Nazeer is a doctoral candidate specializing in the study of the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. He is interested in the representation of bodies and embodiment in ancient texts, especially in relation to questions of gender, (dis)ability, and categories of power and marginality. He is currently exploring these intersections through the lens of sight, and his dissertation investigates the role vision and visuality play in shaping traditions of pilgrimage into journeys of ethical self-formation. Nazeer holds an advanced certificate in Poetics and Theory through the Department of Comparative Literature at NYU and is also a member of the Authoritative Texts and Their Reception research program at the University of Oslo. Prior to coming to NYU, he received his MA in Religion and Literature, concentrated in Hebrew Bible from Yale University; a BA in English Literature and Judaic Studies from the University of Central Florida; and an AA from Valencia Community College.
Nazeer can be reached at nazeer.bacchus@nyu.edu