Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair in Contemporary Islam in Southeast Asia, Harvard University (Harvard Divinity School)

School Harvard Divinity School

Position Description

Harvard University’s Faculty of Divinity seeks to make a full-time, tenured appointment to the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair in Contemporary Islam. We seek a scholar whose work engages the social, intellectual, political, artistic, economic, or any other aspect of contemporary Islamic life with specialization in Southeast Asia. The candidate should demonstrate a deep understanding of the historical, social, and cultural contexts of Islamic institutions, movements, and ideas in Southeast Asia with emphasis on the 18th-century to the present. The candidate should be also conversant with the broader, global history of Islamic religion and culture.

Basic Qualifications

Applicants should be competent in the appropriate research languages and be able to teach and advise at the doctoral and master’s levels. Applicants should also be able to contribute to the Divinity School’s degree programs, including its multi-religious Master of Divinity program, and be familiar with forms of analysis that address race, gender, and social location. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in the intellectual life of the Divinity School. The candidate will also teach undergraduates and doctoral students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Special Instructions

Letters of nomination should be sent to: Islamic Search Committee, c/o Matthew B. Turner, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, or via email to:mturner@hds.harvard.edu. A letter of application and current curriculum vitae are required of all candidates. Preference is given to online applications made at:http://academicpositions.harvard.edu. Applications may also be submitted via postal or electronic mail to the addresses above. Review of applications will begin in December and continue throughout February 2015.

Contact Information

Islamic Search Committee
C/o Matthew B. Turner
Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact Email mturner@hds.harvard.edu

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Islam and International Relations book series

book series

The book series is a partnership between Co-IRIS and Gerlach Press. Co-IRIS is an organization that promotes and advances research on Islam and International Relations. Gerlach Press is an academic publisher specialized on the Middle East and Islamic Studies.

Series Editors: Nassef Manabilang Adiong, Raffaele Mauriello, and Deina Abdelkader

The series addresses the role of Islam in the study and practice of the ‘international’, in terms of both conventional relations among modern states and a broader view on interactions among humans and their societies that go beyond their locality. It aims to provide a platform for advancing research on Islam and the ‘international’ with the aim to develop and sustain a body of knowledge that addresses the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies as regards international affairs, and hence enriches and diversifies the disciplines of International Relations and Geopolitics with contributions from Islamic history and thought.

We welcome book proposals in areas such as:
Islamic theories of international relations   •   Islam in International Relations theories   •   Islamic Studies and International Studies   •   Islamic Studies and Area Studies   •   Islamic approaches to world politics   •   Islam and foreign policy   •   Islam and diplomacy   •   Islam and geopolitics   •   Islam and Security Studies   •   Islam and post-colonial international relations   •   Islam and global development studies   •   Islam and international law   •   Islam and international political economy   •   Islam and international political sociology   •   Islam and human rights   •   Islam and international organizations

Submission
Please email your inquiries and/or book proposals to info@coiris.org and include carbon copies to deina_abdelkader@uml.edu, contact@nassef.info, and raffaele.mauriello@me.com.

All book proposals should include the following:
• A title of the book.
• A description of the book (between 400 and 700 words) and its relation to competing works.
• A table of contents.
• An estimate of page length.
• Optional: one or two sample chapters.
• A curriculum vitae of the author(s).
• A proposed deadline for submission of the final manuscript.

Islam and International Relations book series

book series

The book series is a partnership between Co-IRIS and Gerlach Press. Co-IRIS is an organization that promotes and advances research on Islam and International Relations. Gerlach Press is an academic publisher specialized on the Middle East and Islamic Studies.

Series Editors: Deina Abdelkader, Nassef Manabilang Adiong, and Raffaele Mauriello

The series addresses the role of Islam in the study and practice of the ‘international’, in terms of both conventional relations among modern states and a broader view on interactions among humans and their societies that go beyond their locality. It aims to provide a platform for advancing research on Islam and the ‘international’ with the aim to develop and sustain a body of knowledge that addresses the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies as regards international affairs, and hence enriches and diversifies the disciplines of International Relations and Geopolitics with contributions from Islamic history and thought.

We welcome book proposals in areas such as:
Islamic theories of international relations   •   Islam in International Relations theories   •   Islamic Studies and International Studies   •   Islamic Studies and Area Studies   •   Islamic approaches to world politics   •   Islam and foreign policy   •   Islam and diplomacy   •   Islam and geopolitics   •   Islam and Security Studies   •   Islam and post-colonial international relations   •   Islam and global development studies   •   Islam and international law   •   Islam and international political economy   •   Islam and international political sociology   •   Islam and human rights   •   Islam and international organizations

Submission
Please email your book proposals to info@coiris.org and include carbon copies to deina_abdelkader@uml.edu, contact@nassef.info, and raffaele.mauriello@me.com.

All book proposals should include the following:
• A title of the book.
• A description of the book (between 400 and 700 words) and its relation to competing works.
• A table of contents.
• An estimate of page length.
• One or two sample chapters.
• A curriculum vitae of the author(s).
• A proposed deadline for submission of the final manuscript.

Lecture: “Social Justice and Governance in Islam” by Deina Abdelkader

 

Event:
Lecture: “Social Justice and Governance in Islam” by Deina Abdelkader
Start:
April 13 2016 — 6:00 pm
End:
April 13 2016 — 7:30 pm
Category:
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Organizer:
Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program
Phone:
617-495-3379
aisp@fas.harvard.edu
Updated:
Venue:
CGIS South S050
Address:
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1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA,02138

Deina Abdelkader

The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program is pleased to present

“Social Justice and Governance in Islam”

A lecture by Deina Abdelkader, Associate Professor in the Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

A Faculty Seminar Series event

Professor Abdelkader’s scholarly interests and research focus on the Middle East and North Africa and include comparative democratization in the Muslim world, Islamic activism, and the role of Muslim women in religious interpretation.  Dr. Abdelkader is the author of Social Justice in Islam (2000) and Islamic Activists: The Anti-Enlightenment Democrats (2011). She has also authored a number of articles, the latest of which include “Coercion, Peace and the Issue of Jihad,” (Digest of Middle East Studies), and a book chapter entitled: “Modernity, Islam and Religious Activism,” in The New Global Order and the Middle East.

Dr. Abdelkader is also one of two women on the Islamic Jurisprudential Council of North America (Fiqh Council of North America), serves on the editorial board of the Digest of Middle East Studies and is a founding member and co-director of the International Relations-Islamic Studies research cohort (COIRIS).