Marilyn Robinson Waldman

For the American novelist with a similar name, also born in 1943, see Marilynne Robinson.
Marilyn Robinson Waldman
Born
Marilyn Gail Robinson

(1943-04-13)April 13, 1943
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedJuly 8, 1996(1996-07-08) (aged 53)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationsHistorian, college professor
ChildrenAmy Waldman

Marilyn Gail Robinson Waldman (April 13, 1943 – July 8, 1996)[1] was an American historian of Islam and Sufism, and a professor at Ohio State University from 1974 to 1996.

Early life and education

Waldman was born in Dallas, Texas,[2] the daughter of Morris Robinson (born (Mowsz Pintel) and Sophie Schwiff Robinson. Her parents were both Jewish immigrants from Poland. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1964, with a bachelor's degree in African history,[3][4] and earned a master's degree (1966) and Ph.D. (1974) from the University of Chicago, where she was the last doctoral student of Marshall Hodgson.[2]

Career

Waldman was a historian of Islam,[5][6] and a professor of history at Ohio State University from 1974 to 1996.[2] She also directed the university's Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities,[7] and established its Religious Studies program.[4][8] She co-organized a symposium series on the history of Islam,[9] spoke to campus and community groups on Islam,[10][11] and won the Bjornson Humanities Award from the Ohio Humanities Council.[12] She contributed the "Islamic world" article to the Encyclopædia Brittanica.[13] She was a member of the Middle East Studies Association.[4]

Her research was published in scholarly journals including The Journal of African History,[14] Africa: Journal of the International African Institute,[15] Journal of the American Oriental Society,[16] Journal of Interdisciplinary History,[17] Critical inquiry,[18] Journal of Developing Societies,[19] History of Religions,[20] and Journal of Religion in Africa.[21]

Publications

  • "The Fulani Jihād: A Reassessment" (1965)[14]
  • "A Note on the Ethnic Interpretation of the Fulani 'Jihād'" (1966)[15]
  • "The Development of the Concept of Kufr in the Qur'ān" (1968)[16]
  • "Islamic Studies: A New Orientalism?" (1978, review essay)[17]
  • Toward a Theory of Historical Narrative: A Case Study in Perso-Islamicate Historiography (1980)[22][23][24]
  • "A Perspective on the World of Islam" (1981, newspaper essay)[8]
  • "'The Otherwise Unnoteworthy Year 711': A Reply to Hayden White" (1981)[18]
  • "The Popular Appeal of the Prophetic Paradigm in West Africa" (1982)[19]
  • The Islamic World (1984, co-edited with William H. McNeill)[25]
  • "Tradition as a Modality of Change: Islamic Examples" (1986)[20]
  • "Reflections on Islamic Tradition, Women, and Family" (1991)[26]
  • "Translatability: A Discussion" (1992, with Olabiyi Babalola Yai and Lamin Sanneh)[21]
  • "Innovation as Renovation: The 'Prophet' as an Agent of Change" (1992, with Robert M. Baum)[27]
  • Prophecy and Power: Muhammad and the Qur'an in the Light of Comparison (2012, published posthumously, co-edited by Bruce B. Lawrence, Lindsay Jones, and Robert M. Baum)[28]

Personal life

Marilyn Robinson married political scientist Loren K. Waldman. Novelist and journalist Amy Waldman is their daughter. Waldman died from cancer in 1996, at the age of 53, in Columbus.[4][9]

References

  1. ^ Galin, Müge (1997-01-01). Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing. SUNY Press. p. vii. ISBN 978-0-7914-3383-6.
  2. ^ a b c Davis, Dick (2005). "Waldman, Marilyn". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  3. ^ Negri, Gloria (1964-06-11). "Radcliffe Goodby; 'Room for Brains'". The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d Martin, Richard C. (1996). "Marilyn Robinson Waldman (1943-1966)". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 30 (2): 272–273. ISSN 0026-3184.
  5. ^ Kurzman, Charles; Ernst, Carl W. (2012). "Islamic Studies in U.S. Universities". Review of Middle East Studies. 46 (1): 24–46. ISSN 2151-3481.
  6. ^ Poliakova, E. A. (1984). "The Development of a Literary Canon in Medieval Persian Chronicles: The Triumph of Etiquette". Iranian Studies. 17 (2/3): 237–256. ISSN 0021-0862.
  7. ^ "History of the Department". OSU Department of Comparative Studies. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  8. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1981-02-27). "A perspective on the world of Islam". The Journal Herald. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Wasserstrom, Steve M. (August 1997). "Marilyn Robinson Waldman: April 13, 1943 - July 8, 1996". History of Religions. 37 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1086/463482. ISSN 0018-2710.
  10. ^ "Lecture slated at Reed". The Sunday Oregonian. 1991-03-28. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Calendar". The Oregonian. 1991-04-04. p. 61. Retrieved 2026-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "UD professor receives award". The West Milton Record. 1996-10-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Contributor: Marilyn R. Waldman, Brittanica
  14. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1965). "The Fulani Jihād: A Reassessment". The Journal of African History. 6 (3): 333–355. ISSN 0021-8537.
  15. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1966). "A Note on the Ethnic Interpretation of the Fulani "Jihād"". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 36 (3): 286–291. doi:10.2307/1157684. ISSN 0001-9720.
  16. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1968). "The Development of the Concept of Kufr in the Qur'ān". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 88 (3): 442–455. doi:10.2307/596869. ISSN 0003-0279.
  17. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1978). Ashtor, E.; Frye, Richard N.; Richards, D. S.; Hourani, A. H.; Stern, S. M. (eds.). "Islamic Studies: A New Orientalism?". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 8 (3): 545–562. doi:10.2307/202922. ISSN 0022-1953.
  18. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (July 1981). ""The Otherwise Unnoteworthy Year 711": A Reply to Hayden White". Critical Inquiry. 7 (4): 784–792. doi:10.1086/448132. ISSN 0093-1896.
  19. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn R. "The Popular Appeal of the Prophetic Paradigm in West Africa." Journal of Developing Societies 17 (1982): 110.
  20. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1986). "Tradition as a Modality of Change: Islamic Examples". History of Religions. 25 (4): 318–340. ISSN 0018-2710.
  21. ^ a b Waldman, Marilyn Robinson; Yai, Olabiyi Babalola; Sanneh, Lamin (May 1992). "Translatability: A Discussion". Journal of Religion in Africa. 22 (2): 159–172. doi:10.2307/1580961. ISSN 0022-4200.
  22. ^ Waldman, Marilyn Robinson (1980). Toward a theory of historical narrative: a case study in Perso-Islamicate historiography. The Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-0297-5.
  23. ^ Hardy, Peter (1981). "Review of Toward a Theory of Historical Narrative. A Case Study in Perso-Islamicate Historiography". History and Theory. 20 (3): 334–344. doi:10.2307/2504562. ISSN 0018-2656.
  24. ^ Haddad, George M. (1981). "Review of Toward a Theory of Historical Narrative: A Case Study in Perso-Islamicate Historiography". The American Historical Review. 86 (2): 433–433. doi:10.2307/1857541. ISSN 0002-8762.
  25. ^ Boudrua, Ahmed (1986). "Review of The Islamic World". Estudios de Asia y Africa. 21 (1 (67)): 153–156. ISSN 0185-0164.
  26. ^ Waugh, Earle H.; Abu-Laban, Sharon; Qureshi, Regula (1991). Muslim Families in North America. University of Alberta. pp. 309–325. ISBN 978-0-88864-225-7.
  27. ^ Waldman, Marilyn Robinson, and Robert M. Baum. "Innovation as Renovation:‘The Prophet’ as an Agent of Change." Innovation in Religious Traditions: Essays in the Interpretation of Religious Change (1992): 241-284.
  28. ^ Erlwein, Hannah (October 2016). "Marilyn Robinson Waldman, Prophecy and Power: Muhammad and the Qur'an in the Light of Comparison , ed. Bruce B. Lawrence with Lindsay Jones and Robert M. Baum (review)". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 18 (3): 149–155. doi:10.3366/jqs.2016.0259. ISSN 1465-3591.
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