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Research Fellowship Programme
Research Fellows play an active role in the intellectual life of the Institute, participating in a wide range of seminars, workshops, and conferences. They also enjoy the opportunity of interacting with distinguished faculty at the Institute and from other academic institutions in the United Kingdom. The duration of each fellowship is one year.
Research Fellowship Programme Overview
The Institute's Fellowship Programme began in 2005. To date nine fellowships of either six months or one year have been completed or are being undertaken. The purpose and functions of the Fellowship Programme are multiple and include:
- to provide opportunities for scholars from the Muslim world to gain exposure to academic resources (ie other scholars, libraries, etc) about their areas of research outside of their home contexts;
- to undertake research that falls within the areas of focus for the Institute’s research activities;
- to participate in, and where appropriate, lecture or give presentations on their areas of research to wider audiences;
- to undertake a specific research project that is directed by the Institute;
- to publish at least one academic article while a Fellow at the Institute.
AKU-ISMC has offered research fellowships to a range of scholars on a variety of topics. Research areas have included:
- Bioethics
- Civil society
- Higher education
- Law in Muslim contexts
- Networks and institutions
- Social change
The Research Fellowship Programme is coordinated by Anushka Shahrouz, Research Assistant.
Apply for Research Fellowships at AKU-ISMC
The application process for the 2009 Research Fellowship Programme is now closed. Information and an application form for entry in September 2010 will be made available in due course.
AKU-ISMC Research Fellows
2008/2009 Research Fellows
2007/2008 Research Fellows
- Ali Mezghani | The anthropology of change in laws and legal practices in Muslim cultures
- Mohammad Rasekh | A critical study of the Iranian legislative system
2005/2006 Research Fellows
- Mitra K Shavarini | Success or failure: higher education reform and the lives of young Iranian women
- Ayman Shihadeh |
Biomedical ethics in religious communities
- Sunatullo Jonboboev
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Liberal education and strengthening of reform initiatives in humanities in higher education of Central Asia
International Workshop
An International Workshop for the Research Fellowship Programme was held in May 2009. The Workshop sought to promote scholarly dialogue on the dynamics of networks and institutions of social change in predominantly Muslim contexts.
Research Fellowship Programme Seminars
The First Research Fellowship Programme Seminar was held in December 2008. The first seminar introduced the Research Fellows and their projects, as well as raise questions related to the development of a collaborative research project for the fellows.
The Second Research Fellowship Programme Seminar was held in February 2009. The seminar provided an update on the research being undertaken by two of the Institute's fellows; Habiba Fathi and Iftekhar Iqbal.
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