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Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed

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Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1943-01-15 （Allahabad, British India）
国籍
Pakistani, Pakistani-American
言語
English, Urdu
宗教
Islam
居住地歴
Pakistan (various locations, civil service) → United Kingdom (Cambridge, research/residence) → United States (Washington, D.C., academic positions)

経歴

職業
academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker, former diplomat
活動期間
1966年〜
所属
American University (School of International Service), Princeton University (visiting professor / research), Harvard University (visiting scholar), Brookings Institution (Nonresident Senior Fellow), Woodrow Wilson Center (Global Fellow), U.S. Naval Academy (First Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies)
所属団体
Council member, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (first Pakistani to serve)

学歴

Army Burn Hall College (formerly Burn Hall School)
期間: 1954-1959
国: Pakistan
Primary/secondary education; founded as a missionary school
University of the Punjab
国: Pakistan
Undergraduate studies
University of Birmingham
国: United Kingdom
Further studies/research (details not specified)
University of Cambridge (Selwyn College)
学位: MA
期間: 在学期間の詳細不明
国: United Kingdom
Held positions such as Allama Iqbal Fellow
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS)
Anthropology
学位: PhD
卒業年: 1978
国: United Kingdom
PhD in Anthropology (1978)

受賞歴

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence)
主催: Government of Pakistan
結果: 受賞
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence)
主催: Government of Pakistan
結果: 受賞
Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal
主催: Royal Society for Asian Affairs
結果: 受賞
Purpose Prize (inaugural)
2006
主催: Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (associated award)
結果: 受賞（Judea Pearlと共同）
American Book Award (for Journey into America)
2010
対象作品: Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam
主催: American Book Award
結果: 受賞
District of Columbia Professor of the Year
2004
主催: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching / CASE
結果: 受賞
Free Speech Award
2002
主催: Muslim Public Affairs Council
結果: 受賞
Global Thought Leader (The World Post / Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute)
2015
主催: The World Post / Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
結果: 選出

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam

2010年 Non-fiction / Political sociology

Fieldwork-based study of Muslim experiences and challenges in America, exploring possibilities for dialogue and integration.

immigrationidentitydialogue

The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

2013年 Non-fiction / Political science & Ethnography

Analyzes the impact of U.S. drone operations on tribal societies through multi-regional case studies.

military interventiontribal societiesinternational politics

Living Islam: From Samarkand and Stornoway

1993年 Non-fiction / Religious history & Ethnography

Companion to a six-part BBC series, presenting the diversity and everyday life of Muslim societies.

religion and daily lifecross-cultural comparison
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV series] Living Islam (BBC six-part series) (1993)

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin

1997年 Biography / History / Political studies

Biographical study of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and reflections on Islamic identity in Pakistan.

biographynation-buildingreligion and politics
映像化・舞台化
  • [Feature film] Jinnah / Jamil Dehlavi (1998)
  • [Documentary] Mr. Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan (1997)

全著作

  • The Flying Man, Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today (2021)
  • Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity (2018)
  • The Thistle and the Drone (2013)
  • Suspended Somewhere Between: A Book of Verse (2011)
  • Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam (2010)
  • Living Islam: From Samarkand and Stornoway (1993)
  • Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society (1988)
  • Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans (1976)

翻案

  • Jinnah (feature film, 1998)
  • Mr. Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan (documentary, 1997)
  • Living Islam (BBC six-part series, 1993)
  • Journey into America (documentary, 2009)
  • Journey into Europe (documentary, 2015)

作品の翻訳

  • Translated into Indonesian
  • Translated into Chinese

作風・主題

文体
academic and explanatorycombines ethnographic description with policy analysis
頻出モチーフ
the relationship between Islam and modernityinterface of tribal societies and the statedialogue and cross-cultural understanding

評価・遺産

Akbar Ahmed is recognized as a scholar and public intellectual who has promoted dialogue between the Muslim world and the West, known for combining anthropological insight with policy-relevant writing.

関連学会

  • Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (served on council)

大衆文化への影響

  • Known through the film 'Jinnah' (1998) and the BBC series 'Living Islam'

引用

  • the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam
    出典: BBC

豆知識

  • Served as Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland.
  • One of the first Pakistanis to serve on the council of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
  • Winner of an American Book Award for 'Journey into America'.