Short Curriculum Vitae
Ahmed E. Souaiaia

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Department of Religious Studies
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University of Iowa
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Phone: (319)353-2845
Email: ahmed-souaiaia@uiowa.edu (use this email Form)
Homepage: http://souaiaia.com
This short CV reflects only some of the recent work; a copy of a complete and up-to-date CV is available upon request.
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EDUCATION
2002    Ph.D., University of Washington
1996    MA, University of Washington
1995    BA, University of Washington
TEACHING
2004 --: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2003-2004: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
1998-2002: Lecturer, University of Washington
Taught a variety of courses such as: Introduction to Islam, Religion & Politics, Human Rights Law & Islam, Arabic Constitutional Law, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Dialects, Arabic Grammar
LANGUAGES
English, Arabic, French, Persian, Hebrew, and German
SCHOLRSHIP
Books:
Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, and Society, SUNY Press, 2008
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
She's Upright: Sexuality and Obscenity in Islam, Brill Academic Publishers: Hawwa, Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, 2007.
 Politics of Appearances: Religion, Law, and the Press in Morocco, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights: vol. 4: no. 2, 2007.
Kinship and Otherness: Consequences of Theology in the Religious Discourse (Journal article, Studies in Islam & the Middle East, vol. 4, no. 1, 2007), pp. 1-4.
The Pursuit of Juridical and Political Infallibility in Shi`ite Islam (Journal article, Studies in Islam and the Middle East, vol. 3, no. 1, 2006), pp. 1-15.
On the sources of Islamic Tradition and Practices (Journal article, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 20, 2005), pp. 101-125.
FROM TRANSITORY STATUS TO PERPETUAL SENTENTIAE: Rethinking Polygamy in Islamic Traditions (Journal article, Brill Academic Publishers: HAWWA, Vol. 2-3, 2004), pp. 190-300.
Recent Presentations, Editorials and Talks:
Islamic Law in the 21st Century, Hamline Law School, St. Paul, MN, April 11, 2008.
Gendered Discourses: Women in Law and Society, Feminist Jurisprudence Day, St. Paul; Keynote address, April 2008.
Race, Class, and Poverty, Journal of Law and Religion Symposium, October 6, 2006.
Political Islam, the 4Th Annual Conference on Central Asia, University of Montana-Missoula, April 21-23, 2006.
The Qur'an and its Interpretation. International Conference on Qur'an, SOAS, University of London, November 11-13, 2005.
The Common Word: The Qur'anic Basis for Commonality, Dialogue, and Plurality. The International Conference on Islam, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 29-30, 2005.

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