Curriculum Vitae

Bruce B. Lawrence

Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708-0964 +1 919 660 3506 (office)
(email)
Education

Honorary PhDVirginia Theological Seminary2006
Ph.D.Yale University1972
Areas of Research

Islam, India, and Religion in Cyberspace

Areas of Interest

inter-religious competition and cooperation

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Traditional Fulbright Scholarship, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 0 2005
Professional Service

Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center, institutional membership, 2005 - present
Co-editor, with Carl Ernst of UNC-CH, of a new monograph series from UNC-CH Press, Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks, 2002-
International Advisory Board for the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, 2002-
Chair, Chair, Tenure Review Committee, May 15, 2004
member, Admissions Committee, January 05, 2004
member, VP Advisory Committee for International Affairs, January, 2004
Selected Recent Invited Talks

Islam beyond Terror, Phillips Exeter Academy, 2006
Muslim-Christian Relations Beyond the Headlines, Viriginia Theological Seminary, 2006
Osama bin Laden: the Man and the Myth, US Naval Academy, 2006
Writing Terror: Osama bin Laden as Public Villain and Media Star, Boston University Institute of Philosophy and Religion, 2006
Globalization, Identity,Diversity, Forum Barcelona 2004, 2004
Politics and Islam in Comparative Perspective: Turkey, Iran and Indonesia, Simon Fraser University Centre for International Studies, 2004
Response to James Carroll for Religion and Conflict Solomon-Tannenbaum Symposium at USC, Columbia South Carolina, 2004
Further two week conference on Muslim Personal Law, Capetown, South Africa, 2002
Holstein Family Lecture, University of California - Riverside, 2002
How to Think about Islam, Lead off Keynoter in Year Long Program at Hillsdale College, 2002
Islam - Past Glories, Present Challenges, Future Hopes, Santagata Family Fall 2002 Lectureship at Bowdoin College, 2002
Religion and Conflict: The Role of Fundamentalism(s), Iowa State University, Lead off Speaker in Year Long Program, 2002
Religious Toleration & Civic Tolerance - The Case of Islam, Wayne State University, Inaugural Lecture for Religious Studies Dpt, 2002
The Longer View of the Axis of Evil, Major Colloquium on 11 September Retrospect at Williams College, 2002
Delivered two major papers, one on “Religion in Cyberspace”, the other on “Religious Tolerance, International Association for the History of Religions Conference in Durban, South Africa, 2000, August
Is God in Cyberspace?, Guest on Odyssey Channel program for the Real Bottom Line, filmed in NYC, then aired nationwide, 2000
Civil Society in the USA and Tunisia, UNESCO Chair of Philosophy Lecturer at University of Tunis in Tunis, 2000, late March
Islam in the Public Square, Cornell University, undefined 0305, 2010

Publications

Books

  1. Lawrence, BB. The Koran in English: A Biography.  Princeton University Press, June, 2017: 280 pages.
  2. with Bruce B. Lawrence & Aisha Karim. Chain of Violence- an Anthology. Fall, Fall, 2007.
  3. B.B. Lawrence. The Qur'an - A Biography.  Books that Changed the World Grove/Atlantic, 2007. (A cross over book, with wide appeal for general readers as well as specialists in Islamic studies)
  4.  New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims & Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life.  New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. (197 pages. Finalist for AAR Book Prize in Analytical Category for 2003)
  5. with Carl Ernst. Sufi Martyrs to Love: The Chishti Brotherhood in South Asia & Beyond.  New York: Palgrave Press, 2002. (241 pages.* nominated for 2003 Coomaraswamy Prize as most original book on South Asian culture)
  6.  Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia.  edited by Bruce B Lawrence and David Gilmartin Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2000. (354 pp. Essays from the Rockefeller Institute on South Asian Islam and the Greater Muslim World, convened at Duke in April 1995)

Books In Preparation

    Papers Published

    1. Lawrence, BB. "Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary. By Rajeev Kinra. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. xix, 371 pp. ISBN: 9780520286467 (paper, also available in cloth and as e-book).." The Journal of Asian Studies 78:1 (February, 2019): 223-224.
    2. Lawrence, BB. "Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective. By Michael Cook." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 85:2 (June, 2017): 555-558.
    3. Lawrence, BB. "The Study Quran: A New Translation and CommentarySeyyedHossein Nasr, Editor‐in‐Chief General Editors: Caner K.Dagli, Maria MassiDakake, Joseph E. B.Lumbard Assistant Editor: MohammedRustomSan Francisco: HarperOne, 20152048pp. Cloth, $59.99, ISBN: 978‐0061125867." The Muslim World 106:3 (July, 2016): 633-638.
    4. Kurzman, C; Lawrence, BB. "Muslim modernities: Interdisciplinary insights across time and space." Muslim World 105:4 (October, 2015): 440-445.
    5. Lawrence, BB. "Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 69:2 (March, 2015): 318-319.
    6. Lawrence, BB. "Ibn Khaldun." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 69:2 (March, 2015): 318-319.
    7. Lawrence, BB. "The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam By A. AZFAR MOIN." Journal of Islamic Studies 26:1 (January, 2015): 69-72.
    8. Lawrence, BB. "The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 68:3 (June, 2014): 486-488.
    9. Feyissa, D; Lawrence, BB. "Muslims renegotiating marginality in contemporary Ethiopia." Muslim World 104:3 (January, 2014): 281-305.
    10. Lawrence, BB. "Reviewed Work: Chishtī Sufis in the Sultanate of Delhi 1190–1400: From Restrained Indifference to Calculated Defiance by Tanvir Anjum." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY 134:1 (2014): 175-177.
    11. Lawrence, BB. "“ALL DISTINCTIONS ARE Political, Artificial”." Common Knowledge 19:2 (April, 2013): 269-274.
    12. Lawrence, BB. "Review of Amyn B. Sajoo (ed.), A Companion to Muslim Ethics." Sophia 51:1 (April, 2012): 139-141.
    13. Lawrence, BB. "Review of Richard B. Miller, Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought." Sophia 50:4 (December, 2011): 713-715.
    14. Lawrence, BB. "Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    15. Lawrence, BB. "Memories of the Prophet: Why the Prophet Matters." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    16. Lawrence, BB. "A History of Islam in America." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    17. Lawrence, BB. "In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with SH Nasr on His Life and Thought." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    18. Lawrence, BB. "The Crisis of Islamic Civilization." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    19. Lawrence, BB. "The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    20. Lawrence, BB. "Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    21. Lawrence, BB. "Journey into America-the Challenge of Islam." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    22. Lawrence, BB. "A World without Islam." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    23. Lawrence, BB. "The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism." MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL 65:1 (December, 2011): 133-142.
    24. Lawrence, BB. "The late Shaikh Osama bin Laden: A religious profile of al-Qaeda's deceased poster child." Muslim World 101:3 (July, 2011): 374-389.
    25. Lawrence, BB. "God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570–1215. By David Levering Lewis. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. xxiii + 384 pp. $27.95 cloth." Politics and Religion 2:2 (August, 2009): 331-333.
    26. Lawrence, BB. "Consequences of Occupation." Journal of Palestine Studies 37:1 (October, 2007): 111-112.
    27. Lawrence, BB. "The languages of political Islam in India, c. 1200-1800.." INDIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW 43:3 (2006): 368-372.

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