Duke Islamic Studies Center

The Duke Islamic Studies Center, also known as DISC, is an inter-departmental, cross-cultural center at Duke University dedicated to the study of Islam and Muslims.[1] DISC approaches Islam as a global religion with many distinctive historical and cultural expressions. Duke's tradition of humanistic approaches to the study of Islam and Muslims scholarship is complemented by emerging strength in social science approaches to Islamic Studies.

Established in 2006 as a sequel to the Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, the Duke Islamic Studies Center (DISC) continues to foreground Muslim networks, especially educational networks, as essential instruments for advancing cross-cultural understanding.

Faculty Leadership

Eve M. Duffy, Associate Vice Provost for Global Affairs at Duke, serves as the interim director of Duke Islamic Studies Center. The center was previously led by Ellen McLarney from 2019 - 2022[2] and by Omid Safi from 2014 - 2019.[3]

Other prominent faculty leadership includes Jen'nan Read (Assistant Director of Special Initiatives).

Prominent past faculty leadership includes Abdullah Antepli (Chief Representative for Muslim Affairs) from 2014 - 2019.[4]

Core faculty includes:

Affiliated faculty includes:

Geographies of Gender in the Arab Revolutions Conference

Projects and Initiatives

In addition to putting on a full slate of programs and events each semester, the Duke Islamic Studies Center sponsors special initiatives that reflect emerging leadership priorities and faculty interests.

DISC's most recent and most ambitious initiative is the Transcultural Islam Project. This multi-year project was launched in July 2011 with funding support from the Carnegie Corporation. This initiative has two overarching goals: 1) to inform public discourse and policy by publicizing and promoting scholarly and research-based information about Islam and Muslims; 2) to support scholarship and scholarly collaborations to advance research about Islam and Muslims across the globe.

Both of these initiatives were funded by the Social Science Research Council.

  • ISLAMiCommentary
  • TIRNScholars: Transcultural Islam Research Network
  • Duke-RTI Professors & Practitioners Series
  • British Council Our Shared Future
  • Durham Library- Muslim Bookshelves
  • DISC-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Partnership
  • DISC Media Fellows
DISC Board in DC

DISC Advisory Board
  • D. Randall Benn
  • Ken Close
  • Eugene V. Fife
  • Seham Al Foraih
  • James P. Gorter
  • Nauman Khan
  • Bruce B. Lawrence
  • Bettye Musham
  • Charles Ogburn, Co-chair
  • Kimberly Reed
  • Hooman Sabeti-Rahmati, Co-chair
  • Ayşe Soysal
  • Marzuki Usman
  • Dato Wan Ariff Wan Hamzah
  • Hasnain Zaidi

References
  1. "About | Islamic Studies Center". islamicstudies.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. "Ellen McLarney | Scholars@Duke profile: Academic Experience". scholars.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. "Omid Safi | Scholars@Duke profile: Academic Experience". scholars.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. "Abdullah Antepli | Duke Divinity School". divinity.duke.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
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