Adam Bursi

Adam Bursi is a scholar of early Islam, specializing in its dialogue with late antique religions and the role of rituals involving relics, pilgrimage, and healing in shaping Muslim communal identity. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2015, served as a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University on the SENSIS project (2018-2021), and co-edited *Islamic Sensory History, Vol. 2: 600-1500* (Brill, 2024). His recent book, *Traces of the Prophets: Relics and Sacred Spaces in Early Islam* (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), examines prophetic relics and sacred spaces in 8th- and 9th-century Muslim writings; he currently works as an editorial assistant at Fortress Press.[1][2][3]