Education
Ph.D. Religious Studies, University of Virginia
M.A. Religious Studies, University of Virginia
M.Phil. Philosophy of Religion, University of Cambridge
M.A. Near Eastern Language and Cultures, Indiana University
BSc. Hons. Social Sciences, LUMS
Teaching and Research Interests
Essam’s teaching and research interests include the fields of Islamic Studies (Islamic law, Islam in the modern period, and Islam in Pakistan), Religious Studies (theoretical, ethnographic and historical approaches), Philosophy of Religion (pragmatism, hermeneutics and ethics) and Religion and Violence (the study of religious language and behavior).
Kapoor, Vineet, William Flavin, Peter Ochs, Thomas Maty?k, and Essam Fahim. 2022. "Community Policing Solutions for Religion-on-Religion Conflict: Lessons from an Indian Case Study" World 3, no. 4: 840-857. https://doi.org/10.3390/world3040047
Ochs, Peter, Essam Fahim, and Paola Pinzon. 2022. "Read the Signs: Detecting Early Warning Signals of Interreligious Conflict" Religions 13, no. 4: 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13040329
"The Religious Other in Pakistan," at the INIRE Conference 2025 Annual Conference "Abrahim Religions and Religious Others," Katholische Akademie Berlin, July 20-24, 2025
"Spiritual Healing and Biomedicine at the Dar al-Shifa in Lahore" at the 2019-20 Fellows Symposium Series, hosted by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, February 27, 2020.
"Islamic Studies at LUMS: History, Aims, Method and Content" at the symposium entitled "Contemporary Issues in Religious Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment" hosted by the Department of Religious Studies, Forman Christian College, Lahore, 2016.