The early development of Islam in the Middle East; Arabic accounts of Muhammad’s life; pre-modern Islamic and Middle Eastern History
Previous PhD Students
Zohar Shani Allouche, '"Between The Pure Milk And The Froth": Images Of The Devil In The Muslim Tradition (Hadith)', 2006
Gurdofarid Miskinzoda, 'On The Margins Of Sira: Mughuitai (689-762 / 1290-1361) And His Place In The Development Of Sira Litrature.', 2007
Daniel Andrzej Vazquez-Paluch, 'The Establishment Of The Maliki School In Muslim Spain', 2008
Alena Kulinich, 'Representing "a blameworthy tafsir": Mu 'tazilite exegetical tradition in al-Jami' fi tafsir al-Qur'an of 'Ali ibn 'lsa al-Rummani (d.384/994)', 2012
Publications
The first dynasty of Islam: the Umayyad caliphate AD 661-750
Hawting, Gerald (2003). In: McAuliffe, Jane Dammen, (eds.), Walfish, B.D., (eds.) and Goering, J.W., (eds.), With Reverence for the Word. Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 408-421
Discussion in Islamic law of being prevented from completing a pilgrimage (ihsar)
Hawting, Gerald (2000). In: Hawting, Gerald, (eds.), Mojaddedi, J.A., (eds.) and Samely, A., (eds.), Studies in Islamic and Middle Eastern texts and traditions in memory of Norman Calder. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 121-137
