Grants per year
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Research Interests
His current research concerns eighteenth-century Islamic intellectual history in North Africa.
- The history of Muslim societies in West Africa
- Islamic intellectual history and learning practices in West and North Africa, 19th century to the present
- Islamic revival in the Middle East and Africa, in particular the networks of Islamic reform spanning the Muslim world in the 18th century and how they inspired social-religious movements in the 19th century
- Contemporary Theology in the Muslim World
Education/Academic qualification
Arabic studies, Middle East History, MA, American University in Cairo
History, PhD, Northwestern University
History, BA, Stanford University
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Grants
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Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad: Embodied Knowledge and Master-Disciple Relations in West African Islam
Glassman, J. P. & Wright, Z. V.
7/1/08 → 12/31/09
Project: Research project
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Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad: Embodied Knowledge and Master-Disciple Relations in West African Islam
Glassman, J. P. & Wright, Z. V.
7/1/08 → 12/31/09
Project: Research project
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Scholars, Secrets, and Sultans: Clerical Authority in West Africa, 1450-1650
Wright, Z., Jul 7 2023, In: Journal of African History. 64, 2, p. 248-268 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Islam, Blackness, and African Cultural Distinction: The Islamic Négritude of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse
Wright, Z., 2022, In: Journal of Africana Religions. 10, 2, p. 237-265 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Spiritual Training across the Sahara: Debating the Need for the Living Sufi Master in the Tijāniyya
Wright, Z., Sep 1 2022, In: Journal of Islamic Studies. 33, 3, p. 352-387 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Islamic Intellectual Tradition of Sudanic Africa, with Analysis of a Fifteenth-Century Timbuktu Manuscript
Wright, Z. V., Jan 1 2020, The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa. Springer International Publishing, p. 55-76 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Scopus citations -
Secrets on the Muhammadan Way: Transmission of the Esoteric Sciences in 18th Century Scholarly Networks
Wright, Z., Jan 1 2018, In: Islamic Africa. 9, 1, p. 77-105 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations