Chairperson and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Gender and Culture in Lahore, Pakistan. From 1976-2009 she taught at the National College of Arts, Pakistan’s premier arts institution where she was professor of psychology and communication, and director, Graduate Program in Cultural Studies.
Chairperson and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Gender and Culture in Lahore, Pakistan. From 1976-2009 she taught at the National College of Arts, Pakistan’s premier arts institution where she was professor of psychology and communication, and director, Graduate Program in Cultural Studies. An internationally acknowledged expert on gender and Islam, her interdisciplinary interests include the social-psychology of religion, particularly Islam, and she has extensively researched women’s spirituality and issues related to gender, culture, religion, and science in the context of Islam and Muslim societies. Apart from numerous research papers, and book chapters, she is the author of Masculinity, Rationality and Religion: A Feminist Perspective, editor and contributing author of Gendering the Spirit: Women, Religion and Postcolonial Response, and a six volume series on Women and Religion. Since 1995 she has been engaged in researching and teaching socio-psychological and cultural dimensions of Islam and Muslims in Europe at various universities, educational and public institutions. Ahmed was awarded the Fatima Jinnah Memorial Gold Medal by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, for outstanding contributions to education and research (2008), the Izzaz-i-Fazeelat President of Pakistan Award for Academic distinction (2009), and other international and national recognitions. She has served as a judge for the Commonwealth Writers Prize (2009) and the Templeton Prize (2009-2011). Ahmed holds master’s degrees in psychology (Pb); sociology (Columbia); communication (Columbia); education (Columbia); and a doctorate in communication and education (Columbia).
Professor of Education and Civic Engagement and Head of the School of Education in the University of Birmingham. He completed his masters and doctorate at Oriel College, University of Oxford, and is editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies. He has written widely on the relationship between theory and practice in education, particularly the links between communitarianism, social virtues, citizenship, religion, and education. Recent books include a critical assessment of John Henry Newman’s educational works for Continuum’s Library of Educational Thought.
Professor of Education and Civic Engagement and Head of the School of Education in the University of Birmingham. He completed his masters and doctorate at Oriel College, University of Oxford, and is editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies. He has written widely on the relationship between theory and practice in education, particularly the links between communitarianism, social virtues, citizenship, religion, and education. Recent books include a critical assessment of John Henry Newman’s educational works for Continuum’s Library of Educational Thought. Other recent publications include: (2010) Education, Identity and Religion, Routledge, London, ( 2009) (ed.) A Reader in Educational Studies, Routledge, London, (2009) (ed.) Handbook in Educational Studies, Routledge, London, (2008) (ed.) Citizenship Studies, 4 volumes, Sage, London, and (2008) (ed.) International Handbook in Citizenship and Democracy, Sage, London. Arthur is Director of Citized (www.citized.info) and Learning for Life (www.learningforlife.org.uk) and he has produced a series of major research reports on citizenship and values education which have fed directly into policy decision making at a national UK government level.