Prof. Bruce B Lawrence
Duke University, USA
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Dr. Lawrence is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Duke University & Visiting Professor at the Department of Civilizations Studies, Ibn Haldun University; Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities are Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion. His research domains include the comparative study of religious movements, institutional Islam (especially in Asia), Indo-Persian Sufism, the religious masks of violence, contemporary Islam as an Abrahamic faith, and religious ideology.
Prof. miriam cooke
Duke University, USA
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Dr. Cooke is the Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University. Her research concerns Middle Eastern and Arab world studies. She focuses on modern Arabic literature and the critical reassessment of women’s roles in the public sphere. She was educated in the United Kingdom and is co-editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies.
Prof. Heba Raouf Ezzat
Ibn Haldun University, Turkey
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Dr. Raouf is Professor at the Department of Civilizations Studies and the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her research domains include comparative political theory, changing maps of citizenship, and urban sociology.
Prof. Mousumi G Banerjee
EFL University, India
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Dr. Banerjee is Associate Professor & Head, Department of English Literature, The EFL University, Regional Campus, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. She has been a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Visiting Scholar (2019-2020) at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. She is also an associate with the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, India. Her research interests include literary theories, postmodern criticisms, Western philosophy, text, language, and hermeneutics, poetic language, women’s writing and writings about women, and film criticism.
Prof. Purnendu Ranjan
Punjab University, India
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Dr. Purnendu Ranjan, hailing from Bihar, completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. in Modern Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He specializes in the study of modern socio-religious movements in India. Dr. Ranjan has authored three books on the history of the Kabirpanth, a socio-religious movement active since the 16th-17th centuries. Additionally, he has contributed numerous articles to both national and international research journals.
Currently, Dr. Ranjan is an Associate Professor at PGGCG-42, Panjab University, Chandigarh, where he has been teaching history since 2002.
Prof. Rakesh Thakur
Punjab University, India
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Dr. Rakesh Thakur is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Post Graduate Government College, Chandigarh. With over 25 years of teaching experience, he has significantly contributed to the academic community through his dedication to education and public service. Dr. Thakur completed his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
His work extends beyond the classroom, having served as a Master Trainer for the Global Fund at PGIMER, Chandigarh, and as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), contributing to the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign. Dr. Thakur’s leadership includes spearheading an ICMR-funded research project on menstrual hygiene and acting as the State Nodal Officer for the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) for Chandigarh Administration.
An active research guide, Dr. Thakur has mentored numerous Ph.D. scholars and continues to influence public policy and social research in India.