Farhan Nizami

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, is a historian of South Asia.

Early life and education

Nizami is the youngest of five children of the late K. A. Nizami and late Razia Nizami. Nizami completed his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in history at Aligarh Muslim University with a first class. He was awarded the University Medal, and the Khursheed Nurul Hasan Gold Medal in 1977. He was a National Scholar at the Centre for Advanced Study in History (1977–79) and the recipient of the University Medal in 1979. He completed his

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in modern history at

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on an Oxford Overseas Scholarship in 1983. During 1982–83 he was elected to the Frere Exhibition.

Career

Academic

He is the founder-director of the

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and

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Fellow in the study of the Islamic World,

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. From 1983 he has been a Fellow of St Cross College, where he has also been Rothman's Fellow in Muslim History, subsequently fellow in Islamic studies, and is currently emeritus fellow there. He is a member of the faculties of History and Oriental studies at the University of Oxford. He is founder-editor of the ''Journal of Islamic Studies'' (OUP, 1990-). He is the series editor of ''Makers of Islamic Civilization'' (OUP, 2004-). He specializes in Muslim social and intellectual history.

Administrative

He is chairman of the academic council of

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, U.K, member, academic committee,

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, U.K, member, steering committee C-100,

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, Davos (2004–2007), member, international advisory panel, World Islamic Economic Forum, Malaysia (2004–08), member, Council of the Al-Falah Programme,

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(2000–2005), member, advisory board, Duke University’s Islamic Studies Centre, member of the court of Oxford Brookes University, member, Christian Muslim Forum (2005–09), patron, Oxford Amnesty Lectures, director, Oxford Inspires, (2002–2003), member, advisory board, Dialogues Project, World Policy institute,

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, NY (2003–), governor, Magdalen College School, Oxford (2005–).

Awards

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(CBE) for services to Islamic studies, 2006. *Class IV Order of the Crown (Brunei).

External links

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies web page

Academics of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Aligarh Muslim University alumni Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English Muslims Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Fellows of St Cross College, Oxford Historians of South Asia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-historian-stub