John Obert Voll is an American scholar of Islam and Professor Emeritus of Islamic History at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Biography After graduating from Dartmouth College, Voll earned a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies and a doctorate in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University. Before coming to Georgetown, he spent thirty years teaching Middle Eastern and international history at the University of New Hampshire. He has served as president of both the Middle East Studies Association and the New England Historical Association. Voll has served on the boards of directors of the American Council of Learned Societies, the Sudan Studies Association, the World History Association, the New Hampshire Humanities Council, and the New Hampshire Council on World Affairs. He has lived in Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Israel, and has conducted research on Islamic movements in Sub-Saharan Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
Works Eightteenth Century Revival and Reform in Islam edited with Nehemia Levtzion Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern WorldReviews of Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World: International Journal of Middle East Studies, Volume 28, Issue 1, February 1996, pp. 118 - 119 The American Historical Review, Volume 88, Issue 4, October 1983, Pages 1030–1031 Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr., 1986), pp. 293-297 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jun., 1984), pp. 212-213 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 48, No. 2 (1985), pp. 350-351 Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 17, No. 2 (December 1983), p. 198 Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 104, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1984), pp. 594-595 The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1983), pp. 683-687 Middle East Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Spring, 1983), pp. 283-284 Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring with John Esposito and Tamara Sonn Makers of Contemporary Islam with John Esposito Islam and Democracy with John L. Esposito Historical Dictionary of the Sudan with Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban and Richard Lobban The Sudan: Unity and Diversity in a Multicultural Society with Sarah Potts Voll
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