Muna Bilgrami

Overview

Name Muna Bilgrami Title Professor Associate Professor Doctor Mr Mrs X Ms Position in the department (e.g. Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Post-doctorate student, PhD-candidate, Dept. Assistant, etc.) PhD candidate Date since involvement in the department January 2016 Title of Ph.D. dissertation Name of institution where Ph.D. was obtained Title of courses taught in the department Description of current research project Research interests Contemporary Sufism, Qur’anic Studies. Areas of supervision of M- and D-students Title(s) and date(s) of FIVE (5) most recent publication(s) Title(s) of most sited work(s) Email address 216010946@student.uj.ac.za ONLY Ph.D. candidates Title of dissertation [Tentative] The Seeker and the Sought: Living the Sufi teachings of a late modern Sufi Master. Name of Supervisor Prof Farid Esack Description of research The teachings of a contemporary Sufi Master in South Africa with a transnational following and how specifically two main areas (Scriptural exegesis & the Sufi model of self & beingness) are applied by his students. Funding received (100 words) Previous degrees and name(s) of institution obtained MA Islamic Societies and Culture, SOAS; BA in Arabic with minor in Persian, UT Austin.