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...Sciences did not have the funds to create another professorship. When Asani was offered tenure at the University of Bonn in Germany that year, Harvard fought to keep him, Eck said, by making him a professor of the practice in the departments of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) and the Study of Religion. The seat is a senior position with five-year contracts...
...Graham said Asani's reputation has not "suffered much" from the delay in tenure. "He's recognized internationally as a first-rate scholar," said Graham, who has served as chair of NELC...
Asani first came to Harvard as an undergraduate in 1973. Graham said he remembered him as a "notably outstanding" student who graduated summa cum laude in the comparative study of religion. He went on to study under Harvard's famed Islam scholar Annemarie Schimmel for his graduate studies in NELC...
Currently, Islamic Studies is mostly confined to the religious and historical aspects of the faith, and especially to Islam in the Middle East. At this point, undergrads study Islam through NELC or the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Professors like Granara and Susan G. Miller, a senior lecturer in Islamic civilizations, stress the need for a more multidisciplinary program. “This is a disgrace,” says Granara. “Our field is vastly underrepresented...and increases [in funding] are very much necessary.” Ahmed points to Sufism, Islamic mysticism, as a key area...
...March 8 magazine article "No Strings Attached?" incorrectly stated that offices of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) department are located at 1430 Mass. Ave., above CVS. While the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and some NELC faculty do have offices at the site, the department's headquarters are at the Semitic Museum on 6 Divinity Avenue. The Crimson regrets the error...