Ebrahim Moosa appointed at Notre Dame

Ebrahim E.I. Moosa has been appointed Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dameʼs Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and in the Depatment of History. Moosa will co-direct, with Scott Appleby, Contending Modernities, the global research and education initiative examining the interaction among Catholic, Muslim, and other religious and secular forces in the world. Moosa joins Notre Dame from his position at Duke University, where he has taught in the Department of Religious Studies since 2001. He previously taught in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town (1989-1998) and in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University (1998-2001).