| John Bowen studies the global Islamic tradition, particularly in Asia, Europe and North America. His Islam, Law and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning (Cambridge, 2003) focuses on law and social norms whereas his forthcoming Can Islam be French? (Princeton, 2008) looks at schools, mosques, and sacrifice in France, and The New Anthropology of Islam (Cambridge, 2009) examines a range of recent work. | Robert Canfield edited a book about the cultural practices and political associations that connected the Muslim peoples of western, southern and central Asia (“Turco-Persia”) in the pre-modern and modern period. He has recently published a study of the several social and political elements that formed the Taliban movement. His study of the political implications of curing practices among Muslims of Central Asia will soon be published. | Lois Beck teaches the courses, "Islam and Politics" and "Women and Islam." Her recent books include Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800 (2003) and Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic (2004). |