I’m very excited to be joining the team over at Marginalia Review of Books, which is the Los Angeles Review of Books channel dedicated to the study of religion. I will be Assistant Director of MRB Radio and hosting a new podcast called Directions in the Study of Religion. I will be speaking with people about new directions, including exciting scholarship, workshops,…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristian Petersen (@babakristian) on Jun 18, 2014 at 9:59pm PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristian Petersen (@babakristian) on Jun 18, 2014 at 9:59pm PDT I am grateful to have a copy of Akiro Matsumoto’s 松本耿郎 new book of essays on the…
William Gourlay (@GourlayWill) wrote up a brief summary of an interesting documentary, Ashiq – The Last Troubadours, on the Sufi musicians of Xinjiang on his blog, The gypsy plays & the kurd dances. Unfortunately, the entire film isn’t available online and is only located in the University of California, Berkeley libraries. However, this beautiful clip above from the film reveals scenes…
Dr. Kristian Petersen 