Farhan Nizami

Farhan Nizami
Born	Aligarh
Academic background
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University Wadham College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	History

Farhan Nizami CBE is a historian of South Asia.

Early life and education

Nizami is the youngest of five children of the historian K. A. Nizami and Razia Nizami.^[1]

Nizami completed his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in history at Aligarh Muslim University with a first class. He was awarded the University Medal, and the Khursheed Nurul Hasan Gold Medal in 1977. He was a National Scholar at the Centre for Advanced Study in History (1977–79) and the recipient of the University Medal in 1979. He completed his D.Phil. in modern history at Wadham College on an Oxford Overseas Scholarship in 1983.^[2] During 1982–83 he was elected to the Frere Exhibition.

Career

Nizami has been described as having "contributed much towards a better understanding of inter-racial and inter-religious relations all over the world".^[3]

Academic

He is the founder-director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Prince of Wales Fellow in the study of the Islamic World, Magdalen College, Oxford.^[2][4][5][6]

From 1983 he has been a Fellow of St Cross College, where he has also been Rothman's Fellow in Muslim History, subsequently fellow in Islamic studies, and is currently emeritus fellow there. He is a member of the faculties of History and Oriental studies at the University of Oxford.

He is founder-editor of the Journal of Islamic Studies (OUP, 1990-).^[2] He is the series editor of Makers of Islamic Civilization (OUP, 2004-).^[2] He specialises in Muslim social and intellectual history.

Administrative

He is chairman of the academic council of Wilton Park, U.K, member, academic committee, Cumberland Lodge, U.K, member, steering committee C-100, World Economic Forum, Davos (2004–2007), member, international advisory panel, World Islamic Economic Forum, Malaysia (2004–08), member, Council of the Al-Falah Programme, University of California, Berkeley (2000–2005), member, advisory board, Duke University’s Islamic Studies Centre, member of the court of Oxford Brookes University, member, Christian Muslim Forum (2005–09), patron, Oxford Amnesty Lectures, director, Oxford Inspires, (2002–2003), member, advisory board, Dialogues Project, World Policy institute, New School University, NY (2003–), governor, Magdalen College School, Oxford (2005–).

Awards

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Islamic studies, 2006.
• Class IV Order of the Crown (Brunei).

References

1. Chitkara, M.G. (2003). Hindutva Parivar. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 229. ISBN 978-81-7648-461-9. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
2. "Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami". Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
3. Rasheed, Zainul Abidin (2020). "One Family, the Challenges Notwithstanding". In Tommy Koh; Hernaikh Singh (eds.). India On Our Minds: Essays By Tharman Shanmugaratnam And 50 Singaporean Friends Of India. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 232. ISBN 978-981-12-2453-9. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. Hill, Amelia (7 October 2020). "Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies accused of forcing out bisexual employee". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
5. Arabia: The Islamic World Review. Islamic Press Agency. 1986. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
6. Kane, J. (2001). The Politics of Moral Capital. Contemporary Political Theory. Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-521-66357-1. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies web page
• Dr Farhan Nizami Faculty of History web page, and page archive, dated 14 October 2006