Dr Usman Ghani BA, MA,PhD (Exeter)

Contact Details

School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies
Tel: 01570 422351 (4542)
E-mail: u.ghani@trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk

Location

Sheikh Khalifa Building

Campus

Lampeter Campus

Job Title

Lecturer in Islamic Studies

Role in the University

Lecturer in Islamic Studies
Lecturer in Arabic Language
UG Admission Officer
UG Welfare Officer

Background

Academic Qualifications

1993: Arabic & Islamic Studies, Darul Uloom Islamic Institute Bury UK

1995: Arabic & Islamic Studies, Madina International University Saudi Arabia

2006: M.A Arabic & Islamic Studies, Loughborough University

2011: PhD, University of Exeter

Professional Experience

2010-Present: Lecturer in Islamic Studies, School of Theology, Religion and Islamic Studies, University of Wales: Trinity Saint David

2004-2010: Lecturer in Arabic & Islamic Studies, Lifelong Learning Centre and Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds.

2004-2005: Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University

Member of

British Society of Middle Eastern Studies (Brismes)
Reviewer of Religion for NMES e-journal (New Middle Eastern Studies run by BRISMES)
International Institute of Islamic Legal Studies
Society of Biblical Literature

Academic Interests

Specializing in Hadith Studies and Theology, Qur’an and Islamic Law

Areas of Research

Hadith Studies
Qur'an
Islamic Law

Publications

Journal Articles:

A Comparative Study of the Teaching of the Qur’an in Malaysia and amongst the Muslims in the United Kingdom, Journal of Islamic and Arabic Education, Issue 1, Volume 3, 2012

Other Publications:

Ghani, Usman, Review Proposal: Introduction to the Qur'an, by Berg, Herbert, Bloomsbury Publications 2013

Book Review forthcoming in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies August 2013: Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition: Reform, Rationality and Modernity, Samira Haj, Stanford University Press California, 2009.

Book Review: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 37, No.2, August 2010: The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress, Peri Bearman, Rudolph Peters and Frank E. Vogel (Eds)Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press, 2005