Description:
Examines the integration and reform of Islamic studies in universities across Germany, the UK, Turkey, Poland and Belgium
Brief description: Jørgen S. Nielsen is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary European Islam, University of Birmingham, and Affiliate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He studied Arabic and Middle East studies at SOAS, London, and did his PhD in Arab history at the American University of Beirut. Since 1978 he has researched Islam in Europe at Selly Oak Colleges and the University of Birmingham. He was director of the Danish Institute in Damascus 2005-7 and then spent six years as Danish National Research Foundation professor at the Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University. He is the author of Muslims in Western Europe (Edinburgh, 1st ed. 1993, 4th edition with Jonas Otterbeck 2016) and is involved in editing several book series for Brill (Leiden) as well as the Journal of Muslims in Europe.
Review Quotes: This excellent collection demonstrates the rich, yet often contested complementarity between academic and confessional approaches to Islam. Expert authors show repeatedly the vital role of the university in charting the history and the living faith of Islam that is at the heart of modern Europe's search for a shared and productive identity.--Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS, University of London