Dr. Alexandre Caeiro is Associate Professor at CIS. He was trained in sociology and in Islamic studies in France, the Netherlands, and Egypt. His research deals broadly with the transformations of Islamic law in modern contexts. He is currently working on the legal history of Gulf sheikhdoms, focusing on the interaction between emirs, shari’a judges, merchants, and British agents in the context of the development of an oil economy and modern state institutions.
CIS, HBKU
2019 – PresentCIS, HBKU
2012 – 2019Erlangen Centre for Islam & Law in Europe (EZIRE), Friedrich–Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen–Nürnberg
2009 – 2012International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), University of Leiden
2004 – 2008Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
2003 – 2004Utrecht University
2011École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
2002Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin
2001In Sheedy, M. (Ed.), Politics, Scholarship, and Identity: The Study of Islam and the Study of Religions. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing. 69-97.
2018In Shah, Z.A. (Ed.), Iftā' and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West. London and Washington: The International Institute of Islamic Thought. 73-88.
2014In Diamantides, M., & Gearey, A. (Eds.), Islam, Law and Identity. London: Routledge. 209-235.
2011In van Bruinessen, M., & Allievi, S. (Eds.), Production and Dissemination of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe. London: Routledge. 121-141.
2011In Gräf, B., & Skovgaard-Petersen, J. (Eds.), The Global Mufti: The Phenomenon of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. London: Hurst. 109-148.
2009In McLoughlin, S., & Césari, J. (Eds.). European Muslims and the Secular State. London: Ashgate.
2005Sociology of Islam.
2019Arabian Humanities 10.
2018American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 34(2). 42-74.
2017Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 155 (October). 81-100. Reprinted in The Fatwa as an Islamic Legal Instrument: Concept, Historical Role, Contemporary Relevance, Vol. 3, 2018, Gerlach Press.
2011International Journal of Middle East Studies 42(3). 435-449.
2010Reprinted in Islamic Law. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, Vol. 4: Islamic Law in the Modern World (Routledge Major Works), 2009, London: Routledge.
2006Die Welt des Islams 44(3). 351-375.
2004In Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd edition.
2016In Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought.
2012In Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press.
2011A project of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, directed by P. Mandaville, Centre for Global Studies (GMU). Final Report available at http://pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/Mu....
2008 – 2009In Césari, J. (Ed.), Report on “Muslims in Western Europe after 9/11”, WP 10: Securitization and Religious Divides in Europe for Challenge – Liberty and Security: an Integrated Research Program on European Security (www.libertysurf.org), sponsored by the European Commission. Available online at http://www.euro-islam.info/PDFs/ChallengeProjectReport.pdf%20-4.pdf.
2005 – 2006