Todd Thompson Address: Dr. Todd Thompson, Assistant Professor of History, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave, La Mirada, CA 90639 E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: 562-903-5442 Citizenship: U. S. A. CURRENT AND PAST EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor, Biola University, Spring 2014-Present Assistant Professor, Qatar University, Fall 2010-Fall 2013 Adjunct Professor, Wheaton College, Summer 2008 EDUCATION Oct. 2005- Mar. 2010 PhD, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge -Doctoral Dissertation: “J. N. D. Anderson, Nationalism, and the ‘Modernisation’ of Islamic Law, 1932 – 1984,” Eugenio Biagini, supervisor (Date Approved: May 4th, 2010) Aug. 2003-May 2005 M.A., General History of Christianity, Wheaton College -Thesis: “Evangelicals Abroad: The British Evangelical Alliance and Social Concerns Overseas, 1850-1900,” Timothy Larsen, director Aug. 1998-May 2003 B.A., History and Philosophy, Kansas State University TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Teaching Expertise: Great Books, British Empire, Middle Eastern history, history of empires, history of Christianity, history of Islam Research Interests: Intellectual history of British-Arab Relations, Orientalism, Minorities in the Arab World, Christian political thought, Islamic political thought PUBLICATIONS Books Sir Norman Anderson, Islam and the End of the British Empire (New York and London: Oxford University Press/Hurst, Forthcoming 2014-2015) T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Biography (New York and London: Oxford University Press/Hurst, In Progress) Articles and Book Chapters "Charles Malik and the Christian Critique of Orientalism in Lebanon and Britain, 1945-1956," Christians and Religious Plurality, ed. John Doran, Charlotte Methuen and Alexandra Walsham (Boydell and Brewer, 2014/2015) "Albert Hourani, Christian Minorities and the Spiritual Dimension of Britain's Problem in Palestine, 1938- 1947," in Christians and the Middle East Conflict, ed. Paul S Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, Jens Zimmermann (Routledge, 2014) “Making ‘Modern’ Libya: The King and Anderson,” History Today 61, 12 (2011): 49-55. “Covert Operations, British Views of Islam and Anglo-Sanusi Relations in North Africa, 1940-45,” Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 37, 2 (2009): 293-323. “The Evangelical Alliance, Religious Liberty and the Evangelical Conscience in Nineteenth-Century Britain,” Journal of Religious History 33, 1 (2009): 49-65. Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries “David A. Kerr,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) ed. Lawrence Goldman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). “Noel James Coulson,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) ed. Lawrence Goldman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). “William Montgomery Watt,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) ed. Lawrence Goldman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009). “Martin Lings,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) ed. Lawrence Goldman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). “James Norman Dalrymple Anderson,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) ed. Lawrence Goldman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). “Evangelicalism,” in Encyclopaedia of Missions and Missionaries ed. John Bonk (Routledge: New York, 2007): 147-150. Book Reviews American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism by Thomas S. Kidd in Fides et Historia (2009). Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914-1958 by D. K. Fieldhouse in Fides et Historia 40, 1 (2008): 133- 134. Britain’s Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya by Caroline Elkins in Fides et Historia 40, 1 (2008): 134- 136. Gathering to his Name: The Story of Open Brethren in Britain and Ireland by Tim Grass in Journal of Ecclesiastical History 59, 1 (2008): 168-169. Baptism, Church and Society in Modern Britain by David M. Thompson in Journal of Religion 87, 3 (2007): 449-450. A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb by Umar F. Abd-Allah in Islam and Christian Muslim Relations 18, 4 (2007): 541-543. Op-Eds, Blogs, Letters to the Editor “The ‘Arab Spring’, Salafism and Shari‘a Democracy” Conservative Middle East Council (online) 26 June 2012. http://cmec.org.uk/blog/the-arab-spring-salafism-and-sharia-democracy/ -Solicited blog briefing at the invitation of the Conservative Middle East Council in Britain for British Members of Parliament. “What US Conservatives Never Saw Coming” Al-Jazeera English (online) 2 April 2011. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/201142919917507.html -The most viewed item on Al-Jazeera English from April 3rd to April 13th, 2011. ‘Letter to the Editor’, Books & Culture, September/October, 2008. CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS Invited Commentator, “New Conversations in Islamic and Christian Political Thought.” Worcester College, University of Oxford, September 14th – September 15th, 2013 “Charles Malik and the Christian Critique of Orientalism in Lebanon and Britain, 1945-1956.” Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference on Christians and Religious Plurality. Chichester University, Chichester, July 18th, 2013 “The Christian Critique of Orientalism in the Age of Decolonisation.” Christian Ethics Seminar. University of Oxford, Oxford, England, February 21st, 2013. “The Christian Critique of Orientalism in the Age of Decolonisation.” Modern British Religious History Seminar. Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London, England, February 20th, 2013. “America’s Military Presence Abroad.” International relations seminar briefing for the Qatar National Debate Team. Marriot Courtyard Hotel, Doha, Qatar, December 22nd, 2012. “An Evangelical Protestant Intellectual and his Muslim Students: Norman Anderson and the Global Transformation of Islam After World War II.” Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. Part of a panel entitled British Protestants and Others: Religious Difference and Changes in British National Identity, 1800 – 2005. Huntington Library, Pasadena, California, March 12th, 2012. “Christianity in the Gulf with Special Reference to Qatar.” Portland State University Study Abroad Program, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, April 3rd, 2012. “‘Anderson of Arabia' and the Making of 'Modern' Libya.” Georgetown-Qatar Culture and Politics Faculty Seminar. Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar, October 20th, 2011. “Albert Hourani, Arab Christian Minorities and the Spiritual Dimension of Britain’s Problem in Palestine, 1938 – 1947.” Christians and the Middle East Conflict Symposium. Sponsored by the ‘Religion, Culture and Conflict Research Group, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, March 25th, 2011. “Qatar and the World (with special reference to the U. S. A. and Great Britain).” Portland State University Study Abroad Program, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, March 22nd, 2011. “British Orientalism, Nationalism and the Transnational Reform of Islamic Law After World War II.” Yale- Edinburgh Group meeting on the theme of ‘Missions, Law, and Custom’. Yale University, New Haven, United States, July 3rd, 2009. “Evangelicalism, Islam and the Problem of Pluralism in the Missionary Thought of Norman Anderson.” Henry Martyn Centre Seminar. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, May 1st, 2008. “Scripture and the Use and Abuse of History.” Post-Conference Seminar, Veritas Forum on the theme of Faith in the Public Sphere, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, April 12th, 2008. “Norman Anderson, Islamic Law and the End of the British Empire.” Modern British History Seminar. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, February 2008. “Norman Anderson, the Colonial Office and the Reform of Islam in Africa, 1950-1960.” Christianity and History Forum Annual Conference. Cambridge, England, October 2007. “Evangelical Engagement with Islam in the Twentieth Century: The Case of Norman Anderson.” Seminar on Religion, Conflict and its Aftermath. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, May 2007. “Orientalism and British Policy Towards the ex-Italian Colonies in North Africa, 1940-1946.” World History Workshop Graduate Symposium: Orientalism – Said and After. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, February 2007. “Christian Missions, Civilisation and Legal Reform: Sir Norman Anderson and the Study of Islam.” British History Workshop. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, October 2006. “Protestant Missions and the Academic Study of Islam in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Case of Sir J. N. D. Anderson.” Institute of Historical Research, Annual Postgraduate Conference: Faith and Ideologies, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, London, England, July 2006. “Evangelical Exhibitionists: the British Evangelical Alliance at the Great Exhibitions and Expositions Universelles, 1850-1900.” Ecclesiastical History Society, Postgraduate Conference on the History of Christianity, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, December 2005. COURSES TAUGHT Great Books Seminars, Torrey Honors Institute, Spring 2014-Present, Biola University History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century, Fall 2013, Qatar University -upper-level undergraduate course, part of university core curriculum Capstone Research Seminar (Theme: Empires and Imperialism), Fall 2013, Qatar University -upper-level undergraduate research seminar for the Department of International Affairs Islam and the West, Spring 2013, Qatar University -intermediate level undergraduate