Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould is a distinguished scholar specializing in Islamic literatures, legal cultures, and legal theory, with a keen focus on freedom of expression and political sovereignty.

Her notable publications include 'Writers and Rebels: The Literatures of Insurgency in the Caucasus,' 'After Tomorrow the Days Disappear: Ghazals and Other Poems of Hasan Sijzi of Delhi,' and 'The Prose of the Mountains: Tales of the Caucasus.'

Rebecca has conducted extensive fieldwork and lived in various countries such as Iran, Tajikistan, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Azerbaijan, India, Daghestan, Georgia, Chechnya, and Ingushetia.

She holds a PhD in Persian and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Russian & Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.

Rebecca has held diverse roles including Professor at the University of Birmingham, Editor at Academic Studies Press, Associate at Harvard University's Davis Center, Reader in Translation Studies at University of Bristol, Senior Fellow at Central European University's Institute for Advanced Study, and Assistant Professor at Yale-NUS College.

She has also been associated with organizations like Edinburgh University Press, Yale University Press, and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

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