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Sunil Sharma’s areas of expertise are classical Persian and Urdu literatures. He is the author of: Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier: Masud Sad Salman of Lahore (2000); Amir Khusraw: The Poet of Sultans and Sufis (2005); The Necklace of the Pleiades: Studies in Persian Literature (2007; co-edited with Franklin Lewis); Atiya’s Journeys: A Muslim Woman from Colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain (2010; co-authored with Siobhan Lambert-Hurley).

Sharma is on the editorial board of:

Iranian Studies Series (Leiden University Press)
Murty Classical Library of India (Harvard University Press)
Studies in Persian Cultural History (Brill)
Journal of Persianate Studies

Courses:
Persian Epic and Romance (CAS LZ280)
Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry (CAS LZ281)
Introduction to Comparative Literature: Middle East (CAS XL223)
Introduction to Comparative Literature: South Asia (CAS XL225)
Love in Indian Literature and Film (CAS XL381)
Travel Writing and the Muslim World (CAS XL470)

Publications