Badreldeen Ismail

Thesis title: Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī’s variegated theology: teleological considerations and interdisciplinary discourses

Biography

Background

My primary research interests relate to the Islamic rational sciences of philosophical theology (ilm al-kalam) and philosophy (falsafa), as well as Sufism (tasawwuf). Of specific interest are related interdisciplinary areas, such as the intersection between kalam theology and Sufism, and philosophical Sufism. I focus in particular on the key epistemological, dialectical and metaphysical debates in the Islamic intellectual tradition, as well as the underlying teleological considerations. Also of interest is Quranic and Hadith studies, and classical Arabic literature and linguistics.

Qualifications

PhD, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh 2019 - 23

MA, Islamic Studies: Distinction, SOAS University of London 2017 - 18

BA (Hons.), Arabic Language, Literature & Islamic Studies: 2.1, Cairo University 2004 - 08

Visiting Research Fellowship, The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford 2024 - 25

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2024)

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