EDM U N D A . WAL SH SCHOOL OF FOREIG N SERVICE G EORG E TOWN U NIVERSIT Y
Celebrating 25 Years of Building Bridges of Understanding
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2016–2017
ANNUAL REPORT 2016−2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS History and Mission ............................................................................................. 1 Academic Programs ............................................................................................ 2 Academic Council Members .................................................................................. 3 Center Faculty................................................................................................... 4 Center Staff, Consultants, and Fellows .................................................................... 5 Visiting Researchers and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Scholars......................................... 6 Center Courses .................................................................................................. 7 Programs and Events ....................................................................................... 8–14
Year−End Faculty Reports Jonathan A.C. Brown, Director and Professor ....................................................... 15 John L. Esposito, University Professor and Founding Director .................................... 19 Yvonne Y. Haddad, Professor of the History of Islam and Christian−Muslim Relations.............................................................................. 24 Tamara Sonn, Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam .................. 28 John O. Voll, Professor Emeritus of Islamic History ................................................ 31 Norbani B. Ismail, Malaysia Chair ...................................................................... 34 Emad Shahin, Hasib Sabbagh Distinguished Visiting Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies .... 35 Shireen T. Hunter, Visiting Professor ................................................................. 37 Susan Douglass, ACMCU Education Consultant....................................................... 39
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HISTORY AND MISSION The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, renamed The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) in 2006, was founded in 1993 by an agreement between the Fondation pour l'Entente entre Chretiens et Musulmans, Geneva and Georgetown University to build stronger bridges of understanding between the Muslim world and the West as well as between Islam and Christianity. In 2006, the Center was renamed The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in recognition of a generous gift from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to guarantee the future of the Center and to support its mission and activities. The Center’s mission is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West and enhance understanding of Muslims in the West by addressing stereotypes of Islam; warnings of a clash of civilizations; and questions regarding the compatibility of Islam and modern life, from democratization and pluralism, to the status of women, minorities, and human rights. Since the renaming of the Center in 2006 through the end of the 2016−2017 Academic Year, Center faculty have published 76 books and monographs, 702 articles and chapters, given 1351 presentations outside of the classroom, and participated in 1289 media interviews. During that time the Center has organized and run over 390 programs, issued five new installments of its Occasional Papers series, and hosted 76 fellows and researchers from Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and the USA. In the 2016−2017 Academic Year, ACMCU faculty published 10 books, 30 articles and chapters, gave 66 presentations outside of the classroom and participated in 44 media interviews. The Center’s goals, both national and international in scope, are achieved through teaching, publications, media interviews, consulting, symposia, briefings, and international conferences. In the 2016-2017 Academic Year, ACMCU hosted 25 conferences, meetings and symposia. That same year, ACMCU offered 17 courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, comprised of 273 students, and advised or mentored 17 independent studies and theses. In addition, Center faculty members serve as consultants to government leaders, diplomats, policymakers, corporate executives, and members of the media.
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS The Center currently offers one academic program: Certificate Program in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations The certificate program is a defined, but flexible academic program for undergraduate students in the School of Foreign Service. To obtain the certificate, students must complete two foundation courses, three elective courses, and complete advanced research in one capstone course. The program has completed its nineteenth year, with six students receiving a certificate in 2017.
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ACMCU ACADEMIC COUNCIL 2016–2017 Sulayman Nyang
Ingrid Mattson
Professor, Department of African Studies Howard University
London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario
Asma Afsaruddin Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Indiana University
Juan Cole Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History University of Michigan Rosalind Hackett Professor and Department Head of Religious Studies University of Tennessee
Scott Alexander Associate Professor of Islamic Studies Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies Program Catholic Theological Union
Intisar Rabb Professor of Law and Faculty Director Islamic Legal Studies Program Harvard University
Natana DeLong-Bas Assistant Professor of the Practice Theology Department & Islamic Civilizations and Societies Program Boston College
Thomas Michel, S.J. Special Representative of the President in Italy Office of the President Georgetown University
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CENTER FACULTY Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professors Jonathan A.C. Brown Director and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair of Islamic Studies
John L. Esposito University Professor and Founding Director Director, The Bridge Initiative
Yvonne Y. Haddad Professor of the History of Islam and Christian−Muslim Relations
Tamara Sonn Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam
John O. Voll Professor Emeritus of Islamic History
Full Time Professors Norbani Ismail Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia
Emad Shahin Hasib Sabbagh Distinguished Visiting Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Other Affiliates Engy Abdelkader Senior Fellow (Faculty) & Adjunct Professor
Shireen T. Hunter Visiting Professor
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CENTER STAFF Christine Kidwell Associate Director
Kevin Pruyn Digital Communications and Multimedia Manager
Anastasiia Stoiatska Events and Program Coordinator
CONSULTANTS Susan Douglass ACMCU Education Consultant
FELLOWS Margot Badran
Ibrahim Kalin
Senior Fellow; Independent Scholar
Senior Fellow; Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey
Osman Bin Bakar Senior Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur; Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia
Dan Madigan
Heba Raouf Ezzat
Senior Fellow; Woodstock Theological Center at Gerogetown University
Visiting Senior Fellow; Professor, Department of Political Science, Cairo University; Affiliated Professor, American University in Cairo (AUC)
Imtiyaz Yusuf Senior Fellow; Program Director, Dept of Religion, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University
Senior Fellow; Associate Professor, Theology Department
Thomas Michel, S.J.
Iqbal Unus Visiting Fellow; Advisor, The Fairfax Institute, International Institute of Islamic Thought; Visiting Research Associate, AVACGIS, George Mason University
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VISITING RESEARCHERS Nigar Babayeva
Muhammad Rafique
Marmara University; Istanbul, Turkey
National Defense University; Islamabad, Pakistan
Kamuran Gökdağ Mardin Artuklu University; Mardin, Turkey
Fevzi Rencber Sirnak University; Sirnak, Turkey
Banu Gürer Marmara University; Istanbul, Turkey
Erdoan A. Shipoli Fatih University; Istanbul, Turkey
Nahid Afrose Kabir University of South Australia; Adelaide, Australia
Mustafa Macit Karagözoğlu Marmara University; Istanbul, Turkey
Denitsa P. Sokolova-Shipoli Fatih University; Istanbul, Turkey
Zeyneb Soyarslan Ankara University; Ankara, Turkey
Mahdi Karimi Almustafa International University; Qom, Iran
Charles Weller Washington State University; USA
Nur Laiq Oxford University; United Kingdom
Elif Zeynep Yilmaz University of Istanbul; Istanbul, Turkey
Xu Ma Kunming Medical University; Yunnan Province, China
PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL SCHOLARS Tasi Perkins Georgetown University
Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra Georgetown University
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ACMCU COURSES 2016−2017 Fall 2016 • Proseminar: Islam and the West, Jonathan Brown (INAF 100-01) • Religion and Violence, John L. Esposito (INAF 100-24) • American Civil Liberties & National Security, Engy Abdelkader (INAF 429) • Study of Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations, Yvonne Haddad (INAF 473) • The Future of Islam & Politics in the Middle East, John L. Esposito & Emad Shahin (INAF 488) • The Islamic World, Tamara Sonn (HIST 109) • History of Pakistan, Tamara Sonn (HIST 223) • Islam in the West, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 363)
Spring 2017 • Islam and Terrorism, Tamara Sonn (INAF 228) • Gender and the Qur’an, Norbani Ismail (INAF 313) • Muslim Women & the West, Yvonne Haddad (INAF 397) • Sex & Power in the Islamic Tradition, Jonathan Brown (INAF 403) • Tradition and Modernity in Southeast Asian Islam, Norbani Ismail (INAF 427) • International Human Rights Law & Terrorism, Engy Abdelkader (INAF 546) • Islamic Modernmism, Tamara Sonn (HIST 468) • Sayyid Qutb and Islamic Extremism, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 569) • Readings in Fatwa Collections, Jonathan Brown (ARAB 443)
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ACMCU PROGRAMS AND EVENTS September 9, 2016—briefing: “Conceptual Faultlines in Contemporary Liberalism” with Andrew March. “Liberalism” is often taken by both its proponents and its enemies to encode a single set of commitments: perhaps to individual rights and freedoms, limited government, a mixed economy and secularism. In contentious public debates over policy issues, “liberalism” is often seen by its adherents as calling for a single right answer and by its opponents as the primary cause of enduring social and cultural conflicts. And, yet, with some exceptions, almost all of our present legal and political conflicts in Western countries take place under the broad canopy of what can be called “liberalism.” How can this be true, and if it is, does liberalism lack a coherent conceptual core? Is it an essentially contented concept? Or is it a field of argumentation over the proper weight that should be given to a wide, but finite, number of common values and commitments? This talk addressed these questions as they are illuminated in a few important contemporary public policy disputes. September 14, 2016—briefing: “How to Create a Sitcom about Muslims -- Very Carefully” with Zarqa Nawaz. Cosponsored with The Bridge Initiative. Zarqa Nawaz, the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, talks about her journey as an artist of Muslim faith, from short films to documentary to television show to memoir. September 14, 2016—panel event: “Defending Human and Civil Rights in a Growing National Security State.” Cosponsored with the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms. September 19, 2016—briefing: “Faith in the Face of Empire: Within and Beyond the Wall” with Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb. Cosponsored with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb's presentation was about his latest book Faith in the Face of Empire along with updates on the current situation in Palestine and the implications faced living under occupation. September 21, 2016—briefing: “Al-Shabab’s Media: The Evolution and Strategic Role of Al-Shabab's Narrative Production and Insurgent Media Operations, 20072016” with Chris Anzalone. Since it emerged fully independent from the ashes of the Islamic Courts Union coalition in 2007, Al-Shabab's leadership has been busy establishing a bureaucracy of power designed to exercise regional and local nodes of governing authority and control. As part of its broader strategy, Al-Shabab recognized the need for a sophisticated, multi-directional media operations apparatus capable of reaching multiple target audiences at the domestic, regional, and international/global levels. These media continue to form an integral part of Al-Shabab's overall Page 8
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strategy of governance, survival, and expansion as an ideologically-driven insurgent organization, despite mounting battlefield, territorial, and personnel losses. Al-Shabab has also utilized its media machine in tandem with its formidable internal security apparatus to crack down on internal dissent including, thus far successfully, on attempts by Islamic State to establish and expand a strong foothold in Somalia and East Africa. This talk sought to discuss the history and evolution of Al-Shabab's media operations and narrative production capabilities and their integral role in the insurgents' broader strategy of territorial control and rule. October 5, 2016—Private meeting: Update on Jordan with Banan Malkawi. There were two significant developments in Jordan last week: the first elections since 2013 (which included some newly-reorganized Muslim Brotherhood members), and the assassination of journalist/activist Nahed Hattar. International observers rate the elections as generally fair, while many Jordanians believe they were obviously rigged. The assassination has further polarized the kingdom, bursting under the social and economic pressures caused by the Syria-Iraq conflagration. The "poisonous" atmosphere on social media in Jordan reflects this. ACMCU faculty and invited guests met with Jordanian journalist Banan Malkawi to discuss these latest developments. October 12, 2016—briefing: “Only Women Understand Women! – Muslim Female Preachers Claiming Religious Authority in Contemporary Malaysia” with Norbani Ismail. During the past two decades, Malaysian Muslim female preachers have gained access to opportunity and spaces in preaching Islam to the public. Their preaching activism, both through the mass media and the public podiums, is seemingly an indication of a shift in knowledge construction and diffusion, and the meaning of religious authority in contemporary Islamic discourse in Malaysia. They have gained trust from the public and become authoritative voice of Islam through acquired knowledge in fundamental texts of Islam. To claim the spaces in preaching, the female preachers have mastered the skills such as Arabic language, memorization of religious texts and public speaking. Just like the men preachers, they have dedicated their works towards creating a sound moral and ethical society based on Islamic framework. They preach to the public on various issues: moral-spiritual endeavors, socio-religious advices and practices, marital and family relations, and on events based on Islamic calendar. Nevertheless, the female preachers have to navigate their activism within the confines of expected social norms and of the highly-bureaucratized religious authority and administration. By adhering to social expectations and religious orthodoxy, the female preachers are able to continue preaching to the public, as well as to build the trust with both the established religious authority and the public.
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October 19, 2016—briefing: “Islamophobia as Ideology of Empire” with Arun Kundnani. Is Islamophobia a form of racism? If so, how does it relate to the broader history of racisms? Drawing on the work of Frantz Fanon and Stuart Hall, Islamophobia is here analyzed as a lay ideology that offers an everyday “common sense” explanatory framework for making sense of mediated crisis events (such as terrorist attacks) in ways that disavow those events’ political meanings (rooted in empire, racism, and resistance) and instead explain them as products of a reified “Muslimness.” Thus Islamophobia involves an ideological displacement of political antagonisms onto the plane of culture, where they can be explained in terms of the fixed nature of the “Other.” This maneuver is also an act of projection in the psychoanalytic sense: the violence upon which US-led capitalism depends cannot be acknowledged in a nominally liberal society so it is transferred onto the personality of the Muslim and seen as emanating from “outside” the social order. October 26, 2016—“Muslims in Australia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” with Dr. Nahid Afrose Kabir. Cosponsored with the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies. Muslim contact with Australia can be traced to before European settlement. In the seventeenth century Macassarese people from Indonesia formed trade links with Indigenous Australians. British-European settlement on the Australian continent occurred when British and Irish convicts were transported there between 1788 and 1868. A few Muslim convicts from the British colonies arrived in Australia. However, Muslim settlement in Australia in notable numbers commenced with the arrival of the Afghans from the 1860s when they were introduced to assist with exploration. Other early Muslim ethnic groups included Indians, Malays, and Javanese. Under the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, European Muslims such as Albanians migrated to Australia. In 1973, when multiculturalism became government policy, Muslim (and non-Muslim) migration to Australia commenced in large numbers. It reflected the increasing cultural, linguistic and religious diversity in Australia. November 14, 2016—briefing: “Approaching Jesus in the Qur'an: Christian and Muslim Perspectives” with Mouhanad Khorchide and Klaus von Stosch. Cosponsored with the Department of Theology and the Berkley Center. The position of Jesus in the Qur’an is among the most contentious areas in Muslim-Christian dialogue. Many Christian scholars think that the verses on Jesus in the Qur'an are not acceptable and show that the Qur'an cannot be the word of God. Many Muslim scholars think that Christian adoration of Jesus is idolatrous. Khorchide and von Stosch, part of a research project on the subject sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association), argued that a close reading of the verses of the Qur'an in their historical setting can help Christians and Muslims appreciate each other’s positions.
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December 1, 2016—briefing: “ISIS & The Future of Islam” with Ovamir Anjum. This talk argued that it is crucial to understand and critique the phenomenon of ISIS from within Islamic tradition, and explored its meaning for the history and future of Islam. This requires us to mobilize the disciplines of usul al-fiqh, theology, and history, and to dismantle simplistic but widespread answers that cloud meaningful understanding and response. December 7, 2016—briefing: “The Civil Rights of Muslim Americans: A Casualty of the War on Terror” with Arjun Singh Sethi. Innocent Muslim Americans are a casualty of the war on terror. They are regularly targeted by abusive and overreaching counter-terrorism programs including countering violent extremism initiatives, watch lists, and suspicious activity reporting. They likewise endure disproportionate surveillance and profiling by national intelligence agencies and law enforcement. We spy on the many to catch the few. We target based on faith, not evidence of wrongdoing. This talk explored these abusive practices and discussed efforts underway to curb them. January 25, 2017—briefing: “Has Religion Become the Most Influential Factor in International Relations?” with Shireen Hunter. Cosponsored with The Bridge Initiative. In the last two decades, the role of religion in international affairs has become more prominent, and has attracted the academia’s and publics’ attention. However, many questions regarding how and why religion influences international relations remain unanswered. Is religion a motivation for action by state and non-state actors or merely a justification? Which actors are more influenced by religion? In what ways religion influences international relations? In her latest book “God on Our Side: Religion in International Affairs” Shireen Hunter looked into these questions and explained why and how religion affects international relations. By using three case studiesRussia’s Policy towards the Bosnian War, Turkey’s Policy towards the Bosnia War, and the European Union’s policy towards Turkey’s membership in the EU she demonstrated how, why, when and through what channels religion most influences international relations. February 1, 2017—briefing: “Unpredictable Futures: Islam, Citizenship, and Political Possibility in France” with Mayanthi Fernando. Cosponsored with The Bridge Initiative. This talk examined how Muslim French – i.e. those committed to practicing Islam as French citizens and practicing citizenship as pious Muslims – negotiate a social and political world in which they are imagined, a priori, as always already not-French because they are Muslim. It explored how this impasse is not only lived but also challenged by a post-immigration generation of Muslim civic activists. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with these activists, the talk reflected on new forms of public religiosity, national citizenship, and political possibility.
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February 6, 2017—briefing: “Visionaries: Second Sight and Social Change in Islamic West Africa” with Rudolph Ware. Cosponsored with African Studies. This talk explored—in the context of Islamic West Africa—these two primary (and inter-related) senses of the meaning of the word ‘visionary’: a person who experiences ‘visions’ in dreams, trances, and waking states and a person who provides inspirational leadership for social change. In short, it was an examination of the relationship between the ‘extra-sensory’ sensorium of religious experiences and social action in the Islamic tradition of the African West. For visionary African Muslims, 'visions' were often more real than reality itself and thus had the capacity to transform it. But these visions were not limited to seeing; they were also experiences of sound and smell, touch and taste. The English language—which favors sight among its five culturally constructed senses— offers no better word to describe such all-encompassing sensory experiences than ‘vision.’ February 7, 2017—briefing: “Between Social Conservatism and Progressive Resistance: Muslims in Trump's America” with Dalia Mogahed & Dr. Abbas Barzegar. After over a decade in the security spotlight, Muslims in the US now find themselves in the cross-hairs of the Trump movement. Islamophobia arguably provides the common thread and rallying call for the various forces that brought the new president to power and for much of the Republican Party. Muslim leaders in the US continue to debate how best to address the challenges of Islamophobia and new policies such as the ban on Muslim immigration. And they continue to debate how and with whom to form alliances. This panel discussed these urgent questions. February 15, 2017—book luncheon “Honour And Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan” with Dr. Nafisa Shah. In her talk, Nafisa Shah, Pakistani parliamentarian and researcher presented her recently published study on honour based violence in a customary practice called karo kari in Pakistan. Within a nexus of power systems, laws, history and customary codes, Shah traced the way violence seeks legitimacy through local honour norms. She also examined the recent resurgence and rise of honour killings, questioning the role of postcolonial laws that have provided a space for impunity in honour violence within the family. Pakistani laws and systems of power, both colonial and postcolonial, Islamic and secular, customary and modern - have historically promoted local, family and tribal mediations over killing of men, women and children in honour's name. February 22, 2017—book luncheon “Is Islam an Enemy of the West” with Professor Sonn. Donald Trump campaigned on promises to keep Muslims out of the U.S. and recently made good on his promises. On January 27, 2017, he issued an executive order suspending entry of refugees to the U.S. for 120 days, barring all Syrian refugees, and blocking entry of citizens of
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seven Muslim majority countries for 90 days, with exceptions made for Christians. In her recent book, Tamara Sonn addresses the question raised by these actions. She argues that many Muslims oppose the U.S., but not because of religion; like many others worldwide, they oppose U.S. policies that undermine their quest for political rights. The vast majority of Muslims struggle peacefully to protect their rights. They oppose both the strategies of the extremists and the militarism that exacerbates it. In this talk, Professor Sonn discussed her argument that Islam, therefore is not the problem, and war is not the solution. February 23, 2017—briefing: “Christian-Muslim relations in modern Iraq” with Kristian Girling. The Christian communities of modern Iraq have been obliged to adapt to a wide variety of changing religious, political, social and economic circumstances. From the foundation of the state of Iraq in the aftermath of the First World War through to the overthrow of Saddam Husain the Christians have attempted to deal with often highly challenging circumstances. Nevertheless, for the most part Christians have strongly grounded themselves in Iraqi society and have been net contributors. This talk considered how Christian-Muslim relations have altered over the last one hundred years and reflect on how Christian and Muslim engagements may develop in light of the rise of Da'esh/ISIL and the ethnic cleansing of Iraq's Christian population. February 28, 2017—briefing: “Reimagining Solidarity: the 'Allah' Controversy and Interreligious Relations in Malaysia” with Rev. Dr. Sivin Kit. This talk illuminated and discussed the challenges faced by non-Muslims (Christians) living in a Muslim majority where ethno-religious (Malay-Muslim) identity is central through revisiting the controversy over the use of the word 'Allah' by Christians in the Malay language. This talk also highlighted expressions of inter-religious solidarity between Muslims and Christians as both confronted state-led policies governing the practice of Islam in Malaysia. March 1, 2017—film screening & Q&A: “Generation Revolution” with Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis. Generation Revolution brings to screen the powerful story of a new generation of black and brown activists who are changing the social and political landscape in the capital and beyond. This feature-length documentary film follows an exciting new breed of organizations as well as the young Londoners that are part of them. March 16, 2017—book talk: “Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service and the ‘Ground-Zero Mosque’ Controversy” with Dr. Rosemary Corbett. Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," this book refutes the idea that current demands for Muslim moderation have primarily arisen in response
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to the events of 9/11, or to the violence often depicted in the media as unique to Muslims. Instead, it looks at a century of pressures on religious minorities to conform to dominant American frameworks for race, gender, and political economy. These include the encouraging of community groups to provide social services to the dispossessed in compensation for the government's lack of welfare provisions in an aggressively capitalist environment. Calls for Muslim moderation in particular are also colored by racist and orientalist stereotypes about the inherent pacifism of Sufis with respect to other groups. The first investigation of the assumptions behind moderate Islam in our country, Making Moderate Islam is also the first to look closely at the history, lives, and ambitions of the those involved in Manhattan's contested project for an Islamic community center. March 18-20, 2017—symposium: “The Sultan and the Saint” leadership meeting. April 22, 2017—The Heritage and Contemporary Status of Christianity in the Middle East and North Africa. Susan Douglass, K-14 Educational Outreach, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. June 28th, 2017—Academic Approaches to Religion and Policy. “Islam 101,” Hot Button issues & Teaching Islam in public schools. Cosponsored with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. The Bridge Initiative-Addressing Islamophobia in America. Confronting Religious Boundaries: Religion, Caste and Conversion in South Asia, Interreligious Dialogue in Islam: Lesson from Pakistan.
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JONATHAN AC BROWN ACMCU Director Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 100: Islam & the West
Spring ARAB 443: Readings in Fatwa Literature INAF 403: Sexuality & Power in the Islamic Tradition
Advising and Mentoring M.A. in Liberal Studies (1 Advisee) Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam supervision Rosabel Ansari (Arabic and Islamic Studies) Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra (Arabic and Islamic Studies) Rasoul Naghavi Nia (Arabic and Islamic Studies) Saeed Salih Kaymakci (History) Hasan Alsulami (Arabic and Islamic Studies, exam pending)
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books Published during 2016−2017 • Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World, Bosnian translation
Books and Articles in Press Books • Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld), expanded 2nd edition Articles • “A Premodern Defense of the Hadiths on Sodomy: An Annotated Translation and Analysis of alSuyuti’s Attaining the Hoped for in Service of the Messenger (s),” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 34, no. 3 (2017): 1-44.
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Current Publishing Projects • Islam & Slavery: A Moral Problem (Oneworld, under contract) • Jonathan AC Brown & Guy Burak, Justice Across the Centuries: Mazalim Courts, the Ulama and Legal Reform • Editor in Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam & Law
Newspaper and Web Articles • “The Issue of Apostasy in Islam,” https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathan-brown/apostasy • “Slavery and Islam: The Problem of Slavery,” https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathanbrown/the-problem-of-slavery • “Stoning and Hand-Cutting: Understanding the Hudud and the Shariah in Islam,” https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathanbrown/stoning-and-hand-cutting-understanding-thehudud-and-the-shariah-in-islam • “Incest and Widow Burning: How Much Can Muslims Stomach,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/incest-widow-burninghow-much-can-muslims-stomach • “The Greatest Crime,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/the-greatest-crime • “Guidelines for American Muslim Political Engagement,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/guidelines-for-muslims-politicalengagement • “The Call Out Culture: An Islamic Perspective,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/the-call-outculture-an-islamic-perspective • “‘Moderate Islam’ & American Muslim Leadership: Reflections before the Deluge,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/moderate-islam-and-muslim-american-leadershipreflections-before-the-deluge • “The Quran, the Jews and Ezra as the Son of God,” http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/thequran-the-jews-and-ezra-as-the-son-of-god
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES Academic Speeches September 30, 2016 “How Tolerant is Islamic Law,” University of Edinburgh October 1, 2016 “Torture in Islamic Law,” University of Edinburgh October 27, 2016 “Justice & Islamic Law: The History of Mazalim Courts,” Columbia University, NYC November 4, 2016 “The Sahifa of Ali Rida as a Sunni Hadith Text,” Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT January 8, 2017 “Engaging with the Sunna Today,” Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge, UK January 10, 2017 “The State of Hadith Studies Today between Western Academia and the Muslim World,” Oxford University
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January 30, 2017 “Why Should I not Think There’s a Problem with Islam?,” Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA April 23, 2017 “The Prophet Muhammad and Managing Diversity,” Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Doha April 23, 2017 “The Prophet Muhammad and Managing Diversity,” Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Doha April 23, 2017 “Mazalim Courts and Islamic Justice,” Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Doha May 8, 2017 “The Power of God and Islam’s Regime of Power on Earth,” keynote address to the 2017 Building Bridges program, Georgetown University May 24, 2017 “Ibn Khaldun and Historical Criticism,” Ibn Khaldun University, Istanbul July 13, 2017 “How British Translators in India Revolutionized (Accidentally) Islamic Law,” conference on What Was Philology in Arabic?, Frei University, Berlin July 28, 2017 “Islam & Diversity,” MUIS, Singapore
Speeches and Classes Taught at Muslim Institutions: November 3, 2016 “The Problem of Slavery in Islam,” Rutgers University Muslim Students Association November 15, 2016 “Controversial Issues for Muslims Today,” Princeton University Muslim Students Association March 2, 2017 “Islamic Education,” Rahma Center, Baltimore, MD March 12, 2017 “The Prophet Muhammad & Social Justice,” University of Illinois-Urbana April 19, 2017 “FAQ on Islam,” Campus Ministry, Georgetown University July 7, 2017 “Dealing with Disagreement in the Islamic Tradition,” MECCA Center, San Antonio, TX July 22-28, 2017 Intensive Course “The Hadith and Sunna,” MUIS Academy, Singapore
MEDIA June 14, 2016 Cited in Asa Fitch and Karen Leigh, “Islam’s Punitive Line on Homosexuality,” Wall Street Journal June 19, 2016 Cited in Snopes.com “What is Shariah?” July 3, 2016 Cited in Ben Hubbard, “ISIS Uses Ramadan as Calling for New Terrorist Attacks,” New York Times July 5, 2016 “Monday’s Attack on Medina ‘An Attack on the Soul of the Muslim World’,” on All Things Considered, NPR
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COMMUNITY SERVICE January 24, 2017, “The Text and Transmission of the Quran,” Smithsonian Lecture
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY September 9, 2016 “Laughing all the Way to the Mosque,” Zarqa Nawaz September 14 2016 “Conceptual Fault Lines in Contemporary Liberalism,” Andrew March, Yale University September 21, 2016 “Al-Shabab’s Media: The Evolution and Strategic Role of Al-Shabab's Narrative Production and Insurgent Media Operations, 2007-2016,” Christopher Anzalone, McGill University October 12, 2016 Norbani Ismail, “Only Women Understand Women!” – Muslim Female Preachers Claiming Religious Authority in Contemporary Malaysia” December 7 2016 “The Civil Rights of Muslim Americans: A Casualty of the War on Terror,” Arjun Sethi, Georgetown Law February 1, 2o17 “Unpredictable Futures: Islam, Citizenship and Political Possibility in France,” Mayanthi Fernando, UCSC February 7, 2017 “Muslims in Trump's America” with Dalia Mogahed & Abbas Barzegar February 22, 2017 Moderated talk, “Is Islam an Enemy of the West” with Tamara Sonn February 28, 2017 “The 'Allah' Controversy and Interreligious Relations in Malaysia" with Rev. Dr. Sivin Kit February 23, 2017 “Christian-Muslim relations in modern Iraq” with Kristian Girling March 1, 2017 “Generation Revolution,” film screening March 16, 2017 “Making Moderate Islam: Sufis, Service and the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy,” Rosemary Corbett
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JOHN L. ESPOSITO University Professor and Founding Director
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 100: Terror in the Name of God INAF 488 Future of Islam and Politics in the Middle East
Advising and Mentoring Ph.D. committee member: Bader al Saif, History Department Ph.D. Committee, Georgetown University
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books Published during 2016−2017 • World Religions Today, 6th rev. edition co-author (Oxford University Press, 2017) • Religions of Asia Today, co-author (Oxford University Press, 2017) • The Politics of Islamism: Diverging Visions and Trajectories, co-editor and author (Routledge, 2017) • Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, co-author (Oxford University Press, 2016) • Religion and Violence, editor and an author of Special Issue of Religions, (Basel: MDPI, 2016) • The Oxford History of Islam, 2nd rev. edition, Editor in Chief and author “Contemporary Islam: Reformation or Revolution,” (Oxford University Press, 2016)
Books and Articles in Press Books • Shariah: What Everyone Needs to Know, (Oxford University Press, March 2018) • Blasphemy and Apostasy: A Clash of Freedoms – Speech and Religion, co-editor and author, (Routledge) • Radicalisation & Islamophobia: Roots, Relationships and Implications in Religiously Diverse Societies (Palgrave) • Islam and Politics Around the World, co-editor (in press Oxford University Press, 2018) • Key Islamic Political Figures, co-editor (in press Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Newspaper and Web Articles • January 18, 2017 “Ted Cruz’s Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Bill” The Bridge Initiative • April 27, 2017 “Living Colours: ‘Nothing caught people’s attention like the Iranian Revolution,” Dawn
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES September 3, 2016 “Islamophobia: Root Causes, Effective Solutions” Panel, Islamic Society of North America, Chicago, IL October 3, 2016 “Institutional and Community Development” Panel, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, VA October 5, 2016 Speech on “Islam in America and Geopolitics,” St. Bonaventure University, NY October 15, 2016 Keynote Speech, CAIR Orlando Florida Annual Banquet, Orlando, FL October 26, 2016 Keynote Speech titled "Islam and Christianity in the 21st Century: Conflict or Coexistence," St. Edward’s University, FL November 19, 2016 Keynote Speech, CAIR South Florida Annual Banquet, Coral Springs, FL December 2, 2016 “Islamophobia: Getting Islam Right in the Classroom” Panel for DC Public Schools Program, Washington, D.C. December 3, 2016 Keynote Speech, CAIR Tampa Florida Annual Banquet, Tampa, FL February 21, 2017 Lecture and Roundtable Discussion on “The Future of Democracy in the MENA Region,” Forward Thinking, London March 13, 2017 University Lecture on the “Future of Islam and Muslim-West Relations,” Norway. Speaker and discussant with Karen Armstrong March 27, 2017 "Inter-religious Harmony in Global Context: Challenges and Possibilities," LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan, Panel and Lecture at the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium, Lahore, Pakistan March 28, 2017 “The Future of Islam and Muslim-West Relations,” Centre for Governance and Policy, IT University of the Punjab Keynote: “Islam and West: What Next?” Mumtaz Ahmad Memorial Lecture, University of Management and Technology March 30, 2017 Institute of Policy Studies: Mumtaz Ahmad Memorial Lecture “Islamophobia, Islam, and Politics,” Islamabad Keynote Address, “Clash of Civilizations or a Clash of Ignorance,” Mumtaz Ahmad Memorial, International Conference, National Defense University, Islamabad
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April 22, 2017 Keynote Speech on “Finding Common Ground: An Interfaith Conversation,” St. Edward’s School, FL April 26, 2017 “Unlearning Intolerance” Panel, UN Academics Impact, New York May 8, 2017 Keynote Address, “Intertwined Fates: The Importance of the Middle East in the World,” Lawrenceville School, New Jersey May 18, 2017 Panel Speaker at Conference of Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, D.C. May 21, 2017 Baccalaureate Address, “Beyond Tolerance,” Lehigh University, Pennsylvania June 27, 2017 Lecture on Religion and Politics in Elections, Temple University
MEDIA August 30, 2016 Interview on the Bridge Initiative, Wall Street Journal September 8, 2016 Interview on Muslims Living in America, Voice of America October 11, 2016 Interview on American Muslims, New York Times November 8, 2016 Interview on Islamophobia, Iqraa TV November 10, 2016 Interview for segment on “A New President of the USA: What Impact on the Middle East Crisis,” Al Jazeera Live November 14, 2016 Interview on Elections Impact on Muslim Communities in the US, The Guardian November 30, 2016 Interview on Islamic Circle of North America Outreach, Dallas Morning News December 9, 2016 Interview on Geert Wilders, Vrij Nederland December 19, 2016 Interview on Anti-Muslim Hate Group Act for America, San Francisco Journalist February 1, 2017 Interview on The Myth that Islam is a Political Ideology, The Washington Post February 9, 2017 Interview on Banning of Muslim Brotherhood, Boston Globe February 13, 2017 Interview on Banning of Muslim Brotherhood, NPR March 1, 2017 Interview on Islamophobia in Europe, POLITIKEN March 9, 2017 Interview on Potential Hate Crime against Muslim Community, Charter of Compassion March 13, 2017 Interview with Aftenposten, Norway June 28, 2017 Interview with Welwoche, Swiss Magazine July 11, 2017 Documentary on Islam on Campus, Fulbright Commission October 5, 2017 Interview on Outreach Documentary, National Catholic Reporter October 14, 2017 Interview on the Misconceptions of Islam, Katie Couric, for National
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES 2016-2017 – Board of Directors, Search for Common Ground (Washington, D.C.) 2016-2017 – Advisory Board, Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (Washington, D.C.) 2016-2017 – International Advisory Board, Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding at Mahidol University (Bangkok, Thailand) 2016-2017 – Advisory Board, British Council’s Our Shared Future (Manchester, UK) 2016-2017 – Board of Advisors, Unity Productions Foundation (Potomac Falls, VA) 2016-2017 – Advisory Board, Institute for Global Engagement (Arlington, VA) 2016-2017 – Board of Advisors, World Congress for Middle East Studies (Ankara, Turkey) 2016-2017 – Advisory Board, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (Villanova, PA) 2016-2017 – Honorary Board, American Iranian Council (Princeton, NJ)
EDITORIAL BOARDS 2016-2017 – Editor in Chief, Oxford Islamic Studies Online 2016-2017 – Series Editor, Oxford Library of Islamic Studies 2016-2017 – General Editor, Religion and Global Politics Series, Oxford University Press 2016-2017 – Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 2016-2017 – The Washington Review of Turkish & Eurasian Affairs 2016-2017 – AWRAQ: Revista de análisis y pensamiento sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo 2016-2017 – International Advisory Board of Islamopedia Online 2016-2017 – Katha: Journal of Civilizational Dialogue 2016-2017 – International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs 2016-2017 – Edinburgh History of Islamic Empires 2016-2017 – Religion Compass 2016-2017 – Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 2016-2017 – Studies in Contemporary Islam 2016-2017 – Discourse: An Iranian Quarterly
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Oxford University Press, Yale University Press, Princeton University Press, Columbia University, Harvard University Press, University of Edinburg Press, University of California Press, Palgrave, Hurst, I.B. Taurus, Hurst, Journal of APSA, World Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of the American Historical Association, Comparative Politics, Journal of International Law, Middle
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COMMUNITY SERVICE Member: Board of Directors for Search for Common Ground Consultant: European Union, presentations and briefings Presentations for NGOs and community groups at professional meetings and at fundraisers for community organizations and other events across the United States and Europe Legal expert in cases involving Muslim civil liberties as well as domestic and global terrorism (including Guantanamo Bay cases)
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Director of The Bridge Initiative Raised $1,000,000 Gift for Bridge Initiative Served on Promotion to Professor Committee, SFS Qatar
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YVONNE HADDAD Professor of Islamic History
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 363: Muslims in the West INAF 473: Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Spring INAF/HIST 569: Sayyid Qutb and Islamic Extremism INAF 397: Muslim Women and the West
Advising and Mentoring PhD Thesis Rahel Fishbach "Politics of Scripture. Discussions of the Historical-Critical Approach to the Qur'an" PhD thesis (second advisor) Makram Rabah “War of the Mountains between Druze and Maronites 1982-1984” PhD Thesis advisor Bader Al-Saif “Reform and Renewal in Islamic Thought and Practice in Contemporary Arabia” MAAS Thesis Advisor, Becca Smith, “Rejecting America’s Cold War: Sayyid Qutb’s Nationalist Islamist Agenda and the Failure of U.S. Efforts to Win Over Egyptian Muslims Following WWII”
HONORS AND AWARDS Oman Faculty Research Fellowship Nominee: 2016-17 Gerald Mara Faculty Mentorship Award
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books and Articles in Press Book Chapters • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, “The Politics of Inclusion: American Muslims and the Price of Citizenship,” in Civic Enculturation and Citizenship in North America and Western Europe: Politics, Public Ethics, and the New Religious Plurality, edited by Robert W. Hefner and Adam Seligman, Indiana University Press
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Articles • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, “Arab-American Women Activists” in Arab Women Activists, edited by Amira Sonbol, Hawwa Cambridge Dictionary articles • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith, “Afterlife in Christian-Muslim Relations” in the Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith, “Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the United States,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations Articles under review • Journey in the Land of the White Man: Sayyid Qutb in Washington, D.C.” co-authored with Adam Farrar
Current Publishing Projects Books • Sayyid Qutb: The Making of an Islamist Revolutionary to be published in (series of Makers of the Muslim World), Oneworld Publications • A Vanishing Minority: Christians in the Middle East • The Americanization of Islam (tentative title) OUP • The American Engagement with Islam, (Shriver Lectures) to be published by Georgia University Press Articles • “Western Sources of Sayyid Qutb’s Fi Zilal al-Qur’an” • “Do Arab Christians Need Saving?: The Arab Spring and its Impact on Christians in the Middle East” • “Interfaith Theologies at Georgetown University” • “Cultural Production and the Muslim American Millennial Generation” • “Diaspora Middle Eastern Christian Religious Institutions in the United States” • “The American Mosque Post 9/11: Between Tradition and Pluralism” Committees • Standards Appeals Committee • Provost’s Undergraduate Research Council • Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Department of History • SFS Undergraduate Admissions Committee (early admission)
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• CCAS Executive Committee • ADF Druze Post Doc Fellowship Selection Committee, CCAS • Bridge Advisory Committee, ACMCU
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES August 4 “Promoting Interfaith Dialogue” to Saudi delegation sponsored by the International Visitors Leadership Program” Georgetown University September 21 “The Vanishing Christians of the Middle East,” Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee October 19 Organized and moderated presentation by Dr. Arun Kundnani on “Islamophobia as Ideology of Empire,” cosponsored by ACMCU, the Berkley Center and The Bridge Initiative November 10 “Inter-religious Dialogue in Egypt and the United States,” lecture to professors of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University November 16 “The Chaos in the Middle East and its Impact on Christian-Muslim Relations,” Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chase, MD April 22 Organized a whole day seminar for high school teachers on “The Heritage and Contemporary Status of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa,” with a trip to two immigrant churches in Maryland, cosponsored by CCAS & ACMCU April 22 “Eastern Christians in the United States,” lecture for high school teachers, Georgetown University
MEDIA July 12 “The Effect of Anti-Muslim rhetoric on American Youth,” Daniel Burke, CNN July 19 “Project to allow the Turkish population to Defend themselves,” Asli Pelit, Vice News August 13 “Will there be any Impact of Clinton’s Nomination on Muslim Women Overseas?” Nikki Amirsaleh, Voice of America August 24 “US Government Plan to Deport Muslims in the 1980s,” Ben Norton, Politico September 8 “Lebanese Christians during the Civil War,” David Noriega, BuzzFeed October 11 “Islamic museums in Washington, D.C. and International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Mississippi” The New York Times, Isma’il Kushkush October 14 “Suhaib Webb and Contemporary American Islam,” Bill Donahue, Washington Post Magazine October 17 “Impact of Election Rhetoric on Arab Americans,” Hiba Abdullah, BBC Arabic Program March 13 “Muslims in the Delta,” Campbell Robertson, New York Times
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EDITORIAL BOARDS Editorial Board, al-Bayan Journal, Kuala Lampur Member, Editorial Board Hawwa (Journal on Women in Islam) Member, Advisory Board, Journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES Member WOCMES Council Member Selection Committee, Kayyal Research Fund Grant, Arab American Museum Lecture: September 21, “The Vanishing Christians of the Middle East,” Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee
COMMUNITY SERVICE Member, Advisory Board, Sabeel (Center for Palestinian Liberation Theology) Background Information for PEW research on Muslim immigration to the US, Jeff Diamond November 16 “The Chaos in the Middle East and its Impact on Christian-Muslim Relations” Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Chevy Chase, MD
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TAMARA SONN Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 109: The Islamic World HIST 223: History of Pakistan
Spring HIST 468: Islamic Modernism INAF 228: Islam and Terrorism
Advising and Mentoring Azita Ranjbar, Ph.D., Geography and Women’s Studies, Penn State University, “The Greening of Human Rights in Iran” M. Amin Tais, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, “Islam, the Secular and Secularism: A Critical Comparative Analysis of the Works of Mohammed Arkoun and Taha Abderrahmane”
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books Published during 2016−2017 • Is Islam an Enemy of the West? Cambridge, UK (Polity Press, Fall 2016)
Books and Articles in Press Articles • “Continuity and Change in Religious Authority Among Sunni Arabs,” Forthcoming in special issue of Journal of Contemporary Religion
Current Publishing Projects • Islam: A Global History. Formal proposal, including first two chapters, prepared by request to Oxford University Press for a volume to be included in OUP’s “definitive” (vis a vis “brief”) histories, Summer 2017
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PROGRAMS AND LECTURES November 14, 2016 “Approaching Jesus in the Qur’an,” moderate, comment, and co-host lectures (with Theology Department and Berkley Center) with guest lecturers Klaud von Stosch and Mouhanad Khorchide Feb. 4, 2017 “The Crisis of Leadership in Islam,” lecture for GU Liberal Studies Program February 8, 2017 “Is Islam an Enemy of the West?” lecture, Bunche Library, U.S. Department of State April 7, 2017 “U.S. Policy toward Iran: Revisiting James Bill’s ‘Clash of Hegemonies,’” College of William & Mary April 16, 2017 “Muslims and Catholics: Sharing Stories, Building Bridges,” invited talk, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran May 18, 2017 “Islamophobia in the U.S.,” part of a panel discussion, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy annual conference, Washington, D.C. May 29, 2017 “Continuity and Change in Religious Authority Among Sunni Arabs,” presented at SFS Georgetown, Doha
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies; member, board of directors Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy; member, board of directors American Academy of Religion; member, Committee on Collaborative International Research Grants
EDITORIAL BOARDS Oxford Research Encyclopedia/Religion: Islamic Studies, Editor-in-Chief Oxford Islamic Studies Online, member of editorial board The Muslim World (Hartford Seminary), member of editorial board American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Associate of Muslim Social Scientists of North America), member of editorial board Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Villanova University), member of editorial board Islamic Studies (Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad), member of editoral board Ulum-e-Islamia, research journal publishes by Faculty of Islamic Learning, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY SFS Admissions Committee
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JOHN O. VOLL Professor Emeritus of Islamic History
TEACHING ACTIVITY Summer 2017 “Muslim History and Civilization,” Course in Summer Student Program, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, VA
Advising and Mentoring Doctoral dissertation mentor: Elisabetta Lanzilao (DLS) Doctoral dissertation committee: Badr al-Saif Matthew Taylor (Theology, successfully defended)
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books and Articles in Press Books • The Eighteenth Century in World History (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) Articles • “Al-Nābulusī and Abūl-Mawahib al-Hanbalī: Scholarly Networking in Damascus and Beyond,” in Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology: ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nābulusī and his Network of Scholarship in Sapientia Islamica, Studies in Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism series. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming. • “Khatmiyya,” The Encyclopedia of Islam Three (Leiden: Brill).
Current Publishing Projects • “Islam and Nationalism,” chapter in The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism • “Mirghaniyya,” “Muhammad Uthman al-Mirghani,” and “Mizjaji family,” for Encyclopaedia of Islam Three.
Book Chapters • “Foreward,” in Roby C. Barrett, The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony (Washington: Middle East Institute, 2016), xxi-xxv.
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Book Reviews • Chris Vaughan, Darfur: Colonial Violence, Sultanic Legacies & Local Politics, 1916-1956 for American Historical Review. 121, No. 5 (December 2016): 1788-1789 • Khalil al-Anani, Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics, for The Middle East Journal. 71, No. 2 (Spring 2017): 315-317 • Aharon Layish, Shari’a and the Islamic State in 19th Century Sudan: The Mahdi’s Legal Methodology and Doctrine, for Islamic Law and Society
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES Formal paper presentations and addresses October 24, 2016 “Is There a Religious Modernity? Is There an Islamic Modernity,” Keynote lecture, NISIS & NOSTER Autumn School, “Religion and Modernity: Oppositional Pairing?” VU University Amsterdam October 24, 2016 “‘Tradition’ in Religions as Cumulative Discursive Traditions,” Workshop Presentation, NISIS & NOSTER Autumn School, “Religion and Modernity: Oppositional Pairing?” VU University Amsterdam April 7, 2017 “Area Studies from the 1960s to the Present: Transformed Realities and Changing Concepts,” Presentation in “The Past, Present and Future of the Middle East,” The James A. Bill Memorial Conference, College of William & Mary May 5, 2017 “Reconceptualizing the Indo-Pacific,” Presentation in “The Indo-Pacific Marine Silk Road: Challenges and Opportunities,” College of William & Mary in Washington, D.C. workshop
Speeches, lectures & programs September 19, 2016 “Faith in the Face of Empire,” book presentation by Mitri Raheb. Moderator and commentator. ACMCU, Georgetown University September 21, 2016 “Muslim-Christian Relations in Late Antiquity,” presentation in INAF 473: The Study of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations (Professor Haddad), Georgetown University September 27, 2016 “Who Rules? Islamic Legitimacy and the State,” lecture in INAF 488: The Future of Islam and Politics in the Middle East, Georgetown University Concepts,” Presentation in “The Past, Present and Future of the Middle East,” The James A. Bill Memorial Conference, College of William & Mary May 5, 2017 “Reconceptualizing the Indo-Pacific,” Presentation in “The Indo-Pacific Marine Silk Road: Challenges and Opportunities,” College of William & Mary in Washington, D.C. workshop
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MEDIA Interviews with a variety of media including Vox, Atlantic, New York Times, and Correio Braziliense (a Brazilian newspaper)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES American Academy of Religion, chair, Book prize jury for Historical Studies National Humanities Center Proposal Reviewer Woodrow Wilson Foundation Newcombe Fellowship Application Reviewer
EDITORIAL BOARDS Oxford Bibliographies On-Line Islamic Studies. Oxford University Press. Editor-in-Chief, 2015-The Oxford Islamic Studies Online Resource Center (Editor-in-chief, John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press). Senior Editor IAIS Journal of Civilization Studies (Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008Al-Shajarah (ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008Romano-Arabica (Bucharest). Advisory Board, 2011Intellectual Discourse (International Islamic University Malaysia) Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Reviewed book manuscripts in 2016-2017 for Princeton University Press, Brill, Palgrave Macmillan, Columbia University Press, and I.B.Tauris. I reviewed article manuscripts for Sociology of Islam (3), Journal of Islamic Studies (3), American Political Science Review (APSR), Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Religions, International Journal of African Historical Studies. Promotion reviewer for University of Pennsylvania, Davidson.
NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY School for Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies Core Faculty and advisor in the DLS program
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NORBANI B. ISMAIL Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia
TEACHING ACTIVITY Spring INAF 313: Gender and the Qur’an INAF 427: Tradition and Modernity in Southeast Asian Islam
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Newspaper and Web Articles • “The Qur’anic Exegesis, Reformism, and Women in the Twentieth Century Indonesia,” Studia Islamika, 24/3 (2017): 469-501
Current Publishing Projects • Shared Themes, Different Countries: Qur’anic Interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia And Egypt (to be published as a conference proceeding, UIN Jakarta, Indonesia) • Islamic Reform and Religious Bureaucratization in Malaysia: Mufti as an Agent of Change
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EMAD SHAHIN Hasib Sabbagh Distinguished Visiting Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies
TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 488: Future of Islam and Politics
Advising and Mentoring Ph.D. committee member: Elisabetta Lanzilao (Islamic Studies, GU)
HONORS AND AWARDS Hasib Sabbagh Distinguished Visiting Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (June 2016-December 2016) SFS Summer Research Grant to conduct research in Tunisia (August 2016)
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters • “Does Liberalism Have a Future in Egypt?” in Fahmy, Dalia and Daanish Faruqi, eds., Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism (Oneworld Books, 2017)
Current Publishing Projects • Co−Editor, The Oxford Handbook of Islam & Politics • Editor in Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam & Politics • Key Islamic Political Figures, with John L. Esposito, eds. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) • Islam and Politics Around the World, with John L. Esposito, eds. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) • Oxford Dictionary of Islam, contributor (contributed 50 entries)
PROGRAMS AND LECTURES October 14, 2016 Panelist "The Arab Spring and Failed Transitions to Democracy,” Democracy in the Arab World: The Obama Legacy & Beyond, Arab Center Washington, D.C. & Center for Middle East Studies at University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Washington, D.C. November 14, 2016 Panelist, Europe’s Changing Neighbourhood: Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management in the 21st Century, Chatham House, International Crisis Group & the Al Sharq Forum, London ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING
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March 18, 2017 Chair, Opening Panel, Conflict and Resistance, Jihad and Just War, CILE Fifth International Conference, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar July 12, 2017 Panelist, The Impact of the July 15 Failed Coup on the Middle East Region, SETA, Istanbul
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Member of the Advisory Board, Common Action Forum, Madrid, Spain (Since 2017) Member of the Academic Board, Al-Hadara Center, Cairo, Egypt Member of Alexandria Library Scientific Board for the Production of "Selections of Modern Islamic Heritage" (Since 2012) Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council (2008) Member of the World Movement for Democracy Foreign Reference Member, University of Oslo (since 2007) Founding Member, The Arab Foundation for Democracy, Qatar, 2007 Founding Member, Network for Democrats in the Arab World, Casablanca, Morocco, December 16-17, 2005 Founding Member, Al-Kawakibi Center for Arab Partnership for Democracy, since 2005 Member, Steering Committee, Network for Democrats in the Arab World, since 2004
EDITORIAL BOARDS Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Islamic Ethics, Brill (Since 2017) Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Oxford Research Directions (Since 2011) Advisory editor, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (Oxford University Press, 2009) Member of the Editorial Board of “Turkish Perspectives” Periodical
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SHIREEN T. HUNTER Research Professor
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Books Published during 2016−2017 • God On Our Side: Religion and International Affairs (Rowman & Littlefield, December 2016) • The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus: Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (Lexington Books, 2017)
Books and Articles in Press • “How Effective Is Interfaith Dialogue as an Instrument of International Politics,” Review of Faith and International Affairs,” forthcoming 2018
Newspaper and Web Articles • August 31, 2016 Federalism and Regionalism In The Middle East Not Territorial Disintegration” Lobe Log • September 14, 2016 “Calling Iranians Descendants of The Magi’ Is Actually A Compliment” Lobe Log • October 27,2016 “It’s Difficult To Keep Allies In Line In the Post-ideological Era” Lobe Log • November 8, 2016 “Obama’s departure: More Difficulties For Iran” Lobe Log • December 21, 2016 “The U. S. Can’t Have Its JCPOA And Eat It Too” Lobe Log • February 1, 2017 “Decades Od Demonization Behind The Muslim Ban” Lobe Log • February 6, 2017 “Iran Should Take American Threats Seriously” Lobe Log • March 7,2017 “Iran’s Geopolitical Predicament And Its Consequences” Lobe Log • April 8, 2017 “How Iran Will Respond To US Missile Attacks On Syria” Lobe Log • April 14, 2017 “Iran’s Presidential Elections: Has Hassan Rouhani Found His Match” Lobe Log • May 8,2017 “Iran Is A Paper Tiger” Cairo Review of Global Affairs • May 19, 2017 “Scapegoating Iran Will Not Resolve Middle East Problems” Lobe Log • May 31,2017 “Three New Trends in Iran's Politics" Cairo Review of Global Affairs • June 8,2017 “Saudi Ambitions Threaten To Enflame The Middle East” Lobe Log • June 19, 2017 “Iran’s Terrorism Challenge: How It Should Respond” Lobe Log
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MEDIA I have done interviews with VOA, Aljazeera, Iran International, IRNA, IlNA, Mehr News, Tehran International, Hamshari
EDITORIAL BOARDS Editorial Board, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2000— Editorial Board, Global Dialogue, 2000— Editorial Board, International Politics, 1999— Editorial Board, Journal of Just Peace Diplomacy, 2010—
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ACMCU Education Outreach Report, Academic Year 2016-2017 Prepared by Susan Douglass The ACMCU Education Outreach program this past year has consisted of collaborative teacher workshops through ACMCU’s participation in the Title VI grant from the US Education Department, which is funding a National Resource Center on the Middle East and North Africa at Georgetown University. ACMCU Education Outreach Consultant Susan Douglass leverages her full-time position as K-14 Education Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) to realize appropriate co-sponsorship opportunities, and to conduct professional development workshops in the region and in other states by request. The 2016-2017 academic year included opportunities to present several workshops beyond and within the Washington, D.C. region, which involved the ACMCU Bridge Project, as well as a Title VI Summer Teacher Institute on World Religions in August 2016. Prof. Jonathan Brown also consulted on the summer institute content and faculty planning process, and spoke on the modern history of Islam, and Jordan Denari Duffner spoke on the history of religious prejudice in the United States and Islamophobia as its most recent iteration. Other significant ACMCU co-sponsored professional development workshops included a pair of workshops in collaboration with the education department of the Sackler Gallery of Art in connection with the exhibit “The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts,” in November and January, and a workshop in collaboration with the Middle East Outreach Council and other education outreach programs in the region, “In Their Own Voices: Middle Eastern Perspectives in the Classroom” in November 2016 at which a representative of the Bridge Initiative spoke. ACMCU co-sponsored the performance event in March 2017, “Children of One World,” a cultural performance by approximately 100 children from local schools and community organizations, which took place at Arena Stage in the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C., and was attended by about 400 people. In April 2017, Prof. Yvonne Haddad spoke and provided invaluable intellectual and planning support for the workshop “Challenges and Current Status of Christianity in the Middle East and North Africa,” which featured Kristian Girling and David Grafton as speakers, and guided visits to St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church and Saints Peter & Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. At the close of Academic Year 2016-2017, plans bore fruit to restore some funding to the Education Outreach program, and as a result, half a dozen workshops were in the planning stages by the beginning of Academic Year 2017-2018.
Direct Outreach to Schools, Institutions, and Community Organizations In addition to co-sponsored programs open to educators in the Washington, D.C. region, direct outreach to local school districts, state education agencies and national organizations supports efforts to improve curriculum content and teacher expertise. ACMCU resources are offered at the Annual Meetings of the National Council for the Social Studies through the Middle East Outreach Council’s collective booth, through classroom presentations at individual schools, and beginning in summer 2016, ACMCU was part of a collaborative effort across the School of Foreign Service to support global education at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the District of Columbia. This has since expanded to a district-wide initiative entitled the Global Curriculum Fellowship, in which a select group of teachers is developing courses in regional studies, world religions, global studies and others, with GU student volunteers as researchers, and GU faculty as reviewers. ACMCU’s Education Consultant is
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liaison with Georgetown faculty on that effort, and the teaching resources developed through the ACMCU workshop program since 2007 figure in the curriculum development. Another collaborative effort that has a direct relationship with the ACMCU education workshop program is the work with the Religious Freedom Center (formerly the First Amendment Center) of the Newseum Institute to produce a teaching guide on religion as a supplement to the the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards published by the National Council for the Social Studies (https://www.socialstudies.org/news/c3-framework-supplementacademic-study-religion ). ACMCU Education Consultant has been a member of the writing team during AY2016-2017, the work product having been published in Fall 2017, with further stages continuing today.
Attendee profile The educators who attend professional development workshops teach in both public and private schools and are teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as community colleges. Most of the educators are from the greater Washington, D.C. area, including Maryland and Virginia, but summer institutes attract teachers from beyond the region. Attendees teach required core subjects such as world history, world geography, US history, civics and government, English language arts, including Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate. Regional and global studies courses are also represented at these workshops. Some educators work directly or indirectly with students as school counselors, curriculum specialists, school librarians, and department heads. Non-traditional educators, including homeschoolers and practitioners from museums and community education intiatives such as adult education and programs for retired persons and interfaith or other religious organizations. A few are teachers of hard sciences and other subjects, as well as community college faculty.
Outreach Events sponsored or co-sponsored by ACMCU, July 2016 – June 2017 EVENT
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Montgomery County Public Schools world religion teacher professional development, June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
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Summer Teacher Institute 2016: “Experiencing and Teaching about World Religions” August 1 to 9, 2016 37 Exploring World Religions: Focus on Islam through the Exhibit "The Art of the Qur’an”
November 5, 2016
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In Their Own Voices: Middle Eastern Perspectives in the Classroom
December 1, 2016
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The Art of the Qur’an Exhibition Workshop with Smithsonian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (second workshop in series)
January 28, 2017
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Children of One World—a cultural performance by approximately 100 children from local schools and community organizations, which took place at Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.
March 22, 2017
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Challenges and Current Status of Christianity in the Middle East and North Africa
April 22, 2017
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