Status
Assistant Professor
Contact
akkadhim@nps.edu
Research Interests
Islamic History and Politics; Iraq; Middle East History and Politics; Political Theory |
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Biography
Abbas Kadhim is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Between 2003 and 2005, he taught courses on Islamic theology and ethics at Stanford University and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. From 2001 to 2005, he was an Instructor of Arabic language at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1999 and 2001, he taught Political Science at the Woodland Community College, Woodland, California. Professor Kadhim joined the Naval Postgraduate School in Fall 2005. Professor Kadhim is a member of the editorial board of History Compass.
Among the awards he has received at the Dean’s Normative Time Award (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005), University of California, Berkeley); Best Paper Published in an Academic Journal, awarded by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley for “The Mysterious Journey of Moses (Q. 18:60-82): Does It Refute or Confirm the Shi’i Doctrine of ‘Ismah?,” International Journal of Shi’i Studies, 2:1 (Fall 2004) 97-119; Best Article Published in the Popular Press, awarded by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley for “Official U.S. Reaction Compounds the Rage,” an Op-Ed article on the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal, published by the Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2004; Graduate Division Summer Grant (Summer 2005), University of California, Berkeley; and the Sultan bin AbdulAziz Fellowship (Fall 2005 and Spring 2006), University of California, Berkeley.
Among his articles are three forthcoming entries for Homeland Security: An Encyclopedia: “Iraq”; “Saddam Hussein”; and “al-Qa‘ida”; “The Mysterious Journey of Moses (Q. 18:60-82): Does It Refute or Confirm the Shi’i Doctrine of ‘Ismah?” International Journal of Shi’i Studies 2:1 (2004) 97-119; “Al-Imam Ali (AS) and Machiavelli,” (Arabic translation from the English original prepared by Dr. Hasan N. Abd), Al-Masala 4 (2001) 6-15; and “Class Conflict and Republican Liberty: Machiavelli’s View,” Podium 2 (1998) 27-38.
His book translations include Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping our Lives, by Anthony Giddens (Arabic Translation), with Dr. Hasan N. Abd ( Beirut: 2003); The Sects of the Shi‘a: A Translation with an Introduction and Notes (forthcoming in 2005); Wahhabism: A Critical Essay, by Hamid Algar (Arabic Translation: forthcoming); and Anthology of the Essential Works in Shi‘i Theology: A Translation with Notes (manuscript currently being prepared for review).
And, his book reviews include “Review of Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur’an, by Alan Dundes,” Journal of Qur’anic Studies 6:2 (2004); “Review of Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation?, by Amin Saikal,” International Journal of Middle East Studies 37:4 (Nov. 2005); and “Review of The Future of Iraq, by Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield,” International Journal of Middle East Studies (forthcoming).
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