Jørgen S. Nielsen

Jørgen S. Nielsen
Jørgen S. Nielsen in 2008
Born (1946-09-18) 18 September 1946 (age 78)
Frederiksberg
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
ThesisSecular justice in an Islamic state: Mazalim under the Bahri Mamluks, 622/1264 – 789/1387 (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineIslamic studies

Jørgen Schøler Nielsen is a former Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Copenhagen. In October 2007, he assumed a five-year research chair (funded by the Danish National Research Foundation) within the Faculty of Theology, where he leads the Centre for European Islamic Thought.[1] He holds degrees in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and a PhD in Arab history from the American University of Beirut.[2] He has concentrated his research on the situation of Muslims in Europe with related interests in the Islamic debate over religious pluralism and relations with the West.[3] He has also worked as a consultant to the EU Presidency and the Council of Europe on religious minorities, and to the Danish, Swedish and British foreign ministries on Islam and Europe.

Academic posts

  • Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham from 1978 to 1988;[3]
  • Director of the Centre from 1988 to 2001.[3]
  • Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham in 1996. [3]
  • Director of the Danish Institute in Damascus and Cultural Counsellor at the Danish Embassy from 2005 to 2007.[3]

Selected publications

  • Muslim Participation in Europe, Edinburgh University Press (2013) ISBN 0-7486-4694-9
  • Muslims in Western Europe, Edinburgh University Press (2005) ISBN 0-7486-1844-9
  • Towards a European Islam, Palgrave Macmillan (1999) ISBN 0-312-22143-6

He is also General Editor of the series Muslim Minorities[4] and Chief Editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe,[5] both from Brill Publishers.

References

  1. ^ "Jørgen Schøler Nielsen - Ansatte ved Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi". Det Teologiske Fakultet. Københavns Universitet. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Professor Jorgen Nielsen". Department of Theology and Religion. University of Birmingham. 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e Vinding, Niels Valdemar (1 November 2023). "Jørgen S. Nielsen". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Muslim Minorities". Muslim Minorities Mm. Brill Publishers. ISSN 1570-7571. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Yearbook of Muslims in Europe". Brill Publishers. ISSN 1877-1432. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
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