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Franklin D. Lewis (1961 - 2022) was an Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago with affiliations to the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.
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Lewis Franklin wrote a letter to Jewish newspapers throughout the United States in which he contended that forcing Moses Mannasse to testify on a High Holy Day was a grave insult to the Jewish people.
Jan 24, 2023 · Death, this incurable pain, took Franklin Lewis, an irreplaceable voice whose gentle presence and inspiring scholarship made him an exemplary scholar, mentor, colleague, and friend. In sorrow’s grip, we cherish his undying memory by marveling at his profoundly rich and varied body of work.
Oct 18, 2014 · Franklin D. Lewis is Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is a specialist in Persian...
Franklin Lewis. "Study of Rumi's circle (his father, his teacher Borhan al-Din, Shams of Tabriz, Salah al-Din Zarkub, Hosam al-Din Chelebi and Sultan Valad), his life, his poetry, his teachings and his reception history around the world. Winner of the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Prize for 2001.
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. flewis@uchicago.edu. I teach Persian literature and language, both classical and modern; medieval Islamic thought and literature; Islamic mysticism (“sufism”); Baha’i Studies; Iranian cinema; and translation history and theory.
