Position:
Early Career Fellow and Lecturer in Islamic History
Faculty / College Address:
Oriental Institute / St Antony's College
Email:
nassima.neggaz@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests:
Islamic History and Historiography (13th to 16th century)
Identity Construction and Historical Narratives
Heresy and Orthodoxy (Mongol, Mamluk periods)
Sunni-Shi'i Relations in the Medieval Period, Sectarianism in the Modern Period
Contemporary Iraq and Syria
Islamic Movements of the Early, Middle, and Modern Periods
Islamic Law
Current Projects:
Book on the Historiography of the Fall of Baghdad in 1258; article on Ijma' as a theoretical and practical concept (accepted for publication)
Courses Taught:
Islamic History, 570-1500 (lecture, 1st year, 3rd year and M.Phil)
Topics in Islamic History, 570-1500 (graduate seminar)
Arabic Historical Texts, 570-1500 (undergraduate Arabic seminar)
Recent Publications:
“Maliki’s Legacy and the Intricate Crisis of the Iraqi Political System,” Insight, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, September 10, 2014: https://mei.nus.edu.sg/themes/site_themes/agile_records/images/uploads/Download_Insight_118_Neggaz_(1).pdf
“A Sunni-Shia Bridge Too Far,” with Ali A. Allawi, in Project Syndicate, May 5, 2014: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ali-a--allawi-and-nassima-neggaz-reflect-on-iraq-s-election-and-the-prospects-for-a-sectarian-rapprochement-in-iraq-and-elsewhere-in-the-muslim-world
“Syria’s Arab Spring: Language Enrichment in the Midst of Revolution,” in Language, Discourse, and Society, pp. 11-31, Vol. 2, Number 2, July 2013 (received the Academic Excellence Award by the International Sociological Association, July 2014). Peer-reviewed.
“‘Usman dan Fodio,” “Mu‘tazilis,” “The Muslim League,” “Al-Qaeda,” “Saladin,” “Gamal Abdel Nasser,” in the Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought ed. Gerhard Bowering (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012). Peer-reviewed.
