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Georgina Jardim

Part-Time Academic Staff

CREATIVE ARTS
My main areas of teaching and research are Islamic Studies including Islam, gender and the relationship between religion and modernity. I’ve enjoyed many years of practical connection through interfaith dialogue and reading the Qur'an and Bible together from southern Africa to the UK.

Biography

My doctoral research was on female characterisation in the Qur’an, focusing on the Qur`an’s presentation of women’s voices. I researched further on the history of Muslim women’s contribution to the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa and published an article on this topic ‘Muslim Women against Apartheid: Muslims for Universal Values’ (2015).

Through my work at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford, I connect to scholarship on the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, and I facilitate the practice of scriptural reasoning. I have published various articles that read themes together from the Qur`an and Bible to understand what is different and what is held in common by these faiths.

Qualifications

  • PhD Qur’anic Studies, University of Gloucestershire, 2008
  • MA Religious Ethics, North West University, South Africa, 2003
  • BA (Hons), Islamic Studies, University of Johannesburg, 1992
  • BA Religious Studies, University of Johannesburg, 1990

Awards

PhD Studentship, 2003, University of Gloucestershire

Membership of professional bodies

  • Society for Biblical Literature
  • International Qur’anic Studies Association

Teaching & Research

Teaching

Most of my research uses the method of scriptural reasoning to bring perspectives together from sacred texts within their worldviews. In order to do this, I take into account the historical situatedness and literary presentation of each text.

Research

The development of Islamic politics and philosophy in the contexts of the ancient near east and world religions.

External responsibilities

I have lectured in a variety of settings at universities in South Africa and in the UK, both in secondary and tertiary education. At the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford, I worked as the international partnership coordinator, building links with individuals and organisations that seek to bring the study of religions out of their individual silos, to learn with and from each other.

External examining

I supervised and taught Master's level for Redcliffe College (2015-2019), and supervised two PhDs - one for the Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya (2020) and the other for University of Gloucestershire (2024).
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