Professor Hamdy Hassan visits the Alfred Deakin Institute

This month internationally-renowned Islamic studies expert Professor Hamdy Hassan is in Australia to give a number of public lectures covering a range of contemporary issues in the Islamic world.

"Professor Hassan is a highly regarded expert in Africa and the Middle East on Islamic studies including Boko Haram, ISIS and the political situation in Egypt," Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, ADI's Deputy director (International) said.

Professor Hassan is speaking in Melbourne on Islamic State (IS) and the Globalization of Martyrdom on August 10. For more information on the event visit: http://www.deakin.edu.au/alfred-deakin-institute/events/islamic-state-globalization-martyrdom

His visit is sponsored by the Council for Australia-Arab Relations (CAAR) in association with the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), which is hosted by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI).

Professor Hassan holds concurrent positions as Professor of Political Science at Cairo University and Professor of Islamic Studies at Zayed University in Dubai. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research, and the founder and director of the Center for African Future Studies, Cairo, since 1996. His research focuses on dynamic Islamic discourses in Africa and the Arab world, as well as democratic transition and development in African and Arab societies. He has published widely in Arabic and English, including his recent book Islamic Discourses in Africa published in 2013.

Contact: James Barry

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