BRAIS is managed by a group of elected Officers based at leading Higher and Further Education institutions across the UK.
Chair: Dr Ayman Shihadeh, SOAS, University of London
Discipline: Medieval Intellectual History
Academic Interests: Ayman is an intellectual historian specialising in medieval philosophy and theology.
For more information about Ayman please click HERE.
Secretary: Professor Seán McLoughlin, University of Leeds
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology of Islam and Muslim Diasporas
Academic Interests: Religion, ethnicity, diaspora, identity. All aspects of the Muslim (and the South Asian heritage) presence in Britain. Ethnography of contemporary Muslim societies.
For more information about Seán please click HERE.
Treasurer and Membership Officer: Dr Omar Anchassi, University of Edinburgh
Discipline: Islamic Studies
Academic Interests: Islamic Law (formative to modern periods), particularly questions of violence, gender and sexuality, Islamic intellectual history in the modern period, Qur'anic commentary.
For more information about Omar please click HERE.
Events Officer: Dr Feriel Bouhafa, University of Cambridge
Discipline: Islamic Studies
Academic Interests: Islamic/Arabic philosophy, Averroes and Farabi, Natural Justice and Natural Law
For more information about Feriel please click HERE.
Communications Officer: Dr Usaama al-Azami, Markfield Institute
Discipline: Islamic Studies
Academic Interests: Islam and politics, modern Islamic political thought, Islamic law, Islamic intellectual history
For more information about Usaama please click HERE.
