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Michael Cooperson

Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

the College

Center for the Study of Religion

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

Ucla Cmrs Center for Early Global Studies

Michael Cooperson is currently serving as a Center For The Study Of Religion Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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islamic thought islamic studies cultural history middle eastern studies orientalism literary history religious studies history intellectual history contemporary islam north african studies classics historiography narrative cultural texts anthropology archaeology historical methodology literary studies historical scholarship classical arabic biography archaeological methods contemporary fiction modern literature structural chemistry historical evidence comparative religion archaeological practice specialized translation historical archaeology culture collection ya literature structure elucidation lingua franca language localisation crystal structures crystal structure design islamic economics biblical studies folklore studies cultural theory ibn hanbal early abbasid period discourse analysis rhetoric ethnicity ethnic studies sociology of religion scientific study of religion asian studies english studies geopolitical conflict ethnic group relation archaeological excavations main group chemistry central mediterranean indigenous peoples military culture war crimes urban life language culture cultural cosmopolitanism applied algebra biographical traditions bishr al-hafi wolfhart heinrichs classical arabic humanities golden age pharaonic egypt islamic egypt islamic origins zoroastrian conversion los angeles master storyteller al-khiṣāb niyātan ‘an maltese language

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Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference. Global Arabic and Counterimperial Literatures, Written by Annete Damayanti Lienau. Journal of Arabic Literature (2026)

orientalismcultural textsworld literaturecultural studiesreligious studiesglobal arabicislamic studiescomparative literaturesacred languageislamic thoughtvernacular differencepostcolonial writing

Al-ShidyāQ’s Account of the Maltese Language: An Annotated Translation. Cambridge semitic languages and cultures (2025)

language localisationcomparative literaturespecialized translationlingua francamaltese languagetranslation studies

Alexander Mallett, Catherine Rider, and Dionysius a. Agius, Eds., Magic in Malta. Sellem Bin Al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman Inquisition, 1605, Leiden: Brill, 2022, 574 Pp. + Index, Isbn 978-90-04-49893-8. Der Islam (2024)

Michael Cooperson

anthropologyhistorical evidenceritualindigenous peoplesroman inquisition

900 Years of Trickery: Al-ḤArīRī From Leiden to Los Angeles. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

Michael Cooperson

intellectual historyasian studiescultural studiesmiddle eastern studiesislamic studiescomparative literatureeast asian studies

900 Years of Trickery: Al-باRīʻrīʻ From Leiden to Los Angeles.. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

los angeles

Fictionalities in Medieval Arabic Texts: A Roundtable. postmedieval a journal of medieval cultural studies (2022)

Michael CoopersonHussein FancyMichelle KarnesMaurice A. Pomerantz

cultural historymedieval arabic textscultural studiesreligious studiesfolklore studies

On (Not) Drinking: Al-باRīʻrī's MaqāMah 48.. In “Passed around by a Crescent”: Wine Poetry in the Literary Traditions of the Islamic World. Edited by Kirill Dmitriev and Christine van Ruymbeke. (2022)

alcohol abusemaqāmah 48alcohol (drug)alcohol dehydrogenasesalcohol misuse

Al-Hariri, a Master Storyteller.. Harvard Magazine (2021)

modern literatureliterary historyworld literatureliteraturenarrativeya literatureliterary theorymaster storytellercontemporary fictionliterary criticism

Al-باRīʻrī, MaqāMāT Abī Zayd Al-Sarūjī.. New York University Press (2020)

crystal structuresbiomolecular structurestructural chemistrycrystallographycrystal structure designstructure elucidationchemistrychemical structurestructural biology

Impostures. New York University Press (2020)

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Michael Cooperson

Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Affiliations

the College

Center for the Study of Religion

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

Ucla Cmrs Center for Early Global Studies

Michael Cooperson is currently serving as a Center For The Study Of Religion Professor at University of California, Los Angeles.

Honors

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Michael Cooperson

University of California, Los Angeles

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference. Global Arabic and Counterimperial Literatures, Written by Annete Damayanti Lienau. Journal of Arabic Literature (2026)

orientalismcultural textsworld literaturecultural studiesreligious studiesglobal arabicislamic studiescomparative literaturesacred languageislamic thoughtvernacular differencepostcolonial writing

Al-ShidyāQ’s Account of the Maltese Language: An Annotated Translation. Cambridge semitic languages and cultures (2025)

language localisationcomparative literaturespecialized translationlingua francamaltese languagetranslation studies

Michael Cooperson

anthropologyhistorical evidenceritualindigenous peoplesroman inquisition

900 Years of Trickery: Al-ḤArīRī From Leiden to Los Angeles. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

Michael Cooperson

intellectual historyasian studiescultural studiesmiddle eastern studiesislamic studiescomparative literatureeast asian studies

900 Years of Trickery: Al-باRīʻrīʻ From Leiden to Los Angeles.. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

los angeles

Fictionalities in Medieval Arabic Texts: A Roundtable. postmedieval a journal of medieval cultural studies (2022)

Michael CoopersonHussein FancyMichelle KarnesMaurice A. Pomerantz

cultural historymedieval arabic textscultural studiesreligious studiesfolklore studies

alcohol abusemaqāmah 48alcohol (drug)alcohol dehydrogenasesalcohol misuse

Al-Hariri, a Master Storyteller.. Harvard Magazine (2021)

modern literatureliterary historyworld literatureliteraturenarrativeya literatureliterary theorymaster storytellercontemporary fictionliterary criticism

Al-باRīʻrī, MaqāMāT Abī Zayd Al-Sarūjī.. New York University Press (2020)

crystal structuresbiomolecular structurestructural chemistrycrystallographycrystal structure designstructure elucidationchemistrychemical structurestructural biology

Impostures. New York University Press (2020)

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