Mahade Hasan - Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Mahade Hasan

Graduate Student

Mahade Hasan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with a concentration in Islamic Studies. His research engages critically with the field of Islamic intellectual history, particularly focusing on modern reformist efforts to revive and adapt classical Islamic legal theories (Uṣūl al-fiqh) in response to the challenges posed by modernity. He is also deeply interested in medieval Arabic linguistic thought, the transmission and preservation of knowledge through scribal practices in Islamic manuscript culture, and the development of pedagogical methodologies within Islamic educational traditions. At UCLA, he seeks to bridge historical scholarship with contemporary debates on Islamic thoughts and legal theories (Uṣūl al-fiqh).

Education

MA in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, Brunei Darussalam.
MA in Applied Linguistics and Arabic Language Teaching, University of Dhaka.
BA in Arabic (Language and Literature), University of Dhaka. Summa Cum Laude.

Honors & Awards

2013: Prime Minister Gold Medal, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka.
2013: Dean’s Merit of Honor, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka.
2014: Dean’s Merit of Honor, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka.
2015: Brunei Darussalam Government Scholarship.