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Ahmad Dallal is the dean of Georgetown University in Qatar. His academic training and research cover early modern and modern Islamic thought and movements. His writings and lectures focus on the history of science, Islamic revivalist thought, and Islamic law. He was professor of history and was the provost at the American University in Beirut from 2009 to 2017. He previously served an associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies and chair of the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department at Georgetown University from 2003 to 2009. He taught at Stanford University (2000-2003), Yale University (1994-2000), and Smith College (1990-1994). Dallal earned his Ph.D. in Islamic studies from Columbia University.