Carolina Mendoza-Ahmed

Dr. Carolina Mendoza-Ahmed is a scholar of Islamic society and culture, focusing on the medieval and early modern Mediterranean, specifically the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. She writes on questions of language, identity, and temporality, with a special interest in Hispanophone Islam (Islamic texts composed in Spanish, Portuguese, Aljamiado, and other Romance languages common across the Iberian Peninsula). She also has expertise in Islamic art history and work closely on architecture, textiles, manuscripts, and ritual soundscapes. her dissertation, called “The Language of Light: The Epic of Muhammad in Hispanophone Islam, 1603–1719,” traced the cultural history of a Muslim community from rural Aragon through the Spanish Empire’s ethnic cleansing of the Iberian Peninsula, following them into forced displacement in northern Tunisia. She has archival and fieldwork experience across Morocco, Spain, Uzbekistan, Germany, and the United Kingdom.