Faculty with an Interest in Religion and Politics
Paolo Bacchetta, Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
--Hindu Nationalism, sexuality, global political conflict
Hatem Bazian, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies and Near Eastern Studies
--Muslim-American politics and the implications of the Arab-Israeli conflict for the Middle East.
Patricia Berger, Associate Professor, History of Art
--History of Buddhist art
Thomas Brady, Professor, History
--The politics of the Reformation
Beverly Crawford, Professor, International and Area Studies; Associate Director, Institute of European Studies
--Ethnic violence
Vasudha Dalmia, Professor, South and Southeast Asian Studies
--Hinduism
Thomas Dandelet, Associate Professor, History
--Politics, society and religion in 17th c. Southern Europe
John Efron, Koret Professor of Jewish History; Director, Institute of European Studies
--Jewish history and memory
Ed Epstein, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Governmental Studies
--Peace and conflict studies, ethics
Munis Faruqui, Assistant Professor, South and Southeast Asian Studies
--Islam in South Asia
Mariane Ferme, Anthropology
--Religious change in Africa, violence and Muslim diasporas
Amy Gurowitz, Political Science
--Ethics and human rights in international affairs
Charles Hirschkind, Associate Professor, Anthropology
--Religious practice, media technologies, and emergent forms of political community in the Middle East, North America, and Europe
David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History
--Secularism, ethnoracial and religious culture
Renate Holub, Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies
--European Islam, language and culture
Michel S. Laguerre, Professor and Director, Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology
--Diaspora studies and transnational politics, multiculturalism and globalization
Niklaus Largier, Professor and Chair, German
--Medieval literature, philosophy, and theology
Saba Mahmood, Associate Professor, Anthropology
--Liberal Islam, secularism
Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies
--Religion, philosophical anthropology, social and cultural formations in the Americas
Maureen Miller, Professor, History
--Religion in medieval Italian history
Minoo Moallem, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
--Islamic fundamentalism and transnational feminisms
Stefania Pandolfo, Associate Professor, Anthropology
--Sufism and Islam in North Africa and the Middle East
Jerry Sanders, Chair, Peace and Conflict Studies
--Globalization and the role of civil society in governance
Martin Schwartz, Professor, Iranian Studies, History
--History and Religion in Ancient Iran
Rachel Shigekane, Program Director, Human Rights Center; Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies
--The "Responsibility to Protect (R2P)" and Southeast Asia
Eric Stover, Director, Human Rights Center; Adjunct Professor of Public Health and Law
--Justice and war crimes
Alexander von Rospatt, Professor, Buddhist Studies
--Doctrinal history of Indian Buddhism
Michael J. Watts, Professor, Geography; Director, Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
--Islam and social movements in Africa and South Asia
Steve Weber, Professor, Political Science; Director, Institute of International Studies
--Ideology and technology
Duncan Ryuken Williams, Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies
--Japanese and American Buddhist history
Jason Wittenberg, Assistant Professor, Political Science
--Religion in Eastern Europe
Darren Zook, Lecturer, International and Area Studies and Political Science
--Human rights, comparative Asian politics, international law, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
