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Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C. and was the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis,〔(/ U.S. Naval Academy )〕 and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.〔(/ Brookings Institution )〕 He has served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has taught at Princeton and Harvard Universities. He was the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) and Fellow of Selywn College at the University of Cambridge. In the Fall of 2012, Ahmed was the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge. He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), the elite cadre of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan in 1966, and held senior level posts in Pakistan and Bangladesh—including Commissioner, Quetta; and Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. He also served as the High Commissioner from Pakistan to the UK.〔(/ website link. )〕 He is also an author, a poet and a playwright. Ahmed has been a leader in interfaith dialogue among both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic faiths. Along with Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl he has had public dialogues in an effort to dispel hate and ignorance. For their efforts Ahmed and Pearl were awarded the Purpose Prize in 2007. Ambassador Ahmed was also the recipient of the first Gandhi Center Fellowship of Peace Award in 2004.〔(http://www.gandhimemorialcenter.org/fellowship_of_peace )〕 Ahmed's latest project, ''Journey Into Europe'', is a study of Islam in Europe and the place of Islam in European history and civilization. He has just launched the documentary ''Journey Into Europe'' (2015), and is writing a corresponding book, ''Journey Into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity'' (Brookings Press, forthcoming). The fieldwork for ''Journey Into Europe'' was completed in January 2015 after Ahmed and his research team visited nine European countries, including the U.K., Spain, Germany, Denmark, and Bosnia. This project completes his award-winning quartet of studies on relations between the West and Muslim World published by Brookings Press. ==Education== Ahmed received his PhD in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he is listed as a "notable alumnus". He has his MA and Diploma in Education from the University of Cambridge, and Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) from the University of Birmingham. Ahmed received an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Liverpool in 2007 and an Honorary Doctorate from Forman Christian College of Lahore, Pakistan in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akbar S. Ahmed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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