Arun Rasiah Faculty Profile

• BA, History, Oberlin College
• MA, Education, University of California, Berkeley
• PhD, Education, University of California, Berkeley

Not teaching this semester.

Notes on Classifying the Disciplines in Islam. Configurations of Knowledge in Qom. In A. Godlas and A. Inloes (eds.). Luminous Intellect: Essays on Sufism, Literature, History, and Politics in the Shi'i and Sunni World in Honor of Hamid Algar. Islamic History and Civilization Series. Leiden: Brill (forthcoming).

Seminaries of the Orient: Representations of Islamic Learning in Qom. Sociology of Islam 11, 2 (2025) 1-19.

Pedagogy of Remembrance: Safiya Bukhari's Ethics of Solidarity. Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory 7,3 (2024).

Shifting Cultural Paradigms in Global Education: Toward Decolonizing Knowledge. In Y. Alpaydin and C. Demirli (eds.). Educational Theory in the 21st Century: Science, Technology, Society, Education. Maarif Global Education Series. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

An Imagined Diaspora. Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies 4, 2 (2021) 144-164.

Another Cartography is Possible: Relocating the Middle East and North Africa. Review of Middle East Studies 54, 2 (2021) 309-313.

Ideas in Motion. In Scharbrodt and Y. Shanneik (eds.). Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality. Series: Alternative Histories. Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Making Global Connections: Critical Pedagogy and the Decolonization of History. In Hensold J., Kynes J., Öhlmann P., Rau V., Schinagl R., Taleb A. (eds.). Religion in Motion: Rethinking Religion, Knowledge and Discourse in a Globalizing World. Springer, 2020.

Toward Muslim Pluralism: Dialogue and Discord in Contemporary Sri Lanka. In J. Bock, J. Fahy, and S. Everett (eds.). Emergent Religious Pluralisms. Series: Lived Religion and Societal Challenges. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

On the Shores of Learning. "Islam in the Tamil World." University of Pennyslvania. April 18-19, 2025.

Attaining Perfection: Ibn Khaldun’s Exhortation to Travel in Pursuit of Knowledge. “Ibn Khaldun: Universal Thought and Shared Heritage,” Nadwa Seminar, Tunis, May 27, 2024.

Beyond Borders: Decolonizing Approaches to the Study of Muslims in the Americas. “Researching Muslim America: Intersecting Identities, Methodological Advances, and Lingering Challenges.” 17^th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference, Muslim Studies Program, Michigan State University, Feb. 8-9, 2024.

Seeking Knowledge across Borders: Epistemic Shifts in the Life and Legacy of Malcolm X. Caribbean Philosophical Association Conference: Shifting the Geography of Reason XXI. Twenty Years of Shifting the Geography of Reason: Continuing the Struggle, June 23, 2023.

‘Wake the People’: Malcolm X as Voice of Decolonization. Decolonial Thinking and Revolutionary Events, Goldsmiths, University of London, March 8-9, 2023.

Reflections on Teaching Islam in the US: Religious Education and Ethnic Studies. Islam in the RE Classroom Workshop. The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC), London,  June 25, 2022.

From Area Studies to Ethnic Studies: Pedagogical Approaches to the Study of Muslims in the Americas. The Madrasa and the Modern Academy: Convergences, Departures and Possibilities for Collaboration. Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), December 14, 2021.

Racial Justice, Social Movements and Policy Change: Integrating Ethnic Studies and Education in California. Invited Talk, Gevirtz School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nov. 30, 2021.

Self-Reformation and Community Reorientation: Ethical Learning and ‘Alid Piety in Tamil Islam. Sites and Processes of Ethical Learning: Religion and Self-Making in Asia. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Nov. 1-3, 2021.

‘The Internal Revolution’: Transformative Ethics in the Life of Safiya Asya Bukhari. Caribbean Philosophical Association Conference: Shifting the Geography of Reason XIX, Black Lives Matter: Black American Resistance Through Thought, June 18, 2021.

From Qom to Colombo: New Iterations of Madrasa Life in South Asia. Hawza Studies: Current Research, Future Developments, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, Sept. 17, 2020.

Shifting Paradigms of Islamic Knowledge: Formations of Muslim Thought in Sri Lanka. Beyond Sectarianism? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism, Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge, Oct. 24, 2019.

Malcolm X: On Education. Visiting Fellows Seminar, Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, Sept. 24, 2019.

A Hidden Diaspora: New Formations of Muslim Ethnicity in Sri Lanka. Us and Them: Diasporas for Others in the Indian Ocean. Centre for Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany, Sept. 16, 2019.

‘Think for Yourself’: Malcolm X and the Politics of Critical Thinking. Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Invited Talk, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 29, 2019.

Malcolm X in Retrospect. Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, June 20, 2019.

In Pursuit of Knowledge and Freedom: Malcolm X and Transformative Ethics in Muslim Life. Visiting Fellows Seminar, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, May 27, 2019.