University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill (UNC), USA
Religious Studies Department
Ken'an Rifâî Chair of Islamic Studies
The Ken'an Rifai Distinguished Professorship of Islamic Studies
The Chair was established by TÜRKKAD Istanbul on February 12, 2009.
Prof. Juliane Hammer was appointed to the Kenan Rifai Chair of Islamic Studies.
The Chair started training in July 2011.
According to 2012 data, the University of North Carolina (QC) is ranked 23rd in the world for social sciences. ranks first.
5th in the 2011 ranking of US public universities. position.
"The announcement of the Ken'an Rifâî Distinguished Professorial Chair in Islamic Studies is a remarkable event for UNC Religious Studies and, indeed, for the history of modern American philanthropy. The Turkish Women's Cultural Association is a progressive non-governmental organization run by women committed to social service and education. Its members benefit from the Sufi tradition of moral and spiritual education as transmitted by Ken'an Rifâî, a very important and respected Sufi who saw the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the secular Republic of Turkey. It is an admirable fact that the teacher after whom this chair in Islamic studies is named was a teacher who believed in the spiritual and intellectual equality of women and saw universities as the most important place for the exchange of knowledge."
Carl Ernst, Prof., Department of Religious Studies, Kenan Distinguished Professor
"At Carolina, we are proud to welcome the study of different religions into our academic fields, as it will contribute to the understanding of different cultures by our students and our community. We are grateful to these distinguished friends from Turkey for giving us this new opportunity to increase our university's knowledge in Islamic studies."
Holden Thorp, Prof., Chancellor of UNC, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan Professor of Chemistry
Juliane Hammer, professor of the Ken'an er-Rifai Distinguished Professorship ofIslamic Studies at UNC, teaches the following courses:
RELI 490 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Islam
RELI 490 Women and Social Problems in Islam
RELI 064 Re-Introducing Islam (First-Year Seminar)
RELI 064 Reintroducing Islam (First Year Seminar)
RELI 440 Topics in American Religions: American Islam
RELI 440 Islam in America
5th in the 2011 ranking of US public universities. position. It also ranks in the top 100 in the world.
The university offers 77 undergraduate, 109 master's and 66 doctoral programs.
The University of North Carolina provides education and research in business, medicine, dentistry, education, law, public health, basic and applied sciences, and social sciences.
As of early 2012, it has approximately 30,000 students. Last year, the university accepted approximately 4000 students who graduated from high school in the top 10% of the 24,000 applicants for undergraduate programs.
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Juliane Hammer received her MA and PhD in Islamic Studies from Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests include Muslims in America, contemporary Islamic thought, women and gender in Islam, and Sufism. Dr. Hammer did his postdoctoral work at Georgetown University and worked as a research assistant at Princeton University. Dr. Hammer has held faculty positions at Elon University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and George Mason University.
https://religion.unc.edu/people/current-faculty/faculty-alpha#h
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