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Dr Shuruq Naguib
I received my PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Manchester, Department of Middle Eastern Studies. My research covers two key strands: the classical and pre-modern intellectual and textual traditions, particularly Qur’an hermeneutics and ritual law; and Muslim responses to modernity, with a focus on how twentieth century and contemporary Muslim women scholars read the tradition to intellectually and socially develop their religious authority as knowers of the tradition. I have written on ritual purity, metaphor in post-classical Qur’an interpretation and Arabic rhetoric, feminist hermeneutics of the Qur’an, and contemporary female exegetes and jurists in Islam. In recent years, I have developed an interest in Islam in Britain, co-authoring a study of change in conceptions of God in modern Britain and leading a research project entitled Muslim Women Reading Religious Texts in Britain and Egypt (2010-2011). The project investigated how core Islamic texts are read by ‘ordinary’ Muslim women in light of their contexts. I have also been involved in supporting Islamic studies in the UK through my work with HEFCE's Islamic Studies Network until 2012, and currently through my capacity as interim Co-chair of the British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS).
Dr Emmanuel Ossai
religion; conflict; peace; politics; peacebuilding; colonialism; legitimacy; Nigeria; African security; African diaspora; indigenous religion, culture, and thought; the Global South.
Professor Christopher Partridge
Christopher Partridge's research focuses on cultural history and theory. He is particularly interested in drug cultures, popular music, countercultures, and Western occult thought. He established and now co-edits the series Studies in Religion and Popular Music (Bloomsbury) and co-edits Studies in Popular Music (Equinox).
Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Comparative philosophy, especially phenomenology, epistemology, metaphysics and theories of consciousness; comparative studies of India and China; classical Indian thought; history of Hinduism; Hindu theology; contemporary Indian politics and religion; multiculturalism and British society; comparative political philosophy