Dreaming an Islamic Welfare with Prof Humeira Iqtidar

About the speaker

Prof Humeira joined King’s College London in 2011. She has studied at the University of Cambridge in UK, McGill University in Canada and Quaid-e-Azam University in Pakistan. Before joining King’s, Humeira was based at the University of Cambridge as a fellow of King’s College and Graduate Research Officer at the Centre of South Asian Studies.

She is a co-convenor of the London Comparative Political Theory Workshop and Race and Racism in the Global South seminar series, and editor of the McGill-Queens Studies in Modern Islamic Thought. She has held visiting positions at Lahore University of Management and Sciences, Punjab University and Princeton University. A key area of interest has been institutional development in the Global South and to this end she has supported faculty and curriculum development in various universities. She has also engaged with a range of organisations particularly those focusing on marginalized and minority populations. These activities have ranged from organizing public events with the human rights group Reprieve regarding the impact of drone attacks on tribal areas of Pakistan “Perspectives on Killings by Drones” A discussion with victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan (podomatic.com), and a citizen’s report probing an attack on a Christian colony in Lahore titled “Burning Joseph Colony”.

About this event series

Director’s Seminars are an opportunity for audiences to get an in-depth theoretical perspective on sustainable and inclusive prosperity. These Seminars are given by academics who are pushing for new ways of thinking and new ways of researching society’s grand challenges.