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Daniel Jacobius Morgan

@jacobius.bsky.social
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Asst. Professor, Santa Clara University Historian of Sufism, Islamic reform and political theology in Mughal South Asia.

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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why is Bluesky discourse around religion so utterly banal? This sounds like it was produced by an ill-informed teenager trying to be edgy but is, somehow, widely reposted.... I genuinely don't get it.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TIL that the once-ubiquitous Vice media was founded by the son of the great historian of Islamic South Asia, Sajida Sultana Alvi (formerly of McGill). Weird.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The typography of Pakistan’s Urdu daily newspapers is a thing to behold. This headline from Jang is about US-Iran negotiations.
Front page of today’s Jang newspaper
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always love getting proofs. This is my annotated translation of a short treatise on the psychology of dreaming by the famous Shah Abd Al-Aziz Dihlawi.
Proofs for a chapter in an edited volume that discusses dreams and dreaming in relation to shah abd al Aziz Dihlawī.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England.“ These immortal lines have never rung truer…
Mr cod fish and chip shop in Lahore airport
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bay Area friends- I highly recommend this!
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The auto rickshaws of Lahore are a constant source of inspiration… 🥲
Auto rickshaw with the phrase “love is not fake, lover is fake” on the back
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Communing with the Emperor Jahangir in Lahore.
Tomb of Mughal emperor Jahangir in Lahore.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just one thing to clarify here: the salary is quite low for the Bay Area but the University does a good job of providing faculty housing for the first few years and an extra housing allowance on top of the salary.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our department is hiring for a TT job in Jewish Studies - specialization is *wide open* so please share widely with those who might be interested. I'm not on the committee but always happy to discuss life in our unusually collegial department or in Santa Clara more broadly. tinyurl.com/mw5twufz
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Position Type: Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies Position Type: Regular Salary Range: $86,284-$95,901 Purpose: The Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic uni...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our department is hiring for a TT job in Jewish Studies - specialization is *wide open* so please share widely with those who might be interested. I'm not on the committee but always happy to discuss life in our unusually collegial department or in Santa Clara more broadly. tinyurl.com/mw5twufz
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Position Type: Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies Position Type: Regular Salary Range: $86,284-$95,901 Purpose: The Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic uni...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On the way to Lahore. It‘s been a while (almost 15 years!)...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Doesn‘t say much for this site that reductionism of this very silly kind gets so much traction…
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Association for the Study of Persianate Societies @persianatesociety.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
📢 Reminder: The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies will hold its Eleventh Biennial Convention in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Abstracts due 30 September 2026. For more details and abstract submission, see here🔗: www.persianatesocieties.org/convention/e...
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Eleventh Biennial Convention | The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
The Eleventh Biennial Convention of the Association will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan during the week of August 9-12, 2027. The convention will be hosted...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Has anyone else had issues trying to upload an article to ScholarOne "Manuscript Central"? I've tried deleting cookies, using different browsers etc etc but still getting an error message ...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 Big news: The Washington Sun launches w/: — Huge investment in DC & local reporters — Legend Tom Sietsema — Capital Weather — Newsroom of +100, w/ great reporters (& me) Comes after Bezos's enormous cuts to WaPo To support, sign up for (free!) newsletter: washingtonsun.com/newsletters
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Really appreciate this reading of my work on Shah Wali Allah’s letters by @haroonsidat.bsky.social. substack.com/@haroonsidat...
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Haroon Sidat (@haroonsidat931401)
Dreams, Saints, and Sultans I’ll pick up on two things in the second chapter on theology, philosophy, and political economy. The first is a reflection on what Tareen terms an “oneiric sensibility”; t...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Insightful analysis of the current Iran crisis: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Ervand Abrahamian, Exchange Ratio — Sidecar
Iran after six months of war.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Interesting interview with my father-in-law Ravi Chopra that understands the Nepal disaster within a broader frame of Himalayan ‘development‘. thefederal.com/category/new...
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‘Nepal valley flooded twice in 14 months’: Expert slams ‘sheer madness’ of Himalayan development
Friendship Bridge destroyed twice: Environmentalist Ravi Chopra explains how reckless development pushes fragile valleys into repeated disasters, ruining lives
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tenure dossier in. Now the six month wait begins… 😬😬
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The highlight of getting the tenure portfolio together has been discovering that my work has been included on two syllabi at major R1 universities...
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Wendy Conrad: No Autographs Please
Alt: Wendy Conrad: No Autographs Please
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Interesting looking article on theurgy in the thought of Ibn Arabic. www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Really looking forward to seeing this work on Suhrawardi's occultist writings ...The translator's PhD dissertation on the same subject was/is excellent. brill.com/display/titl...
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Divine Inspirations and Sanctifications
"Divine Inspirations and Sanctifications" published on 13 Aug 2026 by Brill.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Devastating article written by a Nepali journalist whose home and family were swept away in the flood. kathmandupost.com/province-no-...
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I watched my village disappear in an instant
In the devastating floods that severed an entire district from the rest of Nepal, one The Kathmandu Post journalist witnessed his childhood village disappear — through fragments of video, and phone ca...
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Speaking of Starter Packs, here’s a list of good folks to follow bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Elias G Saba @egsaba.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Does anyone remember a post from maybe five years ago about a Judaeo-Arabic fragment? It was a note that a teacher gave a student to give to an administrator stating that the student had been misbehaving. I used the fragment in class so show that الله has been used by Jews, but now I can't find it.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Quite unlikely I know, but if anyone has ever used anything I’ve written for a syllabus (or plans to) it would be great to know…. Tenure file needs a little beefing up.
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One for the “why religious studies/ academic study of religion?” slideshow, first day of class discussion, office door, dept brochure… Thanks, @jamellebouie.net
@jamellebouie.net posts: anyway, i'd say that the most *useful* coursework i did in college was all in the religious studies department
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm looking for an undergraduate friendly introduction to dreams and dream-based divination in the ancient world...Any/all recommendations would be most welcome!
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Sanskrit scholarly books of the early modern period had the best titles: "A slap in the face of the wicked " "A great slap in the face of the wicked" "A boot to the lotus mouth of the wicked" Modern publishers take note. (For more, see Elaine Fisher's excellent book on early modern Hinduism)
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Who wants to go to Tajikistan? 😁😁 www.persianatesocieties.org/asps-elevent...
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ASPS Eleventh Biennial Conference | The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
ASPS Eleventh Biennial Conference 9-12 August 2027, Dushanbe, Tajikistan We are pleased to announce that the Eleventh ASPS Biennial Conference is to take place in...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The book isn’t yet available in the US it seems, but my in-laws have already bought a copy in India. 😁😁 www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Front cover of Islamic Intellectual History in the Mughal Era Picture of first page of Chapter 6 of Islamic intellectual history in the Mughal era
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The book isn’t yet available in the US it seems, but my in-laws have already bought a copy in India. 😁😁 www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Front cover of Islamic Intellectual History in the Mughal Era Picture of first page of Chapter 6 of Islamic intellectual history in the Mughal era
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Prepping my tenure dossier and find myself in a strange period of calm. 15+ years of work will reach some kind of culmination, for better or worse, in April.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Serious question for colleagues: better to be ignored or cited negatively?
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My kingdom for a faculty lounge
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My contributor copy has arrived (after a little address snag with OUP)! This incredible 1,115 page resource is one that all you scholars out there are going to want to have your libraries purchase asap.
Photo of the cover of the Oxford handbook of Islamic reform. Image of chapter 26 entitled reforming Muslims in modernity
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Really enjoying the polyvalence of the word “accident” here…. Possibilities abound.
Sign on a door of a cafe: “Due to an accident… all dogs must be kept on leads.”
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My institution is hiring for a Director of Spiritual Diversity (read interfaith chaplain type figure). If you know anyone who might be interested please pass this along: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
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Director of Spiritual Diversity
Position Title: Director of Spiritual Diversity Position Type: Regular Hiring Range: $102,800 - $115,560 per year; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and...
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
cannot wait to read the fruit of Muni’s Faruqui’s decades of labor… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
Thousands of forgotten news reports are reshaping our understanding of Aurangzeb and the Mughal world.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My brilliant wife has written this incisive critique of the Pope’s (mis)readings of the Hebrew Bible in his AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and invites readers to reflect on the lessons we *should* draw instead: www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
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What ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ misunderstood about The Tower of Babel, Nehemiah and A.I.
The encyclical presents Babel and Nehemiah as moral opposites, but the biblical traditions themselves resist such neat binaries.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I would love to know from friends who understand the dynamics of the South better than I do why Georgia seems to be more independent of Trumpian influence than other states. Is this impression I have correct? If so, why?
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It’s been a tough quarter one way and another but received this note from a student and another just wrote to tell me he was inspired to become Islamic studies minor… these small gestures make all the difference!
Lovely note from a student after taking a class
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"It’s one of those things that’s been going for 3,000 years, or 47 years, depending on how you count." It is striking how many of his ludicrous utterances are (more or less) grammatically correct but. upon a moment's reflection, semantically completely meaningless. A yawning chasm of idiocy.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Encountered this in my local Persian cafe… quite surprised to see such unquestioning veneration of the Trump-Bibi combine even in this evidently pro Pahlavi magazine. Also not quite sure why Churchill is working with Stalin and Xi to prop up (?) the now dead Khamanei…
Magazine cover for June issue of payam i javan. It thanks Trump and Netanyahu for attacking Islamic republic of Iran
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Well I think I've just definitively dated the arrival of the very first enslaved people from Africa to an English colony in the Caribbean - the exact day which launched a slave plantation system that would see 3.5m people trafficked in its wake. And it seems that 400 year anniversary is upon us.
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Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Architect Sami Angawi house in Jeddah
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is a cool read
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Bizarrely an unpublished article I wrote for the now-defunct Newsweek Pakistan in 2011 has been published by The Standard (15 years later)! thestandard.com.pk/the-last-mao...
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The Last Maoist in Mayfair
Meet Izzat Majeed, the man who made Pakistani music globally relevant again.
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Daniel Jacobius Morgan @jacobius.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Can T-1000’s experience love? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Can autonomous AI-powered killer drones take morality onboard?
While the technology is set to play a growing role in modern warfare, there remains an unresolved ethical challenge
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