Department of Religious Studies
Department of Religious Studies
Amna Tarar

Amna Tarar

Amna Tarar
Doctoral Student
Email: at2hqb@virginia.edu

Education

University of Virginia – PhD. In Religious Studies (in progress)
Lahore University of Management Sciences – BSc (Hons.) in Anthropology and Sociology

Research Interests

Intellectual and literary traditions of Islam in South Asia
Sufism and Islamic philosophy 
Panjabi history and culture 
Pedagogical dimensions of art

My current research focuses on pre- and early modern Panjabi Sufi poetry. I am particularly interested in the pedagogical value of this poetry for spiritual and social healing in contemporary communities.