Selected Presentations
"Reconfigured Pleasures: Functions of Families and Servants in the
Paradisiacal Household," Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and
Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam, University of Göttingen, May
2009
"Perfection of Paradise," Beauty in the Worlds of Islam. University
of Texas, April 3, 2009
"Feminine Rewards: Contrasting Medieval and Contemporary
Interpretations of Women’s Lives in Islamic Paradise," Gender and
Power in the Muslim World, Sarah Lawrence College, March 7,
2009.
"Reinforcing and extending the fear of hell: Narrative authority
and audience reception in Ibn al-Jawzi's Kitab al-qussas
wa-l-mudhakkirin and al-Qadi’s Daqa'iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna
wa-l-nar," Middle Eastern Studies Association’s Annual Conference,
November 19, 2007.
“Death Across Faiths,” Asia Society, New York, September 8,
2007.
“Writing a History of Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture,” Junior
Faculty Colloquium at St. John’s University, January 30,
2007.
“Medieval Islamic Books and Libraries,” Honors Program at
University of Massachusetts Boston, September 14, 2006.
“Women's Earthly Behavior and Otherworldly Placement in Sahih
Hadith Collections,” Middle Eastern Studies Association’s Annual
Conference, November 20, 2005.