Francesca Chubb-Confer

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, Carleton College, 2011
  • MA, University of Chicago Divinity School, 2013
  • PhD, University of Chicago Divinity School, 2020

Biography

Francesca Chubb-Confer's research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the fields of religious studies and comparative literature to advance the study of Islamic literary and poetic traditions, particularly in South Asia and the Persianate world. With interests in Sufism, poetry, religion and colonialism, and translation, her current book project focuses on Muhammad Iqbal, the early 20th-century reformer, philosopher, and poet, and analyzes how the relationship between form and content in his work navigates between classical Islamic tradition and the demands of colonial modernity. Francesca's published work has appeared in the International Journal of Islam in Asia; Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; and Afghanistan.

Spring 2025

American Islam — RELG 271

Drinking With God: An Introduction to Sufism — RELG 273

Beloved Bodies: Gender and the Erotic in Islamic Literature — GSFS 370

Beloved Bodies: Gender and the Erotic in Islamic Literature — RELG 370

Notes

Francesca Chubb-Confer Article Published in "Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East "

January 28, 2025

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Francesca Chubb-Confer published an article in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East entitled "Remnants of Eternal Possibility: Iqbal and Lyric Time in the Ghazal." The article argues for a new way of reading the Persian poetry of Muhammad Iqbal, one of the most important figures of modern Islamic revival and reform.

Francesca Chubb-Confer Essay Published in "Afghanistan"

November 20, 2024

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Francesca Chubb-Confer recently published an essay, "Poetry on the Periphery: Language, Power, and Islam" as part of a scholarly forum in the journal Afghanistan.