Bio of John Esposito
John L.
Esposito
(contact
info)
is University Professor as well as Professor of Religion and
International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.
Previously, he was Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies and Director
of the Center for International Studies at the College of the Holy
Cross.
Founding Director of Georgetown’s Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding: History and International Affairs in the Walsh School of
Foreign Service, he has served as President of the Middle East Studies
Association of North America and of the American Council for the Study
of Islamic Societies as well as a consultant to governments,
multinational corporations, and the media worldwide.
Esposito is Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern
Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford
Dictionary of Islam and Oxford’s The Islamic World: Past and
Present. His more than 30 books include: Unholy War: Terror in
the Name of Islam, What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam,
The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Turkish Islam and the
Secular State (with H. Yavuz), Islam and Politics, Islam: The
Straight Path, Modernizing Islam (with F. Burgat), Islam
and Democracy and Makers of Contemporary Islam (with John Voll),
Political Islam: Radicalism, Revolution or Reform?, Iran at the
Crossroads (with R.K.Ramazani), Islam, Gender and Social Change
(with Yvonne Haddad), and Women in Muslim Family Law.
Professor John Esposito resigned from the CSID Board of
Directors in October 2004. CSID thanks him for his years of service on the
board, and wishes him continued success.
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