Humayun Ansari
Khizar Humayun Ansari OBE (* 1947 ) is a British historian .
Life
Ansari earned a Ph.D. ( The Emergence of Socialist Thought Among North Indian Muslims, 1917–1947 ) at the University of London . Since 1990 he has been Professor of Islam and Cultural Diversity at the Department of History there and Director of the Center for Minority Studies .
Ansari conducts research on ethnic minority and equal opportunities ( ethnic groups , identity , Islam , Islamism , Islamophobia and migration ). Ansari has published several books and is heard in national and international media.
He advises various UK authorities and institutions such as the Chief constable of the Hampshire Police , the Judicial Studies Board and the Police Staff College in Bramshill . Ansari also held briefings for the Home Office , the Cabinet Office and the Crown Prosecution Service . In 2004 he became special advisor to the Home Affairs Committee on Terrorism and Community Relations . He has taught at the Royal United Services Institute , the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom and the Security Service .
Ansari is married and has two children.
Awards
- 2002: Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Fonts (selection)
- (Ed. With Farid Hafez ): From the far right to the mainstream. Islamophobia in party politics and the media . Campus-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-593-39648-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Humayun Ansari in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Humayun Ansari in the German Digital Library
- Search for Humayun Ansari in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Humayun Ansari at Royal Holloway, University of London
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ansari, Humayun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ansari, Khizar Humayun (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |