Dr. Ahmed Salem
Associate Professor
Islamic World Studies
Zayed University
United Arab Emirates
Biography
Dr. Ahmed Ali Salem is an associate professor at the Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University, UAE, and the Institute’s former assistant director. He teaches courses on the Islamic World, including courses in the MA programs in Islamic World Studies, and Diplomacy and International Affairs. He has authored, edited and translated more than twenty books, book chapters, journal articles, web articles, and conference papers in both Arabic and English since he received his Ph.D. degree in political science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and joined Zayed University, in 2006. He also earned M.A in African Studies from UIUC in 2002; another M.A. in Islamic Studies from Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (now, Cordoba University), VA, USA, in 1999; and B.Sc. in political science from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1996.
Research Interest
Dr. Ahmed Ali Salem research includes theoretical and methodological debates in International Relations; modern Islamic reform thought and movements.
Publications
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Salem AA (2010)The Development of Political Science in the United States: from Building Professional Traditions to Attempts to Restore Coherence in the Scientific Community,†Al-Nahda [Renaissance] [Egypt] pp: 15-34.
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Salem AA (2009) Problems of Regionalizing Universal International Relations Theories: A Study on Rivalry Approach to War and Peace in African and Arab Civil Wars,†Global Studies [Australia] 2: 127-140.
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Salem AA (2009) The Historiography of the Omani Sultanate of Zanzibar and Arab-African Rapprochement: Reflections and Annotated Bibliography,†Encounters [UAE] 1: 141-173.
