
Department of Politics and International Studies
Professorial Research Associate
- Name:
- Professor Hamed Quisay
- Email address:
- hq2@soas.ac.uk
- Address:
- SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 412
Biography
Hamed Quisay is a life tenure Professor in Political science at the Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University. He is currently undertaking research on post-Arab Spring Middle East and the evolution of political Islam. His research interests include the nature of the state in the Middle East and its relation to society, the politics of Islamic identity, and the relationship between Islam and power.
He has over 50 publications in Arabic, English, Persian, Turkish and other languages. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at SOAS 1999-2003, and has taught at Cairo University, Zayed University, Qatar Foundation and SOAS.
He is currently director of House of Wisdom for Strategic Studies, the research committee chair for the Department of Public Policy at Qatar Foundation, a senior advisor at the International Centre for Strategic Analysis, a member of the International Middle East Association and the Centre for Middle East.
His publications include Egyptian People and Power: the political role of public opinion (Dar al Shurūq, 2009); Research Methodology: political phenomena approaches (Cairo University Press, 2010). His most recent book is The future of Arab Countries: revolution and counter revolution (Dar al Shurūq, 2014)
Publications
Authored Books
Edited Books
Chapters in Books
Articles & Papers ‘Explaining The Change: The Egyptian politics towards the Muslim Brotherhood’, 7th Conference of the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES), 2000 ‘Public Opinion and Legitimacy in Western and Islamic Political Thought’. SOAS, 2000 ‘The Twentieth Century Experiences of the Islamic Discourse Renewal: A Critical Analysis’ (with Dr. E. Hamid). Renewal of Contemporary Islamic Discourse, Zayed University, 2007 ‘Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 and the future of democratic development in Egypt’ (الانتخابات البرلمانية 2005 ومستقبل التطور الديموقراطي في مصر) (with Dr. H. Tawfek), Arabic Future Magazine (No: 326) 2006 (pp 178- 199) ‘Modern Developments in Studying Public Opinion’ (التطورات والاتجاهات الحديثة في دراسات الرأي العام : رصد وتحليل الحقل المعرفي), Political Papers (no.132), Cairo University, Cairo, 2002 ‘Theory of Political Power According to El Mawardi’ (النظرية السياسية للماوردي: دراسة في التراث السياسي), Al-Muslim Al-Moaser, Cairo, 1999 (pp. 139- 192) Book Reviews ‘Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook by Charles Karsman’, Nahdha Journal of Political Science, Cairo University, 2002 (pp.164-170) |
Affiliations
Overview
- Politics Research Committee , Chair, Department of Politics, Cairo University
- Research Committee Chair & REF Coordinator, Department of Public policy at Qatar Foundation
- Founder and director, House of Wisdom for Strategic Studies , London
- Member,The British Association of Muslim Social Scientists, London
- Member, International Middle East Association (IMEA)
- Senior advisor, International Centre for Strategic Analysis (ICSA), Doha
- Director, Center for Futuristic Political Studies, Cairo
- Member, Centre for Middle East (CME), Amman
- Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research
- Publisher, Intellect Books, Bristol
- Member, US Islamic World Forum
- Co-founder, Centre for Media & Communication Research
- Co-founder, Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research