Dale F. Eickelman (born December 15, 1942) is an American

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with an expertise on the

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. He is the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at

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Biography

Eickelman was born on December 15, 1942 in Evergreen Park. Currently, he is the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of

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and Human Relations Emeritus at

. Eickelman studied anthropology and

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and he earned his Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth, going on to earn his Master's degree from

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. Eickelman received his Doctor of Philosophy from the

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. Eickelman is a former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and is a fellow of the

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in Princeton. Between 2000-2001 and 2009-2010, he was a fellow of the

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. Eickelman currently serves as senior advisor to Kuwait’s liberal arts university, the

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. In 2009, Dale Eickelman was named a Carnegie Scholar for a two-year period, and in 2011 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Middle East Section of the

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Works

* Eickelman, Dale F.: (1976) ''Moroccan Islam Tradition and Society in a Pilgrimage Center.'' Texas: University of Texas Press * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1981) ''The Middle East and Central Asia.'' Dartmouth: Dartmouth College * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1985) ''Knowledge and Power in Morocco.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press * Eickelman, Dale F. & James P. Piscatori: (1996) ''Muslim Politics.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press * Eickelman, Dale F. & Jon W. Anderson: (1999) ''New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere.'' Indiana: Indiana University Press

Papers and Lectures Related on Ibadism

* Eickelman, Dale F.: (1980) Religious tradition, economic domination and political legitimacy: Morocco and Oman. ''Revue de l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée'' (Aix-en-Provence), nr. 29 (1980), 17-30. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1983) Religious knowledge in Inner-Oman. ''Journal of Oman Studies'' (Muscat), vol. 6, part 1 (1983), 163-172. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1984) Kings and people: Oman's State Consultative Council. ''Middle East Journal'' (Washington, D.C.), vol. 38 nr. 1 (Winter 1984), 61-71. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1985) From theocracy to monarchy: authority and legitimacy in inner Oman, 1935-1957. ''International Journal of Middle East Studies'' (Cambridge/New York), 17 (1985), 3-24. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1987) Ibaḍism and the sectarian perspective. In: Pridham (ed.) 1987, 31- 50. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1989) National identity and religious discourse in contemporary Oman. ''International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies'' (Bloomington), vol. 6 nr. 1 (1989), 1-20. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1990) Identité nationale et discours religieux en Oman. In: Gilles Kepel and Yann Richard: (eds.) ''Intellectuels et militants de l'Islam contemporain''. Paris: Seuil, 1990, 103-128. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1991) Counting and surveying an « inner » Omani community: Hamra al-ʿAbriyin. In: E.G.H. Joffé and J.R. Pennell: (eds.) ''Tribe and state. Essays in honour of David'' ''Montgomery Hart''.Wisbech: MENAS Press, 1991, 253-277. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1991) Traditional Islamic learning and the ideas of the person in the twentieth century. In: Martin Kramer: (ed.) ''Middle Eastern lives. The practice of biography and'' ''self-narrative''. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1991, 35-59, 148-150. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (1998) Being bedouin: nomads and tribes in the Arab social imagination. In: J. Ginat and A.M. Khazanov: (eds.) ''Changing nomads in a changing world''. Brighton: Sussex University Press, 1998, 38-49. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (2002) Savoir religieux et éducation dans l'Oman intérieur d'hier à aujourd'hui. In: Lavergne and Dumortier (eds.) 2002, 231-244. * Eickelman, Dale F.: (2014) The modern face of Ibadism in Oman. In Ziaka (ed.) 2014a, 151- 164. * Eickelman, Dale: (2014) ''The American perspective'' (''in Ibāḍī historical studies''). A lecture delivered at: ''International Conference: today's perspectives on Ibāḍī history and the historical sources.'' Custers, Martin H. (2016). ''Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography''. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. pp. 217-219.

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