Charles Kurzman is a

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

who specializes in

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and

Islamic studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

Education and employment

After completing his B.A. at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

in 1986, he completed his M.A. and PhD. at

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

in 1997 and 1992 respectively. He has been affiliated with

since 1998. Official CV

Books

* ''The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists'' (2011) * ''Democracy Denied, 1905-1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy'' (2008) * ''The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran'' (2004) * ''Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Sourcebook'' (2002) * ''Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook'' (1998)

References

External links

Homepage at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillOfficial CV
containing links to many of his articles Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American sociologists University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Harvard University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni {{US-sociologist-stub