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Executive Committee

NameFacultySchoolJob titleLocationAreas of expertise
Dr Adam GarganiLanguages, Cultures and SocietiesLecturer in Arabic Language, Translation and LinguisticsUniversity of Leedslinguistics (semantics and pragmatics), stylistics, translation, Arabic teaching and learning, Classical Islamic thought (the propaedeutic disciplines: language, logic, rhetoric and usul) and Islamophobia in the western academy
Dr Tajul IslamLanguages, Cultures and SocietiesLecturer in Islamic StudiesUniversity of LeedsIslamic Theology, Qur'anic Studies/Translation, Hadith Studies, Islamic Law, Islamic Philosophy, Islamism, Islamophobia/Antisemitism/Racism, Biblical Studies (Judaeo-Islamic), Madrasa studies.
Dr Shaheen KattiparambilSociology and Social PolicyLecturer in Sociology and Social PolicyUniversity of LeedsRace and Racism, Critical Theory, Political Sociology, Critical Muslim Studies, Decoloniality
Johanna LoockSociology and Social PolicyPhD CandidateUniversity of LeedsParadoxes of Citizenship. German Integration Politics, Muslims, and National Identity
Mona MakinejadSchool of Sociology and Social PolicyPhD Researcher University of LeedsRacism and Ethnicity Studies; Refugee and Migrants' integration studies; Decoloniality
Professor Seán McLoughlinSchool of Philosophy, Religion and History of ScienceProfessor of the Anthropology of IslamUniversity of LeedsAnthropology and Sociology of Islam and Muslim Diasporas. Muslims in Britain and Europe. Migration, Diaspora, Transnationalism, Pilgrimage. Culture, Religion, Ethnicity, Identity Politics, the State.
Dr Hizer Ali MirSociology and Social PolicyLecturer in SociologyUniversity of LeedsCritical Muslim Studies; Decoloniality; Religion; Secularism; Islamicate Sociology; Alt Right; Islamophobia; Traditionalism; Popular Culture
Dr Claudia RadivenSociology and Social PolicyDiamond Jubilee Lecturer in Sociology and Social PolicyUniversity of LeedsDe-rad & CVE; Critical Muslim Studies; Islamophobia; Critical Race Theory; Decoloniality; Crimes of the Powerful; Islamic Philosophy & Theology; State Crime; Race & Social Justice
Professor Kamal SalhiLanguages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor of Francophone and North African StudiesUniversity of LeedsNorth-African, Middle-Eastern, Francophone Studies. Anthropology, Cultural Production. Post[De]colonialism. Language Policies. Islam in Performance. Representations of women. Educational materials
Professor Salman SayyidSociology and Social PolicyProfessor of Social Theory and Decolonial ThoughtUniversity of LeedsDecolonial thought; poststructuralist political theory, critical Muslim studies; analysis of Islamophobia and racism; historical and relational macro-sociology
Ehsan ShahwahidSociology and Social PolicyPhD ResearcherUniversity of LeedsIslamization of knowledge; Islam in Malaysia; Critical Muslim Studies
Dr Abdul-Bashid ShaikhLanguages, Cultures and SocietiesLecturer in Islamic StudiesUniversity of LeedsMedieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic theologies and philosophy; Islamic Studies; Qur'anic Studies; Middle Eastern History, Islamic History and Civilization; Radical Islamist movements.
Professor Mustapha SheikhLanguages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor of Islamic Thought and Muslim SocietiesUniversity of LeedsIslamic law and legal theory; ijtihadi/reformist methodologies; Ottoman history; Critical Muslim Studies; Islamic Finance; the Halal industry; Islamophobia; Muslim intellectual history