Aamir Bashir

Major
Islamic Thought
Degree
Ph.D.
School
University of Chicago
Sponsor 2014
Muslim Community Center East Bay Scholarship (MCC)
Bio
Aamir’s original training was in Engineering. After completing an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2002, he decided to pursue Islamic Studies full-time. Over the next five years, he undertook a rigorous program in traditional Islamic studies (Dars-e-NIzami), during the course of which he acquired Shahadat al-ʿAlimiyyah (Certification of Scholarly Achievement), equivalent to a 4-year BA in Islamic & Arabic Studies, at Jamiʿa Ashrafia, Lahore. Later, he served as a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Darul Uloom al-Madania, an Islamic seminary in Buffalo, NY. While there, he also completed an MA from the International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization (ISTAC) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). In May 2014, he graduated from the MA Program in Islamic & Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL).
In Fall 2014, Aamir will be starting a PhD in Islamic Thought at the University of Chicago (department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations). His research interests include Islamic jurisprudence (development, codification, Hanafi legal theory & Hadith, maqasid al-Shariʿah), early Islam/Islamic origins (codification of Qur’an and Hadith), Islam in the modern world, and Islamic education.
Areas of interest
- Religious Studies