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Kenan Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies (3241); Director of Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations (3240)

107 Saunders Hall
Campus Box 3225
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225
919-962-3924 (phone)
919-962-1567 (fax)

3018 FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro St
Campus Box 7582
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7582
919-843-2102 (fax)
CERNST@email.unc.edu

A.B. Stanford University, 1973
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1981

Research Interests

Professor Ernst’s research interests include Sufism, with a focus on west and south Asia, Muslim interpretations of Hinduism and the Qur’an as literature.

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