Scholarly Dialogue “Roles of Ulama’ on Constitutionalism and Revolution: A Case of Ottoman and Johor” with Dr Yakoob Ahmed
Venue: Ilmuan 3 Room,Anjung, Menara Razak UTM Kuala Lumpur
Date: 20th August 2019 (Tuesday)
Time: 2pm-4pm
Bio: Dr Yakoob Ahmed is currently a visiting researcher at RZS-CASIS. He received his PhD from SOAS, University of London a an Ottoman historian. He is currently teaching Islamic history at Istanbul University and was a visiting fellow at the Modern Turkish Studies Centre at Istanbul Şehir University. His research focuses are Muslim intellectual thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Islamic constitutionalism, identity, nationalism and collective memory construction.