Ahmed E. Souaiaia
PhD University of Washington-Seattle, 2002
MA University of Washington-Seattle, 1996
BA University of Washington-Seattle, 1995
Professional Appointments
2013 – Associate Professor, History, University of Iowa
2011 – Associate Professor, International Studies, University of Iowa
2009 – Associate Professor, College of Law, University of Iowa
2009 – Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Iowa
2007 – 08 Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, University of Iowa
Professional Awards and Honors
2017 Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) Grant Award
2010 Presidential Faculty Fellowship Award
2009 Dean’s Scholar Award, CLAS, University of Iowa
Professional Service
2017 – Offered CLE (Continuing legal education) classes to criminal defense lawyers; Cultural Competency Issues in Criminal Defense; Professional Legal Ethics
2011 – Editor, Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary Studies
2010 – Articles reviewer for four scholarly journals, ms. reviewer for five scholarly presses
2003 – Expert witness; amicus curiae; wrote legal briefs for and testified in national and international court cases
Refereed Scholarship/Creative Work
Books:
- Anatomy of Dissent in Islamic Societies: Ibadism, Rebellion, and Legitimacy. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 1137371609; Pages: 250, Year: 2013.
- Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, and Society. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, ISBN: 079147397X; Pages: 224, Year: 2008.
Articles and Invited Chapters:
- Theories and Practices of Islamic Finance and Exchange Laws: Poverty of Interest (International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 5, No. 12; November 2014, pp 34-52 (19).
- She’s Upright: Sexuality and Obscenity in Islam, Brill Academic Publishers: Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World, Volume 5, Numbers 2-3, 2007, pp. 262-288 (27).
- Politics of Appearances: Religion, Law, and the Press in Morocco (Journal article, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights: vol. 4: no. 2, September 2007), pp. 1-22.
- On the Sources of Islamic Tradition and Practices (Journal article, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 20, 2005), pp. 101-125.
- Gender and Sexuality in Judaism and Islam, The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religionseries; Edited by Stephen Hunt (Surrey (UK): Ashgate Publishing Group, 2010), pp. 33.
- Women as Leaders in Islam, in, Gender and Women’s Leadership; Edited by Karen O’Connor (Newbury Park: SAGE, 2010), pp. 27.
Recent External Research Funding
- The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) grant award, in Partnership with Hancher, a three-year long Islamic arts teaching and performances program, 2016 –19; $204,000.
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum Initiative, in collaboration with the University of Michigan, 2014 -19; $104,000 benefit to U of Iowa, $5 million for consortium from Big Ten Alliance.
- Provost’s Global Forum Award; Stanley Foundation’s Award, International Programs, University of Iowa, 2014-15; $27,500.
- Building Bridges Grant: Performing Arts in Islamic Societies; Raised funds and organized a program to host the international musical group, Niyaz, for lectures, workshop, and a concert; May 6-9, 2014; $14,800.
Teaching Areas/Specialized Courses
Islamic Law and Legal History (Comparative Islamic Law (Law Seminar)); Modern Islamic Thought and Institutions (Economics and Islam (undergrad. Course)); Human Right (Approaches to Human Rights (Grad. Seminar), Human Rights, Law, Religion, & Culture (undergrad. course)
Service
Department:
- RS Honors Advisor, Honors at IOWA, University of Iowa, 2010-17
- Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Iowa; Fall 2011.
College:
- Committee Member, CLAS Scholarship Committee, July 2017 – June 2020.
- Faculty Liaison, Virtual Islamic Studies Curriculum, Project administered by University of Michigan (awardee of the Mellon Grant for Islamic Studies), involving most of Big Ten CIC institutions; 2014-17.
- ISBA Track Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; 2014-17.
- International Studies Advisory Board, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; 2013-16.
- Arabic Search Committee, French and Italian department, 2013.
New Faculty Orientation, invited by CLAS Dean’s office, 2006-18.
- Drafted proposal for a Major in Middle Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Division of World Languages, Cultures, and Literatures; Spring 2013.
University:
- Faculty Senate, Judicial Commission, 2016-19.
- Reviewer for International Programs’ Provost’s Global Forum, 2015.
- International Programs Funding Committee, 2014-15.
- Distance Education Working Group, 2014-15.
- Reviewer for the International Programs’ Stanley Graduate Award, 2014-15.
- Fulbright Intensive Workshop; January 31, 2014.
- Reviewer for International Programs’ Stanley Undergraduate Award, 2013-14.
- Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Committee for Review of Internal Funding Initiatives (IFI), 2013-16.
- Faculty Senate, Judicial Commission, 2013-2016.
- Faculty Senate, Committee on Rules and Bylaws, 2013-2016.