Curriculum Vitae: Adeel Khan 1

Education:

2005-2010 PhD Candidate, Muslim Comparative Religions, Department of Politics and

International Studies, University of Cambridge. Dissertation title: “Relating Civilities:

Familiarity with others in an Islamic University” (Making Amendments for resubmission)

2003-4 Masters in Philosophy in Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political

Science, University of Cambridge.

1999-2002 BSC (Hons) in Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences,

Pakistan.

Employment:

March 2011 to the present, Researcher at the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue

(Qatar).

Managing Editor, Journal Religions, involves overall editing responsibility for this

international, peer-reviewed, bi-annual, bi-lingual (Arabic and English), comparative religion

journal. Activities related to this publication and its circulation. This role includes

commissioning articles, artistic design and proof-reading. The journal themes published

under my overall supervision include Justice (2012), Ecological Responsibility (2013),

Knowledge and Science (2014), Family and Heritage (2014), Work Ethics (2015), and

Suffering (2015).

Research coordinator for a three year (starting 2015), three country (UK, India and Qatar)

research study on "Assessing the Effectiveness of Interfaith Initiatives" in partnership with

Woolf Institute, Cambridge and Georgetown University funded by Qatar National Research

Fund.

Event design and management of interfaith annual events held in Doha including local

roundtable for communities in Qatar; Qatari Law (2015), Work Ethics (2014), Media (2013)

and international conferences for interfaith activists and organizations with a prize of USD

100,000; Youth (2014), Best Interfaith Practices (2013) and Social Media (2012).

Relationship management with interfaith partner organizations in UK, USA, Germany,

Indonesia, Ethiopia, Pakistan and at the Vatican.

Conference Co-ordinator and overall report writing responsibility for 2014 Istanbul Process

meeting held in Doha for implementation of UNHRC Resolution 16/18 “Advancing

Religious Freedom”.

Radio dialogue show host for Qatar Foundation English Radio with specialists in various

fields about their work and experiences in Qatar “Children of Adam and Eve” since 2013.

September 2006- January 2007, Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the

International Islamic University Islamabad (Pakistan).

Teaching Masters level course on Sociology and Anthropology of Islam

Guiding outside class students on the preparation of their research papers

September 2002- June 2003, Visiting Lecturer at the University College Islamabad (Pakistan),

teaching University of London BSC Politics and International Relations Courses including:

PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought

SC2163 Sociological theory and analysis

Curriculum Vitae: Adeel Khan 2

Publications: (download: https://cambridge.academia.edu/AdeelKhan)

2014, Doha Meeting Report for Istanbul Process 2014 “Advancing Religious Freedom”

(UNHRC 16/18).

2014, Editor of Translation from original Arabic, „We and the Other‟ by Ali Qaradaghi.

2013, Note taker‟s summary at the 12th

Bridge Building Seminar at Doha.

2006, Trends in Women’s Mobility, Economic Participation and Empowerment in Pakistan.

Conference Papers:

2015, „Humour: A powerful pedagogical tool‟ in the Qatar Community College Conference.

2009, „Mediating spouse searching‟ in the Islamic Identities Conference (Cambridge, UK).

2007, „Humour in the class‟ in the Pakistan Studies Group Conference (Lake District, UK).

2007, „Jalsa/jaloos and collective action‟ in South Asian Politics Conference (Oslo, Norway).

Awards and Scholarships:

2005-2009 PhD Award by the Higher Education Commission-Pakistan

2003-2007 PhD and Masters in Philosophy Award by the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust

1999-2002 Bachelors of Science LUMS Scholarship

Languages:

English: Native speaker.

French: Advanced reading and conversation, basic writing.

Urdu: Advanced reading, conversation and writing.

Arabic: Basic reading and conversation.

Potwari: Intermediate reading, conversation and writing.