Carool Kersten

About

Carool Kersten is Dutch historian of Islam and the author and editor of eleven books. Trained as an Arabist, Southeast Asianist and scholar of religion, he currently works as a Reader in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World at King's College London, teaching in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. He is also an associate of the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies and Centre for the Study of Divided Societies.. Kersten's research interests focus on the modern and contemporary Muslim world, in particular political and intellectual developments in both regional and global contexts.