 Maria
Massi-Dakake, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office: Robinson Hall B456
Email: mdakakem@gmu.edu
Phone: 703 993-3582
Office Hours:
MW | 9:30-10:30 | and by appointment
Spring 2008 Courses:
RELI 211 Religions of the Near East (3)
Reli 211
004 | M | 4:30-7:10 pm | 12596
RELI 272 Islamic Religious Life (3)
Reli 272
001 | MW | 10:30-11:45 | 12605
Areas of Interest:
Maria Massi Dakake holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell
University (1990) and an M.A. (1998) and Ph.D. (2000) in Near Eastern
Studies from Princeton
University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where she teaches courses
on Islam and other Near Eastern religious traditions, as well as courses
on women in religion, and is one of the founding faculty members of the
interdisciplinary Islamic
Studies Program recently established at George Mason.
Her research interests lie in the fields of Islamic theology, philosophy
and mysticism, with a particular interest in Shi`ite and Sufi traditions
and in women’s issues. She has published articles and presented
papers on early Shi`ism, Islamic philosophy and Sufism. She most recently
completed a book entitled, The Charismatic Community: Shi`ite Identity
in Early Islam and is working on an edited volume on women and Sufism.
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