PhD in History - History of Islam in Nashville United States | Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University educates graduate students across the entire span of Islamic history, from its beginnings in late antiquity to contemporary times, covering diverse geographical contexts.
Our scholars specialize in numerous disciplines such as legal studies, commerce, religious studies, colonial history, and national identity. Their research encompasses subjects ranging from ancient Islamic burial practices, Andalusian social structures, medieval Jewish-Muslim commerce in the Mediterranean region, socioeconomic dynamics in pre-modern Gujarat, Ottoman Jewish communities, Balkan Islamic traditions, Nigerian colonial resistance movements, to the emergence of ISIS.