Dr. John L. Esposito
"I applaud the important policy work and academic initiatives that IGE is undertaking to further greater respect and reconciliation among Christian and Muslims. Their significant efforts will undoubtedly expand the boundaries of religious freedom in the world."
Dr. John L. Esposito
Georgetown University Professor
Dr. John L. Esposito, University Professor and Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University, is working with IGE on a number of educational and research initiatives. His Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding co-sponsored IGE's 2009 and 2010 Global Leadership Forum both of which focused on Evangelicals and Muslims.
Esposito specializes in Islam, political Islam from North Africa to Southeast Asia, and Religion and International Affairs. The author of more than 35 books, Esposito has reached a wide audience with two of his titles, Islam and Politics and Islam: The Straight Path. He is also editor-in-chief of a number of Oxford reference works including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, and Oxford Islamic Studies Online.
A former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, he is currently a member of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100 Leaders, the High Level Group of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, and President of the Executive Scientific Committee for La Maison de la Mediterranee's 2005-2010 project, "The Mediterranean, Europe and Islam: Actors in Dialogue." Esposito is a recipient of the American Academy of Religion's 2005 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion and of Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and to governments, corporations, universities, and the media. In 2003 he received the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Esposito is widely interviewed in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and network news stations, NPR, BBC, and in media throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.