Islam on the Margins: Studies in Memory of Michael Bonner

Islam on the Margins commemorates the contributions Michael Bonner made to Near Eastern Studies. It consists of fourteen contributions by his students and colleagues that focus on various aspects of his work. The contributions coalesce around four major themes of Bonner’s endeavours: Holy War and the Frontier, Qurʾan and Law, Geography and Ethnography, and Books, Coins and Titles. Collectively, the contributions underscore the breadth of Michael Bonner’s erudition and impact on the field.

Robert Haug, Ph.D. (2010), University of Michigan, is Associate Professor of Islamic World History at the University of Cincinnati and author of The Eastern Frontier: The Limits of Empire in Late Antique and Early Medieval Central Asia (I.B. Tauris, 2019).

Steven Judd, Ph.D. (1997), University of Michigan, is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. His publications include: Religious Scholars and the Umayyads: Piety-Minded Supporters of the Marwānid Caliphate (Routledge, 2013) and Abd al-Raḥmān b. ’Amr al-Awzā’ī, (Oneworld, 2019).