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AHMED IBRAHIM ABUSHOUK (PHD)
Professor of History
Department of Humanities
Qatar University
P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
Tel: 974- 44034745
ahmed.abushouk@qu.edu.qa
ahmedabushouk62@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
1994-1998 : PhD. History, University of Bergen, Norway.
1989-1991 : M.Phil. History, University of Bergen, Norway.
1987-1987 : MA. (Part I), History and Islamic Civilization, Omdurman
Islamic University, Sudan.
1984-1988 : BLL. Law, University of Cairo, Khartoum, Sudan.
1982-1986 : BA. History, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
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1994 : Legal Profession Examination Certificate (Bar), Ministry of
Justice and Attorney General, Sudan.
1989,1992 : Training Courses in Computer Programming and
Information Processing, University of Bergen, and Apple
Training Centre (ATC), Khartoum.
1987 : Administrative Officers Orientation Programme, Sudan
Academy for Administrative Sciences, Khartoum, Sudan.
LANGUAGES
: Arabic (mother tongue)
: English
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2013-present : Academic Coordinator, Humanities Department
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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2012- Present : Professor of Modern and Contemporary History,
Department of Humanities, Qatar University.
2010-2102 : Director, International Institute for Muslim Unity, IIUM
2007- 2010 : Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate), Kulliyyah of
Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences.
2004-2007 : Head, Department of History and Civilization.
2006 : Professor, Department of History and Civilization,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
2002-2006 : Associate Professor, Department of History and Civilization,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
1999-2002 : Assistant Professor, Department of History and Civilization,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
1999 (January-September) : Adjunct Associate Professor, Section for Middle Eastern
and African Studies, University of Bergen, Norway.
1997-1998 : Research Fellow, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic
Studies, University of Bergen, Norway.
1998 (September-
October)
: Guest Researcher, the International Institute for Asian
Studies, University of Leiden, the Netherlands (Holland).
1998 (August-September) : Guest Researcher, the Institute of Theology, University of
Lund, Sweden.
1992-1994 : Archivist, the National Records Office, Khartoum, Sudan.
1991-1992 : Research Fellow, Section for Middle Eastern and African
Studies, University of Bergen.
1987-1989 : Administrative Officer, Ministry of Local Government,
Sudan.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Books (Total no. 19)
2012 : Al-Sudan: Al-Sultat wa al-Turath [Sudan: Power and
Heritage], Part IV, Omdurman: Abd El-Karim Mirghani
Cultural Centre.
2012 : Al-Intikhabat al-Qamiyya li sanat 2010 fi al-Sudan: Dirasah
Tahliliyya [National Elections of 2010 in Sudan: An Analytical
Study], Doha: Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies.
2010 : Al-Sudan: Al-Sultat wa al-Turath [Sudan: Power and
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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Heritage], Part III, Omdurman: Abd El-Karim Mirghani
Cultural Centre.
2009 : KIRKHS Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts, 2003-2007, Kuala
Lumpur: Research Management Centre, IIUM.
2009 : Higher Education in the Muslim World: Administration –
Curriculum- Comprehensive Excellence (Co-editor: Prof.
Hassan Ibrahim), Kuala Lumpur: Research Management
Centre, IIUM.
2009 : The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Identity
Maintenance or Assimilation? (Co-editor: Prof. Hassan
Ahmed Ibrahim), Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2009 : Al-Sudan: Al-Sultat wa al-Turath [Sudan: Power and
Heritage], Part II, Omdurman: Abd El-Karim Mirghani
Cultural Centre.
2008 : Al-Intikhabat al-Barlamaniyya, 193-1986: Muqarabah
Tarikhiyyat-Tahliliyah [Sudanese Parliamentary Elections,
1953-1986: A Historical and Analytical Study], (with Prof.
Fatih Abdel Salem) Omdurman: Abd El-Karim Mirghani
Cultural Centre.
2008 : Al-Sudan: Al-Sultat wa al-Turath [Sudan: Power and
Heritage], Part I, Omdurman: Abd El-Karim Mirghani
Cultural Centre
2006 : Al-Athar al-Kamilah li Mujalat al-Manar Ñan Janub Sharq
Asia [the Complete Works of al-Manar Magazine in
Southeast Asia], ed., 2 volumes, Research Centre, IIUM.
2004 : Principles of Native Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan (eds. with Prof. Anders Bjorkelo), Bergen: Bergen
University: Centre Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies/
Omdurman: Cultural Centre of Abd al-Karim Mirghani.
2004 : Mudhkirat Yusuf Mikha’il [Memoirs of Yusuf Mikha’il], (ed.)
Omdurman: Cultural Centre of Abd al-Karim Mirghani
2003 : Ibn Khaldun and Muslim Historiography, (ed.), Research
Centre, IIUM.
2002 : The British Documents on the Sudan 1940-1956: Local
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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Government in the Sudan, (ed. And trans into Arabic), vol.
4, Beirut: Riyad al-Rays.
2000 : Tarakh Harakat al-Irshad wa shaykh al-Irshidiyyin Ahmad
Muahmmad al-Surkitti fi Indunisia 1876-1943 [A History of
IÎlaÍ and Irshad Movement and shaykh of the Irshadis
Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti in Indonesia, 1876-1943],
ed., Kuala Lumpur: Research Centre (IIUM) and Dar al-Fajr
Publishing House, (pp. xxvi+586).
1999 : Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim: Muhqiqan wa Muarikhan
[Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim: An Editor and Historian]
Omdurman: Cultural Centre of Abd al-Karim Mirghani.
1997 : Public Records of Kassala Province, 1898-1966, (with Wafa
M. Osman and others), Cairo: Centre d' etudes et de
documentation, economique, juridique et sociales.
1996 : The Public Treasury of the Muslims. Monthly Budgets of the
Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1897, (with Dr. Anders
Bjorkelo), Leiden: E.J. Brill.
2. Articles in international refereed Journals-(*) for ISI/ SCOPUS- (Total no. 24)
2011 : “An African Scholar in the Diaspora: Ahmad al-Surkitti: His
life and Reforms in the Netherlands East Indies”, Islamic
Africa, a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, academic journal,
Northwestern University Press, vol. 2, 23-50.
2010 : “The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: From Collaboration Mechanism
to Party Politics, 1898-0956”, Journal of Imperial and
Commonwealth History, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 207-236. (*)
2009 : “The Ideology of the Expected Mahdi in Muslim History: The
Case of the Sudanese Mahdiyyah, 1881-1898, The Pakistan
Journal of History and Culture, vol. xxx, no.1., pp. 43-60.
2007 : “Al-Manar and the Hadhrami elites in the Malay World:
Challenges and Prospects”, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society, Cambridge University Press, 2007, vol. 17/3, 301-
322. (*)
2006 : “Globalization and Muslim Identity: Challenges and
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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Prospects, The Muslim World, Quarterly Journal published
Macdonald Center and Blackwell Publishing Company (USA),
vol. 96, pp. 487-506. (*)
2006 : “Ideology Versus Pragmatism: The Public Treasury of the
Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1881-0898:”, International
Journal for the Study of Modern Islam, Academic Publishers:
Brill (The Netherlands), vol. 46/2, pp.148-167. (*)
2006 : “Al-Manar fi Janub Sharq Asya: Tawasul Thaqafi wa
Ta’thirahu al-Fkri”, [“Al-Manar in Southeast Asia: Cultural
Interaction and Intellectual Impact”], Mujallat al-Tarakh al-
Arabi, the Association of Moroccan Historians, (Morocco),
vol. 38, pp. 13-58.
2005 : “Al-Tawasul al-Hadari bayn al-Hijaz wa Alm al-Malayu:
Rihlat alHajj Abdul Majid Zainuddin Manudhajan”,
[“Civilizational Interaction between the Hijaz and the Malay
World: The case of al-Hajj Abdul Majid Zainuddin”], Al-
Darah Journal, King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and
Archives, Riyadh, vol. vi, pp. 125-174.
2005 : “Al-Huwiyat al-Islamiyyat fi dhill Al-Awlamat al-Wadiyyat al-
Muasirah”, [“Islamic Identity under the Shadow of the
Contemporary Positive Globalization”], Journal of al-Tajdid,
A Refereed Arabic Biannual, International Islamic University
Malaysia, vol. 18, pp. 71-100.
2005 : “Qira´h Tahlilih fi Kitab Ustaz al-Ajyal Abd al-Rahman Ali
Taha bayn al-Ta‘lam wa Siyasa wa Arbaji, 1901-0969” [“An
Analytical Reading in the Book: Abd al-Rahman Ali Taha
between Education, Politics and Arabji”] Mujallata al-Tarikh
al-Arabi, the Association of Moroccan Historians, (Morocco)
vol. 34, pp. 25-52.
2004 : “Al-Tafssr al-Islami lil al-Tarikh: al-Muswighat wa Itruat wa
al-Ishkalat al-Manhjiyya” [“Islamic Interpretation of History:
Motives, Theses, and Methodological Problems”], Journal of
Islamiyat al-Marifah, A Refereed Arabic Quarterly published
the International Institute of Islamic Thought, (USA), vol.
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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37/38, pp. 129-154
2003 : “Niyat al-Tarikh wa al-Insan al-Akhir fi al-Fikr al-Gharbi [The
End of History and the Last Man in Western Thought]",
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of
the United Arab Emirates, vol. 19, no. 2.
2003 : “Al-Arab wa Islam fi Janub Sharq Asia: Qira´t Tarikhiyya fi
Masadir al-Turath al-Islami wa al-Adabiyyat al-Muasirah”
["Arabs and Islam in Southeast Asia: A Historical Reading in
Islamic Heritage and Contemporary Literatures"], Arab
Journal of the Humanities, A Quarterly Refereed Journal,
Kuwait University, (Kuwait) vol. 81, 41-80
2002 : “Al-Sulta fi al-Islam: al-Aql al-Fiqhi al-Salafi bayn al-Nas wa
Tarikh” [Power in Islam: The Salafi Fiqh between the
Revealed Text and History], Tajdid: A Refereed Arabic
Journal published by the International Islamic University
Malaysia, vol., 11, (pp. 215-238).
2001 : “Ilm al-Tarikh: Ishkaliyat Manhajiyyat wa mashru’at al-
Islamah” [Historiography: Problems of Methodology and
Proposals on Islamization], Islamiyat al-Marifa: A Refereed
Arabic Quarterly Published by the International Institute of
Islamic Thought, vol. vi, No. 24, 2001, (pp. 55-89).
2001 : “A Sudanese Scholar in the Diaspora: Life and Career of
Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti in Indonesia, 1911-0943”,
Studia Islamka, A Journal of Indonesian Studies, pp. 55-86.
2001 : “al-Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Surkitti (1876-19430): Rai´d
Harakat al-Ialah wa al-Irshad fi Indunisia” [A-Shaykh Ahmad
Muhammad al-Surkitti: The Pioneer of the Reform and
Guidance Movement in Indonesia]”, Tajdid, vol., (pp. 117-
146).
1999 : “A Bibliography of the Mahdist State in the Sudan (0880-
1898), Sudanic Africa: A Journal of African Resources, vol.
10, pp.133-168.
1998 : “The Musabbaat of Jugo Jugo: Three Documents”, Sudanic
Africa: Sudanic Africa: A Journal of African Resources, vol.
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10, pp. 49-64.
1997 : "A Sudanese Missionary to the United State: Sati Majid,
shaykh al-Islam of North America, and his encounter with
Noble Drew Ali, Prophet of the Morrish Science Temple
Movement" (with Profs. J.O. Hunwick and R.S. O'Fahey),
Sudanic Africa, A Journal of Historical Sources, vol. 8, 1997,
(pp.137-191).
1997 : "Governor of Kordofan, 1821-1955", Sudanic Africa: Sudanic
Africa: A Journal of African Resources, vol. 8, 1997, (pp. 67-
83).
1992 : "A Sudanic Charter from Sinnar", (with Dr. Anders Bjorkelo),
Sudanic Africa, A Journal of Historical Sources , vol. 3, 1993,
(pp.29-40).
1991 : "A Land Dispute in Berber Province", (with Dr. Anders
Bjorkelo), Sudanic Africa, A Journal of Historical Sources, vol.
3, (pp.1-28).
3. Articles in local refereed Journals and Magazines (Total no. 9)
2009 : “The Hijaz Railway: Motives, Results and Impacts”, Islam in
Asia, vol. 6/1, pp. 1-28
2007 : "Salatin Darfur wa Surat al-Haramin al-Sharifin [Sultans of
Darfur and the Present of the Two Holy Places", Kitabat
Sudaniyya, vol. 42, 81-101
2003 : “Muslim Unity: Lessons from History”, International Journal
of Muslim Unity, vol. 1., pp. 1-20.
2003 : "Al-Awlamah bayn Nihayat al-Tarikh was Aira al-Hadarat
[Globalization between the End of History and the Clash of
Civilization]", Tafakur, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 83-126.
2003 : "Al-Tawasul al-Hadari bayn Makkah was Alm al-Malayu [The
Civilization Interaction between Makkah and the Malay
World]", Hajj Magazine, issue 8, pp. 78-81.
1999 : “Manhajiyyat al-Tashria al-Mahdawi fi al-Sudan [The Legal
Methodology of the Mahdist in the Sudan]”, Kitabat
Sudaniyya, Cairo: Centre for Sudanese Studies, Issue no. 7,
Curriculum Vitae: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
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(pp. 10-30).
1994 : "Al-Idarah al-Ahliyya: al-Rai wa Rai al-Akhar [Native
Administration and Conflict of Visions]", Majallat al-
Khurtum, Issue no. 13, (pp. 31-39).
1994 : "Al-Idarah al-Ahliyya: al-Nasha´t wa al-Tatawwur: [Native
Administration: Establishment and Development]", Majallat
al-Khurtum, Issue no. 13, (pp. 33-40).
1993 : "Sati Majid al-ladhi aSbaha shaykhan li-Islam fi Amarica al-
Shimaliyya [Sati Majid: shaykh al-Islam of North America]",
Majallat al-Multaqah, August, (pp.14).
4. Chapters in Books (Total no. 8)
2011 : “Negative Image of Islamic Resurgence in the West: Myth or
Reality?”, in: A. Rahman Tang Abdullah, ed., Tradition,
Modernity and Islam: Revisiting History Across the Regions
in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, Kuala Lumpur:
IIUM Press, 2011, pp. 193-212.
2009 : “Al-Manar and the Hadhrami elites in the Malay World:
Challenges and Prospects”, in: The Hadhrami Diaspora in
Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation? (Co-
editor: Prof. Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim), Leiden: E.J. Brill pp.
117-142.
2008 : "World History from an Islamic Perspective: The Experience
of the International Islamic University Malaysia", in Patrick
Manning, ed., Global Practice in World History: Advances
Worldwide, Markus Wiener Publishers, pp. 39-55
2004 : “Islamic Resurgence Indonesia: The Case of the Irshad and
Islah Movement, 1914-0943”, Proceedings of the 17th
International Conference of the International Association of
Historians of Asia, Dhakah, pp. 811-828.
2002 : “Native Courts: A Case Study from Dar Bidayriyya in Sudan”,
in: Christina Jones-Pauly and Stefanie Elbern, eds., Access to
Justice: The Role of Court Administrators and Lay
Adjudicators, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 75-
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98.
2002 : "An Arabic Manuscript on the Life and Career of Ahmed
Muhammad Surkitti and his Disciples in Java", in: Huub de
Jones and Nic Kaptein, eds., Transcending Borders: Arabs,
Politics, trade and Islam in Southeast Asia, Leiden: KITLV
Press, pp. 203-218.
1998 : "Kordofan from Tribes to Nazirates", in: M. Kevane and E.
Stiansen, eds., Kordofan Invaded: Peripheral Incoporation
and Social Transformation in Islamic Africa, Leiden: E.J. Brill,
pp.120-44.
5. Bookreviews and conference reports (Total no. 12)
2013 : Sessetion of South Sudan: Challenges and Prospects. (Arab Centre for Research and Policies Study, Arab policies, issue 2, May 2013, pp.
2013 : The Hadrami Diaspora: Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim. By Leif Manger (Oxford and New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2010), 216 pp. Price HB £35.00. EAN 978–1845457426. American Anthropologist Book Reviews.
2012 : Holy City on the Nile: Omdurman during the Mahdiyya, 1885–1898, by Robert S. Kramer’s Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers. Pp.xx+214. No price given, hardback/paperback (ISBN 978-1-55876-515-3), Islamic Africa, vol. 3/1.
2009 : Narrating the Nile: Politics, Cultures, Identities. Edited by
Israel Gershoni and Meir Hatina. Boulder, CO and London:
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008. Pp. viii+275, The Journal of
African History, 50: pp. 456-457. (*)
2009 : Embodying Honor: Fertility, Foreignness, and Regeneration
in Eastern Sudan (Series - Women in Africa and the
Diaspora), by Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Wisconsin: University of
Wisconsin Press, 2007, (ISBN. 0299223809), Kitabat
Sudaniyya, Issue no. 46, pp. 101-116.
2005 : “International Conference on the Yemeni-Hadhramis in
Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?”,
Intellectual Discourse, vol. 13, no. 2, 2005, pp. 138-141.
2005 : “International Conference on the Yemeni-Hadramis in
Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?”, Al-
Tajdid vol. 18, pp. 225-233.
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2003 : “Southern Sudan: Stages of Distrust” by Mahmoud
Galandar, al-Tajdid, vol. pp. 263-282.
2003 : “Seminar on Ibn Khaldun and Muslim Historiography”,
Intellectual Discourse, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 238-241.
: “Palestine Issue: Its Background and Development up
2111”, by Mohsen M. Saleh, Intellectual Discourse, vol. 10,
No. 1, pp. 98-101.
2003 : “Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi and his Contribution to Islamic
Thought”, Dirasat al-Islamiyya, vol. 38, pp. 201-207.
2001 : Mohsen M. Salih, al-Tariq ila al-Qudus [The Way to
Jerusalem], London: Publication of Palestine, 1998, (pp.
234), al-Tajdid Journal: International Islamic University of
Malaysia, vol. 10, pp. 231-248.
1999 : Fadwa Abd al-Rahman Ali Taha, Kayfa Nal al-Sudan
Istiqlalahu: Dirasa Tarikhiyya li Itifaqiyat 12 Fabrayir 1953
Hwl al-Hukum al-Dhati wa Taqrir al-Masir [How did the
Sudan Obtain its Independence: A Historical Study of the
Agreement of February 1953 on Self-government and
Determination in the Sudan], Khartoum: Dar al-Khartoum
for Printing and Publication, 1997, (pp. 455), Khartoum
Newspaper, issues 2212, 2219, 14, 21 September 1999.
1999 : Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, Al-Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi,
Omdurman: al-Ahfad University, 1998, (pp.158), Khartoum
Newspaper, issues 2098, 2105, 4, 5 May.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS (Total no. 33)
2013 (26-29 June) : “The Hadrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia: A link of interaction
between the Homeland and Host countries” The World History
Association 22nd
Annual Conference in Minneapolis, USA.
2013 (11-13 February) “Hadrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Historical Legacy and
Challenges”. International Conference on the Historical
Legacy of Asianization, Centre for the Advanced Study of
the Arab World, Durham University, United Kingdom.
2012 (20-22 October) “Muslim Identity and Globalization: Dialectic of
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Fundamental and Change.”, 13th Makkah Conference on
Muslim Society: Fundamental and Change, Makkah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2012 (26-28 April) “The Coverage of the Arab Uprisings by Newsweek and
Time Magazines: A Content Analysis”. The Second Congress
of the Asian Association of World Historians, Ewha Women
University, Seoul, Korea.
2011, (19-21 July) “An African Scholar in the Diaspora: Ahmed al-Surkitti, his
life and Islamic Reform in the Netherlands East Indies”.
International conference on Islam Africa: Intellectual
Trends, Historical Sources and Research Methods,
International Islamic University Malaysia and the Federation
of Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) and the Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO),
Kuala Lumpur.
2011 (7-10 July) “Teaching World History in Middle East Universities:
Challenges and Prospects” International Conference of the
World History Association, Beijing
2010 (22-25 August) “World Views and World History”, The XXI International
Congress of Historical Sciences, Amsterdam.
2010 (19-23 July) : “Shaykh Ahmad Surkitti (0876-1943): His Life, Thoughts and
Reforms in the Netherlands East Indies”, 2010 – World
Congress of Middle Eastern Studies, Barcelona.
2009 (19 November) : “The History of Parlimentary Elections in the Sudan, 1953-
0986: Pros and Cons”, Public Lecture, Centre for Middle
Eastern Studies, University Bergen, Norway.
2009 (12 November) : “Ahmad Surkitti (0876-1943): His Life, Thought and Reform
in Indonesia”, Seminar, Centre for Modern and Oriental
Studies, Berlin.
2009 (7 August) “The Hajj in the Malay World: Historical Dimension and
Civilizational Impact”, The Workshop on the Documentation
of the Hajj to Makkah in Southeast Asia, Kualliyyah of
Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences and the
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King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Archives and Research.
2009 (29-31 May) : “Islam and Modernity in Indonesia: The Life and Thought of
Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943)”, The First Congress: The Asian
Association of World Historians, Osaka University
Nakanoshima-Center.
2008 (26-29 June) : "Centrality of Makkah and Moblity of Knowledge: The Case
of Ahmad Muhammad Surkitti in Indonesia", The 17th
Conference of the International Association of Wrold
History, London University.
2007 (16-18 April) : "Dailgue or Clash of Civilization? An Anylatical Reading in
Western Thought", (in Arabic), Dailgue with the other in
Islamic Thoughts, the University of Sharajah.
2006 (22-24 November) : “The Negative Image of Islamic Resurgence in the West:
Myth or Reality”, The 19th Conference of the International
Association of Historians of Asia: Asia: History and
Civilization, The Philippine Social Science Council, Manila.
2006 (5-7 September) : “Islam and the West”, The International Conference on the
Muslim World and the West: Barriers and Bridges,
organized by the International Institute of Muslim Unity,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
2006 (4-6 April) : “The Sudan from Collaboration Mechanim and Party
Politics, 1898-1956: The Case of the Socialist Repubication
Party”, 7th International Sudan Studies Conference: Fifty
Years After Independence: Sudan’s Quest for Peace and
Stability, University of Bergen.
2005 (26-28 August) : “Al-Manar and the Hadarmi Elite in the Malay-Indonesian
World: Challenge and Response”, International Conference
on the Yemen-Hadarmis in Southeast Asia: Identity
Maintenance or Assimilation?, Department of History,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
2005 (26-26 June) : “The Ideology of the Expected Mahdi in Muslim History: The
Case of the Sudanese Mahdiyya”, The 14th Annual World
History Association Conference, Ifrane, Morocco.
2005 (22 September) : “Research: Problems, Prospects and Reward, Ta’aruf and
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Intellectual Discourse (TIDE 26), IIUM.
2005 (5 April) : “Research: Problems, Prospects and Reward, Ta’aruf and
Intellectual Discourse (TIDE 25), IIUM.
2004 (4-6 August) : “Globalization and Muslim Identity: Critical Reality and
Future Prospects”, International Conference on Muslims
and Islam in the 21st Century: Image and Reality, organized
by International Islamic University.
2003 (24-26 October) : “Civilizational Interaction between the Arabian Peninsula
and the Malay World”, Conference on Religious Networks
between the Middle East and Southeast Asia, organized by
International Institute for Asian Studies Leiden (the
Netherlands) and American University, Cairo (Egypt).
2002 (1-2 October) : “Muslim Unity: Lesson from the Past and Challenges from
the Present”, International Conference on Muslim Unity in
the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, organized
the International Institute for Muslim Unity (IIUM).
2003 (18 July) : “Political Crises of the Ummah: Historical Legacy and
Present Reality”, The Islamic Conference of Ummatic Week,
IIUM.
2003 (27 May) : "Arabian Peninsula and Malay Archipelago: From
Commercial Adventures to Socio-political and Cultural
Interaction", The Indian Ocean Seminar, Bergen University
(Norway).
2003 (22-23 March) : "Globalization between the End of History and the Clash of
Civilizations", The International Conference of the College
of Humanities and Social Sciences: Globalism: Reaction
and Interaction, The University of the United Arab Emirates.
2002 (18-22 December) : "Islamic Resurgence in Indonesia: The Case of Islah and
Irshad Movement, 1911-1943", The 17th Conference of the
International Association of Historians of Asia: Asia:
History and Civilization, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2001 (3-7 October) : “Power of Knowledge and Conflict of Visions: The Case of
the Irshadis and the Alawi Sayyids in Indonesia”, The Indian
Ocean Project Seminar: “Hadrami Diaspora: Migration of
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People, Commodities and Ideas”, The University Bergen,
Norway.
2001 (20 February) : “Ahmad Muhammad Surkitti and his Reformist
Contributions in Indonesia”, Seminar on the Reformist and
Intellectual Role of the Malay Scholars in South East Asian,
Department of the Quran and Sunna, International Islamic
University Malaysia.
2000 (29 Augt. 2 Sept) : “A Sudanese Scholar in the Diaspora: Life and Career of
Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti in Indonesia, 1911-0943”,
The 5th International Conference on Sudan Studies,
Department of History, University of Durham (UK).
2000 (4-6 August) : “Ilm al-Tarikh: Ishkaliyat Manhajiyyat wa mashruat al-
Islamah”, The International Conference on Islamization of
Sciences, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and
Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia.
1998 (11-14 June) : "Ideology Versus Pragmatism: The Case of the Bayt al-Mal
of the Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1881-0898”, Conference
on "Financial Institutions in the Political Economy: Case
Studies from Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-colonial Africa",
convened by The Nordic African Institute, Uppsala,
Sweden, held at Rosendal, Norway.
1997 (27-29 August) : "Problems of Local Government in the Sudan", PhD Seminar
on "Administrative Systems in Africa", convened by the
Department of Administration and Organization Theory,
University of Bergen.
1997 (27-31 March) : "Dilemma of Indirect Rule and Democracy in the Sudan",
PhD Seminar on "the Political Economic of Local Change:
Challenges of Political and Economic Liberalization for the
Interaction of Local Administration and Civil Society in the
Third World", convened by the University of Helsinki
(Finland).
1996 (27-31 November) : "Kordofan from Tribes to Nazirates", The 38th Annual
Meeting of the African Studies Association, San Francisco.
1995 (24-27 October) : "The Legal Methodology of the Mahdist Legislation in the
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Sudan, 1881-1885", The Conference of Sufi Studies in the
Sudan, convened by the University of Khartoum.
ACADEMIC CONSULTANCY
2012-2013 : Independent Expert, New Eurasia Foundation, Germany.
2009-2014 : The Encyclopedia of the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques
Project, sponsored by the King Abdul Aziz Foundation of
Research and Archives, Riyadh.
2005-2007 : Encyclopedia of Arab and Muslim Scholars sponsored by
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific
Organization (ALECSO). My contribution includes 13
biographies of Arab and Muslim Scholars from Southeast
and Central Asia.
2003-2005 : Animated Feature Film Saladin, sponsored by Multimedia
Super Corridor: Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn.
Bhrd (Cyberjaya: Malaysia).
2005-2006 : A Taxonomy on Islamic History and Civilization Literatures,
Sponsored by The Main Library, International Islamic
University Malaysia.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2013-2014 : The Image of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud in al-Manar Magazine,
University Grant, Qatar University.
2009-2011 : Al-Shaykh Ahmad Surkitti, 1876-1943: His Life, Thought and
Reform in Indonesia, Georg Foster Fellowship (6 months) for
Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt, Berlin,
Germany.
2007-2010 : "Islah and Tajdid: The Concepts and their Application in Pre-
Modern and Modern Times", Researcher, Fundamental
Research Grant Scheme (FGRS).
2006-2007 : The Negative Image of Islamic Resurgence in the West:
Myth or Reality? Endowment Grant Type A., Research
Management Centre, IIUM.
2006-2007 : World History from an Islamic Perspective: The Experiment
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of the International Islamic University Malaysia,
Endowment Grant Type A., Research Management Centre,
IIUM.
2004-2005 : The Image of al-Manar in Southeast Asia, 1898-1935,
Endowment Grant Type A., Research Management Centre,
IIUM.
2003-2004 : Civilizational Interaction between the Middle East and
Southeast Asia: A Historical Survey, Endowment Grant Type
A., Research Management Centre, IIUM.
2000-2001 : Muslim Unity: Lessons from History, Endowment Grant Type
A., Research Management Centre, IIUM.
2000-2001 : Ideology versus Pragmatism: The Case of the Mahdist Public
Treasury, Endowment Grant Type A., Research
Management Centre, IIUM.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 : Outstanding Researcher Award (Kulliyyah Level), Quality
Day, 2010, International Islamic University Malaysia.
2009 : George Foster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers,
Alexander von Humboldt, Berlin, Germany, 2009-2012.
2007 : Outstanding Researcher Award (Kulliyyah Level), Quality
Day, 2007, International Islamic University Malaysia.
2005 : Promising Researcher Award (University Level), Quality
Day 2005, International Islamic University Malaysia.
2005 Best Teacher of the Deparmtent of History and Civilization.
2003 Best Teacher of the Deparmtent of History and Civilization.
1998 (Sept-October) : Post-doctoral Fellowship, the University of Leiden, the
Netherlands.
1995-1997 : Norwegian Universities' Committee for Development
Research and Education Fellowship for PhD Research
Programme at the University of Bergen.
1994-1995 : Sudan Programme Fellowship for PhD Research Programme
at the University of Bergen.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
: Member of The Network of World and Global History Organizations (NOGWHISTO).
Member of The Board of Directors of the Asian Association
of World Historian (AAWH).
: Member of The European Network in Universal and Global
History (ENIUGH)
: Member of the International Association of World History
(AWH).
: Member of the African Studies Association (ASA).
: Member of the Nordic African Institute (NAI), Uppsala,
Sweden.
: Member of the International Institute of Asian Studies
(IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands.
: Member of the Sudanese Studies Association (SSA).
CONFERENCE CHAIRS/CONVENERS
2012 (1st March) : International Seminar on Interfaith Harmony and
Tolerance organized jointed by between the International
Institute for Muslim Unity (IIMU), on behalf of the
International Islamic University Malaysia, and Madinu
Saquafathil Islamiyya (MSI) Kerala, India
2011 (19-21 July) : Islam in Africa: Historical, Cultural, and Global
Perspectives organized jointly by the International
Institute for Muslim Unity, the International Institute of
Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)], the Federation of
Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) and the Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).
2011 (18 July) : “Islamic Moderation and it Role in Reform and
Development organized jointed by the International
Institute for Muslim Unity (IIMU) and the International
Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)],
International Forum of Moderation (Jordan).
2009 (7-8 August) : Regional workshop on the Documentation of the Hajj to
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Makkah in Southeast Asia, organized by Kulliyyah of Islamic
Revealed Knowledge and the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for
Research and Archives.
2005 (26-28 August) : International Conference on the Yemen-Hadarmis in
Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?
Department of History, International Islamic University
Malaysia.
2003 (23 July) : A One-Day Seminar on Ibn Khaldun and Muslim
Historiography, Department of History and Civilization,
International Islamic University Malaysia.
2003 (25 February) : A One-Day Seminar on Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi (1703-
1762): His Life and Intellectual Contributions to the Muslim
Wrold, Department of History and Civilization, International
Islamic University Malaysia.
MEMBERSHIP OF EDITORIAL BOARDS AND ACADEMIC COMMITTEES
2102-2013 : Member of the Core Curriculum Coordination Council,
Qatar University.
2012-2013 : Member of the CAS Student Affairs Committee, College of
Arts and Sciences, Qatar University.
2012- : Chair of the Curriculum and Assurance Committee,
Department of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences,
Qatar University.
2012 : Member of the Promotion Committee, College of Arts and
Sciences, Qatar University.
2010- 2012 : Editor of the International Journal of Muslim Unity.
2004- present : Member of the Editorial Board of al-Tajdid Journal.
2007- 2012 : Member of the Academic Planning and Development
Committee (Standing Senate Committee).
2007-2010 : Member of the Kulliyyah Board of Examiners and Appeals.
2007-2012 : Member of the Kulliyyah Postgraduate Committee.
2007-2012 : Member of the Kulliyyah Promotion Committee.
2004-2012 : Member of the Departmental Postgraduate Committee.
2003- 2012 : Member of the Departmental Examination Committee.
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2003-2012 : Member of the Departmental Promotion and Rucuriument
Committee.
2005-2012 : Board of Studies, Deparmtent of History and Civilization.
2000-2003 : Coordinator of the Ibn Khaldun Forum, Department of
History and Civilization.
2004-2007 : Coordinator of the Departmental Curriculum Committee.
SUPERVISION, EXAMINATION AND ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT
1. Supervisor
Student
Title
Degree
: Sharifah Bint Ismail
Thesis’s Title “The Hajj from Malaysia: Its Development, Management
and Impact on the Malay Society, 1975-2005”
Degree Ph.D., history and civilization (in progress).
Student
Title
Degree
: Muhammad Ba Zayb
"Sayyid Alawi bin Tahir al-Hadid: His Life and Works"
Ph.D., history and civilization (in progress).
Student
Title
Degree
: Abebiyi Jellili Adegboyega
"Implicating the Umayyad-Abbasid Phenomenological
Transformation in Addressing the Ummah’s Woes in the
Contemporary Period"
MA., history and civilization (Completed, 2009)
Student
Title
Degree
: Alwi Altas (MA)
"Islamic Reformism in the Netherlands East Indies: The Role
and Thought of Abd Allah b. Alawi B. Abd Allah Al-Attas,
1844-0929”
MA., history and civilization (Completed, 2007).
Student
Title
Degree
: Sharifah binte Islmail
“The Hajj: It Historical Experience and impact in Southeast
Asia”.
MA., history and civilization (Completed, 2006).
Student
Title
: Mirja Maritha Brachtel @ Maryam
“Ibn al-Jazzar’s al-Musafir and Constantinus Africanus’ Latin
Version, Viaticum Peregerinatis: A comparative Study”
MA., history and civilization (Completed, 2005)
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Degree
2. Examiners of MA and Ph.D. Theses
Student : Abdullahi Ayoade Ahmad (AHA070008)
Title : “African Leaders, Colonialism and the Role of the United
Nations in the Post-Colonial Era: A Historical Perspective on
Ghana and Nigeria, 1957-2111”
Degree : Ph.D. in history, Department of History, University of
Malaya (UM), 2012.
Student : Muhammad Atiyya Muhammad Yahia
Title : “Social History and Ottoman Influence on Western Tripoli in
the Era of the Second Ottomans”
Degree : Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, National University Malaysia
(UKM), 2012.
Student : Ibtisam Abdullah alhari
Title “Al-Imam al-Sayuti’s (d. 900 H) position on al-Maulid al-
Nabawi and his critique of al-Fakahani (d. 734 H)”
Degree MA, Faculty of History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic
Studies, University of Malaya (2010).
Student : Tarek Ladjal
Title The Political History of The Sufi Movements in West Africa
During The 19th Century
Degree Ph.D. in History and Civilization
Student
Title
Degree
: Ghazi Saeed al-Bahar al-Rawas
The Concept of Reform in Islam. The Case of Umar ibn Abd
al-Aziz.
Ph.D. Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, (2009).
Student
Title
Degree
: Salih Mashush
"Impact of Tawhidic Worldview in Shaping Ibn Khaldun's
Percept of Umran: An Analytical Study of the Concept of
Man and Knowledge as Developed in His Muqaddimah"
Ph.D., history and civilization, ISTAC, (2009).
Student
Title
: Sultan Mohamed Zahran
“The Mystical Dimension of Ibadi Thought: A Historical and
Analytical Study.
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Degree Ph.D. Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, (2006).
Student
Title
Degree
: Besah Bint Abdul Hamid (Matric no. G9915368),
“A Study of British Religious Policy in the Sudan with
Reference to the Position of the Grand Qadi, 1898-1956”,
MA., History and Civilization, July 2005.
Student
Title
Degree
: Ghazi Saeed al-Bahar al-Rawas
“The Concept of Political Authority Acccording to
Muawiyah”,
MA., Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, March 2005.
Student
Title
Degree
: Zuraini Nordin (Matric no. G0114392),
“The Theories of the Beginning of Human History in Two
Malaysian History Textbooks: A Content Analysis”,
MA., History and Civilization, December 2003.
Student
Title
Degree
: Ilaya Romiza Binti Suri (Matric no. G9915368), “The Reformist
Ideas and Impact of Zainal Abdidin Ahmed (Za’ba) 0895-1973
in the Malaya Peninsula”,
MA., History and Civilization, October 2002.
3. Referee for national and international Journals
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS)
“When Words Collide? Islam and Modernity – Alternative
Paradigms, Contrasting Authentic Ideals”, (October 2118).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, USA
“Mahdist Sudan and Christian Abyssinia: a (hi)story of
representations”, (February 2118).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: The Journal of the Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University,
Brunei.
“The Social and Political Background of the Abasid
Revolution: Rise of the Abbasid Caliphate”, (May 2101).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Darah, the Foundation of King Abdul Aziz for Archives
and Research, Saudi Arabia
“Impact of Muhammad ibn Abdal Wahhab on Ahmad al-
Surkitti (July, 2008).
Journal
: Al-Darah, the Foundation of King Abdul Aziz for Archives
and Research, Saudi Arabia
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Title of Manuscript “Impact of the Hajj in Indonesian Independent Movement”,
(Safar, 1429).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Tafakur, University of Gezira, Sudan.
“The Khaldunian Influence on Modern Studies of
Civilization: Bennabi’s Approach to Civilization as an
Example”, (September 2117).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Jurnal of Islamiyyat, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
“The Role of Religion in Making Civilization”, (December
2006).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Shajarah, ISTAC
“Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultural Fusion along the Silk
Routes: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Formation of Sino-
Arab Calligraphy”, (January 2118).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“The South Asian Hajj Routes between History and
Geographical Longitudes”, (May, 2101).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“Art of War and Public Relations”
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“Methodological Fundamentals in interpreting our Present
Situation”, (January 2117).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM.
“The Legtamcy of the Calipahte of Yazid ibn Muawiyyah”, ,
(May 2003).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM.
“Role of Sufi Women Scholars in the Mamluk Age”, (January
2003).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“Jerusalem in Arab-Israeli Peace Agreements”, (April 2112).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“Arabic Sources and their Impact on Historical Studies in
Sudanic Africa”, (July 2001).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Al-Tajdid, IIUM
“Reform Aspects in the Sufi Thought of al-Shaykh Ahmad
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Zaruq”, (August 2111).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“International Tourism, Security and Intellectual Dialogue
in the Arab World: Spatial Segregation or Bridging the
Gaps?”, (September 2119).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
"Causes of The Early Islamic Conquests", (March 2009).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“The Historical Background of the Rise of Western
Modernity and its Philosophical Features”, (Janurary 2009).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“The Islamic Civilization: Its Meaning, Origin and
Development, and Distinctive Charateristics and Goal”, (July
2008).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“Islam as a unifiying force in Somali Politics”, Novermber
2006.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“Using Construcvist Approach to Integrate Religious and
Science Education”, October 2006.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“The Vision of Rashid Rida on the Modern Arab Orient and
the Current Political and Civilization Phenoma”, October
2005.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“The Cultural Interaction between the Arabs and the West:
The Experience of Andulusa”, October 2005.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
“The Future of Islam and Muslims in the suitable Historical
Context”, March 2005.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: International Journal of Muslim Unity
"Cultural Interaction between The Arabs and the West: The
Experiment of Andalusia", (March, 2005).
Journal : Islam in Asia
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Title of Manuscript “The Partition of the Malay Sultanates in the Light of the
Anglo-Siamese Agreement, 0919”, (October 2117).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: Islam in Asia
“The Impact of the Western Colonialism on Islam and
Muslims in the Far East: The Case of the Philippines”,
(September 2003).
Journal
Title of Manuscript
Al-Risalah, IIUM
“Sufism in Islam: the Position of Imam al-Ghazali and
Shaykh Uthman Ibn Fudi”, May 2004.
Journal
Title of Manuscript
: The Gombak Review
"Authenticity of Arabic Slave Narratives", (August 2001).
5. Review of Book Manuscripts
Publisher
Title of Manuscript
: Research Management Centre, IIUM.
“The Palestinian Issue from Malaysian Perspectives,
1957-11989", (July 2009)
Publisher
Title of Manuscript
: Research Management Centre, IIUM.
“Research Language”, (July 2119)
Publisher
Title of Manuscript
: Research Management Centre, IIUM.
“Major Themes of Civilizational Renewal of the Ummah
in the Age of Globalization And Universal
Civilization”, (October, 2115).
6. External Assessor
Candidate
Post
Institute
Adil Abdul Aziz
Associate Professorship Post
University Putra Malaya, 2010
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
1. Courses taught
HIST 1010: Rise and Expansion of Islam to 132 AH (1) HIST 2530 A: Survey of Islamic History and Civilization. HIST 3110: History of the Ayyubids and Mamluks HIST 3120: Osmanli History HIST 4130: Muslim Nations in Contemporary History HIST 3060: Colonialism in the Muslim World. HIST 4070: Modern History of the Arab World
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IRK 5060: Muslim Community in pluralistic Socieites (Singapore) IRK 5050: Issuees in Muslim History and Civilization (Kuatan) HIST 6600: Islah and Tajdid Movements in Southeast Asia HIST 6100: Muslim Historiorgaphy SOCA 7000: Muslim Minotry Group
2. Latest TER Results Semester I, 2008/2009
Course code Course title Credit hours Contact
hrs/week
No. of Student TER
HIST 4070 Arab world 3 4 40
94.82 HIST 6600 Islah & Tajdid 3 4 9
IRKH 5170 M. Minority 21
TOTAL 6 8 70
Semester II, 2008/2009
Course code Course title Credit hours Contact
hrs/week
No. of Student TER
HIST 3260 Colonialism 3 4 43
92.34 HIST 4070 Arab World 3 4 21
TOTAL 6 8 64
3. Development of new Programme
Programme
Degree
Owner
Middle East Studies
Master’s in Middle Studies
Kulliyyah Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences.
4. Development of new Courses
Course Code
Course Title
Level
HIST 1000
Interoduction to History and Civilization Undergrdaute: Level 1000
Course Code
Course Title
Level
HIST 6600
Islah and Tajdid Movements in Southeast Asia Postgradaute: MA Level
Course Code
Course Title
Level
MES 6000
Approaches and Research Methods to the Middle East
Studies
Postgradaute: MA Level
Course Code MES 6040
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Course Title
Level
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Postgradaute: MA Level
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