Dr Karen Bauer
Associate Professor
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Departments and units
Department of Academic Research Qur'anic Studies -
Email
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- Bauer, K., and Feras Hamza,听Women, Households, and the Hereafter in the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍Muslims believe that the Holy 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More: A Patronage of Piety. Oxford University Press in association with 鸟大大影院, 2023.
- Bauer K. and Feras Hamza, eds.,鈥An Anthology of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Commentaries, Volume 2: On Women. Oxford University Press in association with 鸟大大影院, 2021.
- Bauer K.,鈥鼵ambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback edition published June, 2017. Runner-up for the BKFS book prize, 2016.
- Bauer K. (ed.),鈥Aims, Methods, and Contexts of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Exegesis,鈥2nd/8th鈥 9th/15th鈥疌别苍迟耻谤颈别蝉,鈥疧xford, Oxford University Press in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2013.
- 鈥榃omen in the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍鈥, for The Cambridge Companion to Women in Islam, ed. Masooda Bano. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025), 40-63.
- 鈥楨motion in Early Islamic Social Hierarchies: Affection, Threats, and appeals to Piety in Official Documents from the 士Umayyad and 士Abb膩sid Periods鈥, Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire, edited by Petra Sijpesteijn and Edmund Hayes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024), 327-350.
- 鈥槻铣馨檃苍ic Happiness: Feelings as Moral Understanding in Late Antiquity鈥 in The Routledge History of Happiness, ed. Kate Barclay, Derrin McMahon, and Peter Stearns (London: Routledge, 2024), 102-118.
- 鈥槻铣馨檃苍ic Plot and the Practice of Emotional Virtue, with the Example of Al-A士r膩f (Q. 7)鈥, (with Feras Hamza) in Grasping Emotion: Approaches to Emotions in Interreligious and Interdisciplinary Discourse, ed. Melanie Peetz, Ute Eisen, and Heidrun Mader (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2024), 229-253.
- Bauer K., 鈥楨motive Rhetoric, Plot, and Persuasion in a 鈥淛ihad Surah鈥 (Al-Anf膩l Q. 8)鈥. In鈥Unlocking the Medinan 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍, ed. Nicolai Sinai. Leiden: Brill, 2022, 480-512.听
- 鈥楥ontemporary Iranian Interpretations of the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍 and Tradition on Women鈥檚 Testimony鈥. In鈥Reclaiming Islamic Tradition: Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage. Elisabeth Kendall and Ahmad Khan, eds. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016, 160-176.
- 鈥楢 Note on the Relationship Between鈥罢补蹿蝉颈谤鈥and Common Understanding, with Reference to Contracts of Marriage鈥, in鈥Islamic Cultures, Islamic Contexts: Essays in Honor of Professor Patricia Crone. Asad Ahmed, Robert Hoyland, Behnam Sadeghi, and Adam Silverstein, eds. Leiden: Brill, 2014, 97-111.
- Introduction鈥. In鈥Aims, Methods, and Contexts of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Exegesis, 2nd/8th鈥 9th/15th鈥痗别苍迟耻谤颈别蝉. Karen Bauer, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2013, 1-16.
- 鈥楯ustifying the Genre: A Study of Introductions to Classical Works of鈥Tafs谋r,鈥 Aims, Methods, and Contexts of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Exegesis, 2nd/8th 鈥 9th/15th centuries,鈥ed. Karen Bauer. Oxford: Oxford University Press in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2013, 39-66.
- 鈥樷淚 have seen the people鈥檚 antipathy to this knowledge:鈥 The Muslim exegete and his audience, 5th/11th-7th/13th鈥痗别苍迟耻谤颈别蝉鈥. In鈥The Islamic Scholarly Tradition: Studies in History, Law and Thought in Honor of Professor Michael Allan Cook. A. Ahmed, B. Sadeghi, and M. Bonner, eds. Leiden: Brill, 2011, pp. 293-315. Reprinted in鈥Tafs墨r: Interpreting the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, ed. Mustafa Shah. London: Routledge, 2013, v. 4, 356-376.
- Bauer K., 鈥楾he Emotions of Conversion and Kinship in the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍 and S墨ra of Ibn Is岣ツ乹鈥.鈥Cultural History听8.2 (2019), 137-163.
- Bauer K., 鈥楨motion in the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍: an Overview鈥.鈥Journal of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Studies听19.2听(2017), 1-31.
- Bauer K., 鈥楾he Current State of Qur鈥櫮乶ic Studies: Commentary on a Roundtable discussion鈥.听Journal of the International 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Studies Association听(JIQSA) 1.1, (2016), 29-45.
- Bauer K., 鈥業n Defence of Historical-Critical Analysis of the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍鈥, part of a roundtable entitled 鈥楩eminism in Islam: Exploring the Boundaries of Critique鈥.鈥鈥疛ournal of Feminist Studies in Religion听32.2, (2016), 126-130.
- Bauer K., 鈥楽piritual Hierarchy and Gender Hierarchy in F膩timid Ism膩鈥樐玪墨 interpretations of the Qur鈥櫮乶鈥.鈥Journal of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Studies听14.2, (2012), 29-46.
- 鈥楧ebates on Women鈥檚 Status as Judges and Witnesses in Post-Formative Islamic law鈥.听Journal of the American Oriental Society听130.1 (2010), 1-21.听
- 鈥楾he Male is not Like the Female (Q 3:36): The Question of Gender Egalitarianism in the Qur鈥櫮乶鈥.听Religion Compass听3/4 (2009), 637鈥654.
- 鈥樷淭raditional鈥 Exegesis of Q 4:34鈥.听Comparative Islamic Studies, 2.2 (2006), 129 鈥 142.
- The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender听by Shahla Haeri,听The American Historical Review听128.1 (2023), 538鈥539.
- The Study 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍听by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, et. al., eds.听American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences听34.3 (2017), 75-78.听
- Women in Classical Islamic Law: A Survey of the Sources听by Susan Spectorsky, review in听Islamic Law and Society听23.1-2 (2016), 147-150.
- Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition: Ethics, Law, and the Muslim Discourse on Gender, by Ayesha S. Chaudhry, review in听Journal of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Studies听17.2 (2015), 132-136.听
- Across the Religious Divide: Women, Property and Law in the Wider Mediterranean (ca. 1300-1800), ed. Sperling and Wray, review in听Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam听38 (2011), 415-420.听
- The Blackwell Companion to the Qur鈥櫮乶听ed. Andrew Rippin, review in听Journal of the American Oriental Society听129.2 (2009), 307-311.听
- Woman鈥檚 identity in the Qur鈥櫮乶, by Nimat Hafez Barazangi, review in听Journal of Middle East Women鈥檚 Studies, 4:3 (Fall, 2008), 131-134.听
- A Traditional Mu鈥榯azilite Qur鈥櫮乶 Commentary, by Andrew Lane, review in听Journal of the American Oriental Society, 126.3 (July 鈥 Sept., 2006), 435-437.听听
- The Formation of the Classical听Tafs墨r听Tradition, by Walid Saleh, review in听Journal of the American Oriental Society, 125.3 (July-Sept., 2005), 470-473.
- Reminiscences on being a student of Patricia Crone鈥檚, entitled 鈥榃ith all Good Wishes鈥,听al-Usur al-Wusta, November 2015.
- Veiled Voices听(2009), a documentary film: writer and co-producer; the film is directed and produced by Brigid Maher. Veiled Voices follows Muslim women religious leaders in the Middle East, exploring their relationship to tradition and modernity.