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الدكتور جافين بيكن

أستاذ دكتور

البريد الإلكتروني

gpicken@hbku.edu.qa

الهاتف

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موقع المكتب

C.01.046

الدكتور جافين بيكن

أستاذ دكتور

المؤهلات العلمية

PhD in Islamic Studies

University of Leeds

الكيان

كلية الدراسات الإسلامية

Divison

الدراسات الإسلامية

السيرة الذاتية

Dr. Gavin Picken is a professor at the College of Islamic Studies. He previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge, and the American University of Sharjah. 

Dr. Picken’s specialization and research focus is classical Islamic literature in Arabic, within the evolution of Muslim intellectual history. More specifically he focuses on Islamic Mysticism, or Sufism, in both its historical context and contemporary expression. 

He has authored several articles and chapters on Islamic law, Sufism, and the translation of Islamic literature. He is the author of Spiritual Purification in Islam: The Life and Works of Al-Muhasibi (London; New York: Routledge, 2011) and the editor of a four-volume compendium of selected articles titled Islamic Law (London; New York: Routledge, 2010).

 

PhD in Islamic Studies

University of Leeds

2005

University of Leeds

University of Leeds

2000

BA in Islamic Studies

University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei

1998

Diploma in Modern Standard Arabic

International Islamic University of Medina

1996

B.SC. (Hons.) in Applied Biological Sciences

Manchester Metropolitan University

1991

  • Sufism
  • Islamic Law
  • Islamic Theology
  • Translation Studies

Program Coordinator And Professor, MA In Islamic Studies

College of Islamic Studies

Aug 2018 - Present

Professor

Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

Associate Professor

Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

Aug 2011 - Aug 2017

Assistant Professor

Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

Aug 2007 - Aug 2011

Lecturer In Islamic Studies

Department of the Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Oct 2003 - Aug 2007

  • Arabic Translation Across Discourses. London, New York: Routledge. [ISBN: 978-1-13829-816-3].
  • The Sunna and Status in Islamic Law: The Search for a Sound Hadith. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. 139-62. [ISBN: 978-1-13737-645-9].
  • In Kendall, E., & Stein, E. (Eds.), Twenty First Century Jihad: Law, Society and Military Action. London: I.B. Taurus. 126-38. [ISBN: 978-1-78076-916-5].
  • In Almanna, A., Carbonell, O., & Faiq, S. (Eds.), Culguage in/of Translation from Arabic. LINCOM Studies in Translation 07. Munich: LINCOM GmbH. 154-78. [ISBN: 978-3-86228-584-8].
  • In Martensson, U., Bailey, J., Ringrose, P., & Dyrendal, A. (Eds.), Fundamentalism in the Modern World, 2 vols. London: I. B. Tauris. Vol. 2. 237-63. [ISBN: 978-1-84885-361-4].
  • The I.B. Tauris Biographical Dictionary of Islamic Civilization. London: I.B. Taurus. [ISBN: 978-1-84885-311-9].
  • An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. Vol. 1, 365-9. [ISBN: 978-1-61069-177-2].
  • Thought and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. Vol. 2, 542-8. [ISBN: 978-1-61069-177-2].
  • I. R. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization and Religion. New York: Routledge. [ISBN: 978-0-7007-1588-6]

  • Principal Investigator, Faculty Research Grant (Frg 2) American University Of Sharjah 2013-15
  • King Faisal Foundation Scholarship King Faisal Foundation 2001-2
  • Arts And Humanities Research Board (Ahrb) Doctoral Scholarship Arts And Humanities Research Board 2000-5