Associate Professor Contact Information hmzafer@uw.edu Office Hours ON LEAVE 2024-2025 Fields of Interest Arabic Coptic Language Endangered Languages History Islamic Studies Jewish Studies Language Late Antiquity Literature Middle Eastern Studies Biography Ph.D., 2013, Cornell University M.A., 2010, Cornell University B.A., 2008, Binghamton University Curriculum Vitae (151.21 KB) Courses Taught Spring 2023COPTIC 101 A: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic GEEZ 101 A: Classical Ethiopic NEAR E 196 A: Introductory Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Summer 2022NEAR E 230 A: Introduction to Muslim Beliefs and Practices Spring 2022GEEZ 101 A: Classical Ethiopic Resources & Related Links Website Affiliations Related Departments Arts & Sciences Humanities Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Social Sciences Jackson School of International Studies African Studies Jewish Studies Related News Related News Prof. Hamza Zafer featured in “Ways of Knowing Episode 3: Ge’ez" (June 4, 2025) Department Name Change (February 27, 2023) NELC STUDENTS REFLECT: Lidwien Kaptiejn on Somalia, A Horn of Africa Initiative Lecture (November 6, 2019) NELC Major Mira Weimer on the Prophet Jonah across Abrahamic Texts (June 3, 2019) Farhat J. Ziadeh Lecture 2019: Jane McAuliffe on the Quran in America (April 21, 2019) Gert Borg on Arabic Studies in Europe and "Gift Called Philology" (November 8, 2018) Islamic Studies Professor Dr. Zafer Co-Edits The Qurʾan Seminar Commentary (January 3, 2017)
