Author/Novelist - Global Experts

Caroline Fourest

Writer and columnist

April 21st, 2010, Academia, Author/Novelist, English, Europe, Europe, France, French, Journalist/Commentator, Paris, Religion, Women's Rights

Caroline Fourest is a French writer and columnist. She has a weekly column in Le Monde discussing French culture, and teaches about multiculturalism and universalism at Sciences Po-Paris.

Writer and columnist

Area of Expertise: Religion, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Journalist/Commentator
City: Paris
Country: France
Continent: Europe

Email: caroline.fourest@theglobalexperts.org

Carool Kersten

Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London

June 24th, 2010, Academia, Algeria, Arabic, Asia, Author/Novelist, Civil Society, Dutch, English, Europe, Indonesia, London, Malaysia, Migration and Integration, Morocco, North Africa and Middle East, Religion, Thailand, Tunisia, UK

Dr. Carool Kersten’s is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at King’s College London. His areas of expertise include contemporary Islam and current affairs in the Muslim world, Islam in Southeast Asia and modern Muslim thought. He has a particular interest in liberal Islam, alternative Islamic discourses and the work of progressive Muslim intellectuals.

Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London

Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Migration and Integration, Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia
Languages: Arabic, Dutch, English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe

Email: carool.kersten@theglobalexperts.org

Catharin Dalpino

Professor and Director of Thai Studies in the Asian Studies Program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

April 23rd, 2010, Academia, Asia, Author/Novelist, Civil Society, Defense and Security, English, International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Media, North America, North America, Politics and Governance, Think tank/Research center, USA, War and Conflict, Washington DC

Catharin Dalpino is Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Thai Studies in the Asian Studies Program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also Director of the Aspen Institute’s Program on Agent Orange in Vietnam, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States, where she directs a US-Europe-Southeast Asia Dialogue.

Professor and Director of Thai Studies in the Asian Studies Program of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Defense and Security, International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Media, Politics and Governance, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North America
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America

Email: catharin.dalpino@theglobalexperts.org

Catherine Besteman

Professor of anthropology and African studies, Colby University

October 19th, 2010, Academia, Author/Novelist, English, Law and Human Rights, Migration and Integration, North America, North America, Somalia, Subsaharan Africa, USA, War and Conflict, Waterville

Catherine Besteman is a professor of anthropology and African studies at Colby University. Her teaching interests focus on the roots of violent conflict and the forces that sustain inequality and produce poverty in Africa. She is the author of Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence and the Legacy of Slavery, The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War Behind the War, and Violence: A Reader.

Professor of anthropology and African studies, Colby University

Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Migration and Integration, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Somalia
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Waterville
Country: USA
Continent: North America

Email: catherine.besteman@theglobalexperts.org

Celia de Anca

March 2nd, 2011, Academia, Arabic, Author/Novelist, Business and Globalization, English, Europe, Europe, French, Madrid, Migration and Integration, Spain, Spanish, Think tank/Research center

Dr. Celia de Anca is currently the Director of the Centre for Diversity in Global Management at IE Business School. She was previously the Director of Corporate Programmes at the Euro-Arab Management School (EAMS), Granada. She is also regular researcher at the Centre for International Mediterranean Studies (TEIM).

Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Migration and Integration
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe

Email: delia.da@theglobalexperts.org

Charles Kurzman

Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

December 28th, 2009, Academia, Arabic, Author/Novelist, English, Iran, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Religion, Think tank/Research center, USA, War and Conflict, Washington DC

Professor Charles Kurzman is a specialist on Islamic movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He has carried out research in Iran, Turkey, Europe, the United States, and Mexico, and is currently working on studying the recruitment difficulties of Islamist revolutionaries. (excerpts)