Center Welcomes Jocelyne Cesari

Islam expert Jocelyne Cesari has joined the Center as a Senior Research Fellow. She directs the international “Islam in the West" program and is the creator of Islamopedia, a leading online resource for the contemporary study of Islam in society and politics. At the Center, she will continue to lead both projects and develop a new program on Islam in World Politics.

The revolutionary course of the Arab Spring mark a new phase in the role of Islam in world politics. The rise of civil society and ongoing peaceful and violent struggles for democracy in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond, have complex causes. Islam is just one of the forces in play. But its role is absolutely critical, and insufficiently understood.

Against this backdrop, we are pleased to announce that Jocelyne Cesari, a leading expert on Islam and politics and current Minerva Chair at the National Defense University, has joined the Berkley Center as Senior Research Fellow. Effective January 2013 she will also assume a position as Visiting Associate Professor of Government. Cesari has published works in a broad range of subjects, including Islam and globalization, Islam and secularism, immigration, and religious pluralism. Her book When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and in the United States (2006) is a standard in the field.

Jocelyne directs the international “Islam in the West" program and is the creator of Islamopedia, a leading online resource for the contemporary study of Islam in society and politics. At the Center Jocelyne will continue to lead both projects and develop a new program on Islam in World Politics that will support research, teaching, and outreach activities in a critical area at a critical time.

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