Speaker

Dr. Irfan Ahmed

Dr. Irfan Ahmad is a Professor of Sociology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ibn Haldun University. An anthropologist by training, he earned his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and previously held academic positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Germany, Australian Catholic University, and Monash University. His research critically interrogates dominant sociological frameworks through the lens of Islam, modernity, and political thought, with a focus on themes such as democracy in India, Islamic critical thinking, nationalism, and the transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami. Dr. Ahmad is widely recognized for his contributions to debates on religion and politics, and his extensive publication record reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship on religious and ethnic diversity. His work challenges Eurocentric paradigms and offers nuanced readings of Muslim political subjectivities in contemporary South Asia and beyond.