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Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Education and Degrees:

 "BA" (kandidaatsexamen) Theology, University of Groningen 1984

Master Religous Studies, Leiden University 1987 (cum laude)

PhD at Leiden University 1991 (cum laude)

 

KNAW Research Fellow, Leiden University 1991-1996

UD Islamic Studies, Leiden University, 1996-2000

UHD  Comparative Study of Religions and Islamic Studies and, Leiden University, 200-2004 

Professor of Comparative Religion and Islamic Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, 2004-2009

Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Amsterdam and chair of Religious Studies, 2009-present.

   

Fields of expertise: relations between Islam and other religions; Islamic ethics; History of Islam on the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Europe; Ritual Studies, and Theory and Method in the Study of Religions.

 

Present Editorial Activities and Administrative Responsibilities

Member of the editorial boards of  the Numen Book Series (NUS, Brill), New Religious Identities in the Western World (Peeters, Leuven), The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World (MEMI,  Brill) and the journal Al-Qantara (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid).

Member of the Advisory Board of Estudios Arabes e Islamicos, Monografias, published by the Department of Arabic Studies of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (National Centre for Scientific Research, CSIC), Madrid.

Member of the Editorial Board of Al-Qantara (CSIC, Madrid)

Member  NWO 'thema-commissie" Conflict and Security

Member Advisory Board Babylon(Tilburg University)

Chair Religious Studies

Chair of the BA examination Committe of the Department Art, Religion and Culture.