Persian Tale. The Second American Muslim Social Scientists Canada Conference. Toronto, Canada, November 4th, 2006.

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

The Heart of Islam. The Ottawa School of Theology and Spirituality. Ottawa, Canada, January 13thMarch 17th, 2014. Mull adrs Scriptural Hermeneutics as a Model for Contemporary Engagement with the Quran. Transcendent Philosophy and Contemporary Learning. Al Mustafa International University (Tehran Branch). Tehran, Iran, January 12nd, 2014. The Islamic Intellectual Heritage and Contemporary Worldviews. The Intellect in the Quran and Islamic Civilization. AlMustafa International University (Tehran Branch). Tehran, Iran, February 16th17th, 2013. Aspects of Ibn Arabs Letter to Fakhr alDn alRz. The Annual Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society. University of Oxford (Worcester College). Oxford, UK, May 6th, 2012. Participant in the Scriptural Reasoning Group. University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK, July 18th20th, 2011.

9 Dimensions of Islam. Borden, Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre. Borden, Canada, October 29th, 2008.

INTERVIEWS
Philosophical Sufism for the History of Philosophy without any Gaps (hosted by Peter Adamson). Winter 2014: www.historyofphilosophy.net/ The Triumph of Mercy for New Books in Islamic Studies (hosted by Kristian Petersen). October 30th, 2013: www.newbooksinislamicstudies.com/2013/10/30/mohammed rustomthetriumphofmercyphilosophyandscriptureinmullasadrasuny press2012/ Classical Islamic Pedagogical Theories for a documentary on Islamic education to be produced by AlMustafa International University (Tehran Branch). Kashan, Iran, February 18th, 2013. Sufi Teachings for a documentary on Hac Bayram Veli to be produced by TURKKAD (Istanbul). Ankara, Turkey, December 16th, 2012.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2011 2010 2010 2010 20062008 20062008 20062007 20062007 20052006 20052006 Carleton Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Junior Faculty Research Award ($7,500) The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Press for the 21st World Prize for the Book of the Year (Iran), decision pending The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Press for the American Academy of Religion Book Award (Textual Study of Religion category) The Triumph of Mercy nominated by State University of New York Press for the Albert Hourani Book Award (Middle East Studies Association) Capital Educators Award, nominee Capital Educators Award, nominee Foundation for Iranian Studies Dissertation Award, honorable mention Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award, nominee Governor General Academic Gold Medal, nominee Mary H. Beatty Fellowship ($8,000) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship ($40,000) Ontario Graduate Scholarship, declined ($20,000) University of Toronto Outstanding Teaching Award, nominee University of Toronto Deans Essay Prize, nominee Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($20,000)

10 20042009 2004 2004 2004 2000 University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship ($50,000) University of Toronto Hon. BA Conferred with High Distinction George Thaniel Memorial Fellowship ($1,200) University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Deans List Scholar C. L. Burton Open Scholarship ($500)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society American Academy of Religion International Society for Islamic Philosophy

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Advisory/Editorial Roles and Committees
2013 20132015 20132014 20122014 20112012 2010Present 2010Present 20102011 2009Present 20092012 20092011 20092010 Panel Judge, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Societys Young Writer Award Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Lethbridge Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Carleton University Member, Religion MA Selection Committee, Carleton University Member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Committee Advisory Board Member, Fons Vitae Editorial Board Member, Journal of Islamic Philosophy Member, McMartin Lecture Committee, Carleton University Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures Board Member, Centre for the Study of Islam, Carleton University Member, Religion Curriculum Committee, Carleton University Member, Davidson Lecture Committee, Carleton University

PeerReviewed Scholarly Assessments

Book Manuscripts 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2009 Oxford University Press University of California Press State University of New York Press Fons Vitae Oxford University Press Routledge

Article Manuscripts 2013 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

11 2013 2013 2013 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2007 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Brill (for an edited volume) Journal of Islamic Philosophy The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures Studies in Religion Journal of the History of Philosophy Comparative Islamic Studies Iranian Studies Journal of Islamic Philosophy American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences

GRADUATE ADVISORY ROLES

Thesis Committees (2013Present)
Doctoral Thesis Committees Waleed Ahmed, Intertextuality in the Qurn [working title]. Seminar fr Arabistik, University of Gttingen. Gttingen, Germany, in progress. Other committee members: Sebastian Gnther (supervisor) and Todd Lawson. Masters Thesis Committees Hany Talat Ibrahim, Ibn Arab on Love. Department of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Canada, in progress. Other committee members: Atif Khalil (supervisor) and Hilary Rodrigues.

TEACHING
Carleton University (2009Present)
Graduate Course RELI 5851 Islamic Cosmology (also an undergraduate course, RELI 4851)

Undergraduate Courses RELI 1710 RELI 1730 RELI 2310 RELI 2320 RELI 2330 RELI 2713 Judaism, Christianity, Islam Interpretations of Religion Introduction to Islam Islam in the Modern World Introduction to the Quran Mysticism

12 RELI 3320 RELI 3321 RELI 3322 RELI 3323 RELI 3325 RELI 3330 RELI 3340 RELI 3843 RELI 4740 RELI 4851 RELI 4851 HUMS 4904 Classical Islamic Thought I Classical Islamic Thought II Shii Islam I Shii Islam II Contemporary Islamic Thought Sufism The Life and Image of Muhammad AlGhazalis Niche of Lights Theory and Method The Thought and Poetry of Rumi Islamic Cosmology (also a graduate course, RELI 5851) The Metaphysics of Ibn Arabi

Directed Reading Undergraduate Courses RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 RELI 4840 Persian Sufi Texts Islam and Buddhism Sufi Quranic Exegesis Islamic Mysticism Readings in Avicenna Reason and Revelation in Islam Images of the Divine, East and West Readings in Classical Arabic Topics in Metaphysics and Cosmology

McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies (2013)

Directed Reading Graduate Course Quranic Exegetical Literature

University of Toronto (20072009)

Undergraduate Courses NMC 185 RLG 204 RLG 351 NMC 388 NMC 389 Introduction to Islam The Islamic Religious Tradition The Quran: An Introduction Shii Islam I Shii Islam II