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Virani, Shafique Ph.D.  Harvard
Associate Professor and Chair, UTM
(905) 828-5283/(416) 978-4892

Office: UTM NE153A/JH 322, 170 St. George St.
Field: Islamic esoteric and devotional traditions, Sufism, Bhakti, and Shi'ism (both Twelver and Ismaili).

Professor Virani's publications include The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation (Oxford, 2007),  "The Days of Creation in the Thought of Nasir Khusraw" (2005), "Ahl al-Bayt" (2005), "Symphony of Gnosis" (2005), "Qudratu'l-lah Shahab's Ma-ji" (2004), "The Eagle Returns: Evidence of Continued Ismaili Activity at Alamut and in the South Caspian Region following the Mongol Conquests" (2003), and "Teflon Tents in the Desert: The Hajj Terminal as a neo-Vernacular Response to Architecture's International Style" (1999).