Bernard Haykel, Princeton University
Professor
Princeton, New Jersey
haykel@princeton.edu
Office:
(609) 258-2176
Expert In
Alternative energy
Debates among Sunnis
Environmental policy
Fuel sources
History of Arabian Peninsula
History of Middle East
Middle East energy
Middle East oil
Middle East politics
Middle East security
Nonconventional oil
Religious identity and authority social tensions
Salafi heritage
Zaydi heritage among Shi'is
Bio/Research
My research is concerned with the political and social tensions that arise from questions about religious identity and authority. I was educated at the University of Oxford where I received my doctorate in 1998 in Oriental Studies with an emphasis on Islam and history. Much of my teaching and res...
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Bio/Research
My research is concerned with the political and social tensions that arise from questions about religious identity and authority. I was educated at the University of Oxford where I received my doctorate in 1998 in Oriental Studies with an emphasis on Islam and history. Much of my teaching and research lies at the juncture of the intellectual, political, and social history of the Middle East with particular emphasis on the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. I also have a side interest in the effects of energy resources and rents on politics and society. An essential part of my work concerns the reception of reformist ideas at present and analysis of the Salafi heritage in contemporary debates among Sunnis as well as the Zaydi heritage among Shi`is. Another concern pertains to the history and politics of the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, and Saudi Arabia in particular.
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