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Profile: Prof Nur Masalha
Nur Masalha is Professor of Religion and Politics and Director of the Centre for Religion and History and Holy Land Research Project. He is also Programme Director, MA in Religion, Politics and Conflict Resolution. He also teaches Medieval Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Religion and Politics.
He edits an internationally refereed journal, Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Research Interests:
The Bible and Politics, Maimonides' Theology and Philosophy; Religious Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective and Life-Long Learning in Palestine.
Recent Publications:
- The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory (London: Zed Books, 2012)
- La Biblia leída con los ojos de los Cananeos (Bones Aires, 2011)
- The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel (London and Barcelona, 2007 and 2008)
Main Areas of Research / Scholarship:
- The Bible and politics
- Oral history, memory and subaltern studies
- Life-Long Learning in Palestine
- Religion and politics in the Middle East
- Religious fundamentalism in comparative perspective and the religious politics of Jerusalem
- Islamic revivalism since 1967
- Holy land studies and the modern history of Palestine (19 th and 20 th centuries)
- New Israeli and Palestinian historiography
- Maimonides philosophy and theology
Research Information (PDF File)
