Tariq Ramadan named Luce Professor

Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan has been appointed Henry R. Luce Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute. The appointment is effective in fall of 2004.

Ramadan is the author of Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (Oxford University Press, 2003) as well as many articles on contemporary Islam in dialogue with the West. Ramadan has written extensively on the nature of shari'ah, intra-community discourse within the world of Islam, and contemporary policy questions facing Muslims. A public intellectual who bridges academics and community, Ramadan seeks to construct a forum in which issues of justice and peace can be explored by members of various faith traditions. He will teach courses on Islam, religious peacebuilding, and interfaith dialogue.

Ramadan earned his Ph.D. from the University of Geneva (1998). He will be a member of the Kroc Institute's core faculty, and hold a joint appointment with the Notre Dame Department of Classics.

The professorship is funded by the Henry R. Luce Foundation.

The foundation's Luce Professorship program seeks to promote innovative, integrative, interdisciplinary thinking and learning and is open to all disciplines and departments at leading private American colleges and universities with over 1000 students which have selective liberal arts programs.

 

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