Baber Johansen

Baber Johansen is Professor of Islamic Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Prior to his appointment, he served as Directeur d'Études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'étude des normes juridiques), Paris. His research and teaching focus on the relationship between religion and law in the classical and the modern Muslim world. Johansen was twice elected a member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and has been a...See more

Baber Johansen is Professor of Islamic Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Prior to his appointment, he served as Directeur d'Études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'étude des normes juridiques), Paris. His research and teaching focus on the relationship between religion and law in the classical and the modern Muslim world. Johansen was twice elected a member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and has been a visiting professor at the Watson Institute (Providence), Harvard University, and Ca' Foscari (Venice). See less