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Zheyuan Deng

Ph.D. candidate, 2018

Areas of Specialization: Islam in Africa

Email: dengzheyuan@ufl.edu

Deng earned his B.A. in history and Arabic (2015) and M.A. in African history (2018) from Peking University, China. His M. A. thesis focused on the history of collecting and studying of the Arabic manuscripts in Northern Nigeria. His current research interests include urban spaces and lived religion, religious encounters, Afro-Asian connections in Southwestern Nigeria.