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Latest Talk (in Urdu): reflections on Defending Muhammad in Modernity 5 years since its publication, at the Al-Mawrid institute in Lahore. Link below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=no3K9A…

Great to see Perilous Intimacies on this list. Many thanks to the jury for their time! Columbia University Press

Latest in the ongoing Marginalia Review of Books Marginalia Review of Books forum on Perilous Intimacies: Prof. Elaine Fisher’s essay “Hospitality and Hostility in Colonial South Asia.” marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/hospitali…

Anthropologist Noah Salomon responds to Perilous Intimacies with his trademark brilliance, extending his analysis from India to Sudan in this essay: “Sovereignty in Ruins.” marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/sovereign…

It was a pleasure to speak with Muhammad Jalal on The Thinking Muslim Podcast podcast about the current political moment in Pakistan. Link below: youtube.com/watch?v=NTaBlZ…

Just completed: a forum on Perilous Intimacies at Marginalia Review of Books featuring varied but equally excellent responses to the book by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Noah Salomon, Supriya Gandhi, Elaine Fisher, and Barton Scott, followed by my response. marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/a-forum-o…

Latest Essay: "The Politics of Intimacy and the Intimacy of Politics;" my response to the just concluded Marginalia Review of Books forum on Perilous Intimacies, featuring five fabulous reflections/critiques of the book (link below): marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/theologie…

The Marginalia Review of Books calls SherAli Tareen’s PERILOUS INTIMACIES, " a master class in how to open a dense intellectual archive to non-specialists." buff.ly/rHsdBC1 #BookReview #Hindu #Muslim Marginalia Review of Books

Why America toppled Imran Khan. Watch the full episode with SherAli Tareen here: youtu.be/NTaBlZPk0_E?fe…

Friends in the Princeton area: I will be giving two separate talks at the Institute for Advanced Study this upcoming week, Monday 21st 12:30 PM (Dilworth room, Simmons building), and Wednesday 23rd Noon (West Building Seminar Room).

A true badge of honor to see this incredibly erudite review essay on Perilous Intimacies by the renowned scholar Prof. Jamal Malik in the Journal of Islamic Law and Society, which goes way beyond the purview of the book. brill.com/view/journals/…

A pleasure to write this introductory essay for the just launched forum on rajbir singh judge razor sharp monograph Prophetic Maharaja. The book does and this forum will give some rarely available and delightful theory vertigo.

Going live now for a talk on Hindu-Muslim friendship at Jami'a Millia Islamia University, Delhi. Link details below:

SherAli K. Tareen, Patricia Crone Member in the School of Historical Studies (2024–25), reflects on how his time at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has helped him to reconnect with aspects of himself that can be overshadowed by the demands of academia: youtu.be/RNSxbXa1QhU

One does not have to agree with all aspects of Sharjeel's essay here to recognize his incredible brilliance, courage, and tenacity, and the challenge he poses to Hindu nationalism and different varieties of liberal secular fundamentalism. thepolisproject.com/read/sharjeel-…

Book 3 done (for now) and off to peer review. Fingers crossed..

Free Imran Khan!

Complete solidarity with Prof. Jonathan AC Brown. Georgetown University's discipline and punish is as stupid as it is pernicious. Since when do academics take an oath of patriotism? This is a naked alliance of university and state policing of views that don't fit their sovereign grid.

Latest article, “Theory, Theology, and Fraternal Friendship,” published open access in the ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies; link below: scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

Just published: a special forum on Perilous Intimacies in the ReOrient journal with essays by Prof Ghazal Asif, Humeira Iqtidar, and Abdulkader Tayob, followed by my response. Open access; link below: scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…