Justin K. Stearns Explained

Justin K. Stearns (born October 13, 1974) is associate professor in Arab Crossroads Studies at NYU Abu Dhabi.^[1] The son of Stephen C. Stearns and Beverly P. Stearns and the brother of Jason Stearns, he is married to Nathalie Peutz, a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor in Arab Crossroads Studies at NYU Abu Dhabi.^[2]

Education and Training

• B.A. Dartmouth College 1998
• Fulbright Fellow Morocco 1998-1999
• Fulbright-Hays Fellow Spain & Morocco 2003-2004
• PhD Princeton University 2007^[3]

Positions

• Assistant Professor of Religion, Middlebury College, 2005-2010
• Assistant Professor in Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi 2010-2014
• Associate Professor in Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi 2014-
• Chair, Arab Crossroads Studies, Abu Dhabi 2013-2017

Selected publications

Books

• Book: Infectious Ideas: Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean. JHU Press. 2011. 978-0-8018-9873-0. Baltimore. en.
• Book: al-Yusi, al-Hasan. The Discourses: Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One. NYU Press. Edited and translated by Justin Stearns. 2019. 978-0-8147-6457-2. en. Al-Hasan al-Yusi.

Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles

• Entries for al-Hasan al-Yusi and Ibn al-Banna in Dictionary of African Biography (2011)
• Entry on “Contagion” for the Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd edition (2010), 180–82.

External links

• http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/justin-stearns.html

Notes and References

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2. Book: Genova. Nicholas De. The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement. Peutz. Nathalie. Duke University Press. 2010. 978-0-8223-9134-0. ix. en.
3. Web site: Display Person - Department of Near Eastern Studies. University. Princeton. www.princeton.edu. 2017-07-24.