ICPVTR Seminar by Dr Hisham A. Hellyer, Senior Fellow, Cambridge University

Abstract

A great deal has happened across the Muslim world in the past few years. The noisy instability generated during the War on Terror years has seemed to settle. Yet, what is the current state of some of the key institutions, groups, and ideologies that have defined the discourse over the past few years? How have they evolved, and what is their current state of influence and activity? In this seminar, expert Dr Hisham A. Hellyer will discuss the current state of Islamic institutions and discourse, with a focus on understanding how the more extremist elements have developed and what more mainstream strands and institutions can do to mitigate them.

About the Speaker

Dr. Hisham A. Hellyer is an academic and public intellectual who researches the politics and geopolitics of the contemporary Middle East, security studies globally, and the interplay between faith and modernity. A scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA), and Senior Associate Fellow in International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (UK), he also serves as Fellow of Cambridge University’s Centre for Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. His latest books include A Revolution Undone: Egypt’s Road beyond Revolt (Oxford University Press), Muslims of Europe: the ‘Other’ Europeans (Edinburgh University Press), The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (Atlantic Council), A Sublime Path: the Sufi Way of the Sages of Makka (Fons Vitae).