Suleyman Dost

Assistant Professor; Graduate Placement Officer
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 331, 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
suleyman.dost@utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)
  • Scarborough (UTSC)

Fields of Study

  • Islamic Studies
  • Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity

Biography

Suleyman Dost is Assistant Professor of Late Antiquity and Early Islam. He works primarily on inscriptions and other documentary sources from late antique Arabia and Ethiopia. His research also covers the historical context in which the Qur’an emerged as well as the history of its textual transmission. Before joining the University of Toronto, Dr. Dost was an Assistant Professor at Brandeis University and held a year-long fellowship at ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2017