Amer Latif

Associate Professor, School of Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies

Full-Time

At Emerson since 2020

Contact

Campus

Boston

Department

Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts

Education

  • B.A., Bard College
  • Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook

Dr. Amer Latif is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in comparative religion and Islamic studies. His research revolves around issues involved in the translation of cultures.

Having grown up in Pakistan and with an undergraduate degree in physics, Dr. Latif thrives on studying and creating containers that are capacious enough to hold seeming contradictions such as science and religion, East and West.

Dr. Latif joins Emerson after having taught for many years at Marlboro College.

Courses
  • Topics in Religion
  • Advanced Topics in Religion
  • Junior Seminar: Theories Sources and Methods
  • Directed Study
  • Directed Study in Sociology and Anthropology