Mesut Idriz

Ph.D.: “International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)”- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (March 2002).

Field of Study: Islamic Civilization (Muslim History & Institutions).

Thesis Title: “MANASTIR IN THE SECOND HALF OF 18TH CENTURY: A HISTORY OF A BALKAN CITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE OTTOMAN JUDICIAL RECORDS”.

Terminal Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, PhD

M.A.: “International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)”- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (September 1998).

Field of Study: Islamic Civilization & Muslim History.

Thesis Title: “THE IJĀZAH TRADITION IN MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATE BALKAN

PRACTICES (19th - 20th Centuries)”.

Degree: Master of Arts, MA

AREAS OF INTEREST

Comparative History of Civilizations; Law and Ethics; Intercultural Dialogue; Euro-Asian History; Muslim History & Historiography; History of Islamic Arts; History of Islamic Civilization; History of the Ottoman Empire; Balkan Studies; Legal Institutions in Islam; Sociology of Islamic Law; Applied Islamic Law; Philosophy of Religion; Islamic Studies; History of Education in the Muslim world; Muslim Institutions; Poverty Alleviation in the Muslim World; Comparative History of Business and Finance: Muslim World and the West; History of the Muslim Political Institutions; Islamic World in International Relations; Political Thought & Comparative Politics; Good Governance in Islam.

LANGUAGES

Fluent: Albanian, Turkish, English, Arabic and Macedonian.

Reading & Understanding Abilities:

Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, Ottoman-Turkish & Malay.

Professor Dr. at the Department of History and Islamic Civilization, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, September 2018 – until the present.

Adjunct Professor Dr. at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Muslim University of Morogoro, Morogoro, Tanzania, July 2019 – August 2022.

Professor Dr. of Islamic History and Civilization at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, September 2017 – August 2018.

Adjunct Professor Dr. of Sociology of Law at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mother Teresa University, Skopje, Macedonia, July 2017 – June 2022.

Professor Dr. of Sociology of Law at the Faculty of Law, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2015 – June 2017.

Special Researcher [Non-Resident] at the Turkish Culture Studies Center, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China, January 2015 December 2015.

Professor Dr. at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2012 – October 2015.

Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddin Center of Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), University Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, October-November 2014.

Visiting Professor at the Prishtina International Summer University 2012 (PISU’12), Prishtina University, Kosovo, teaching the course “Public Diplomacy in the Balkans: Internal and External Factors,” July 2012.

Professor Dr. at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, December 2011 – July 2012.

Associate Professor Dr. at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, September 2010 – November 2011.

Chief Editor/Coordinator (Academics) of MPH Group Publishing as well as Academic Editor of Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2007 – June 2010.

Associate Professor Dr. in the field of Muslim History, Islamic Civilization and Muslim Historiography at the Department of History and Civilization, Faculty of Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2005 – June 2007.

Senior Assistant Professor Dr. in the field of Islamic Civilization (History, History of Political Institutions, Ottoman and Ottoman-Balkan History & Turkish Language) at The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2003 – June 2005.

Director: Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences (SIFHAMS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October 2018 – until the present.

Coordinator: Doctoral Program at the Department of History and Islamic Civilization, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, January 2019 – until the present.

Chairperson: Department of History and Islamic Civilization, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, September 2018 – August 2023.

Member of the College Council at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, September 2018 – until the present.

Member of the Content Committee at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 2019 – until the present.

Member of the Strategic Planning of the University of Sharjah, beginning from September 2018 till the present.

International Scientific Research and Advisory Board Member & Executive Board Member: Sharjah International Foundation for the History of Arab and Muslim Sciences (SIFHAMS), University of Sharjah, beginning from October 2018 till the present.

Member of the Advisory Board: Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Sharjah, and ICCROM-Sharjah, beginning from September 2019 – August 2023.

Member of the Advisory Board: Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning from December 2016 till the present.

Member of the Strategic Management Body: International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning from December 2014 till June 2017.

Director: Balkan Studies Center (BSC), International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2016 – June 2017.

Coordinator: Graduate Studies Program, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2014 – June 2017.

Member of the Faculty Council: Faculty of Law, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2015 – June 2017.

Member the Executive Committee: Balkan Studies Center (BSC), International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2015 – June 2017.

Founder & Coordinator: International Relations Office (IRO), International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2012 – September 2014.

Member of the Board of Directors: Global Oil Solutions (AS Suisse), Lugano, Switzerland, August 2012 – January 2013.

Founder & Director: Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Education (CIDE), Office of the Rector, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, May 2011 – January 2013.

Vice-President: Dituria–Foundation for Science and Culture, Gostivar, North Macedonia, January 2005 – August 2020.

Founder & Chairperson: Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, March 2011 – June 2012.

Member of the Senate: Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, May 2011 – June 2012.

Member of the Faculty Council: Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Turkey, May 2011 – June 2012.

Scientific & Research Academic Member: Institute of Social Scineces, Hasan Kalyoncu University (Formerly known as Gazikent University), Gaziantep, Turkey, March 2011 – June 2012.

Member of the Strategic Planning: “Strategic Plan: The Road Ahead Towards Achieving Academic Excellence (2010-2015),” Albukhary International University (AIU), Alor Setar, Malaysia, 2009-2010.

History of Ottoman Empire [Postgraduate Level];

History of Ottoman Empire (Osmanli History) [Undergraduate Level];

History of the Ottoman Art [Undergraduate Level];

Institutions in Islamic Civilization [Postgraduate Level];

The Abbasid Caliphate [Undergraduate Level];

Islamic Civilization [Undergraduate Level];

Islamic History [Undergraduate Level];

Turkish Language [Postgraduate Level];

Muslim Historiography [Undergraduate Level];

Rise & Expansion of Islam to 132 AH [Undergraduate Level];

Relations between Muslim World and the Medieval Europe [Undergraduate Level];

Introduction to History & Civilization [Undergraduate Level];

Muslim Nations in Contemporary History [Undergraduate Level];

History of Islamic Education [Postgraduate Level];

History of Southeast Asia [Undergraduate Level];

History of Indian Sub-continent [Undergraduate Level];

Muslim Minorities in Non-Muslim States [Undergraduate Level;

Introduction to Western Civilization [Undergraduate Level];

Comparative History of Civilizations [Post & Undergraduate Levels];

-Societies & Humanities [Undergraduate Level];

-Public Diplomacy in the Balkans [Postgraduate Level];

-Law and Ethics [Undergraduate Level];

-Introduction to Political Science [Undergraduate Level],

-Politics, Religion and Society in the Balkans [Postgraduate Level],

-Research and Methodology in Social Sciences [Postgraduate Level]

-Politics and the Media [Undergraduate Level],

-Society and Politics [Postgraduate Level],

-Ethnicity and Nationalism [Postgraduate Level],

-Governance and Democracy [Postgraduate Level]

-Sociology of Law [Undergraduate Level],

-New Social Movements [Undergraduate Level],

-Politics and Governance in the Balkans [Undergraduate Level],

-History of Islamic Political Thought [Undergraduate Level],

-Readings on Ibn Khaldun [Postgraduate Level],

-Historical Writing and Approaches [Postgraduate Level]

-Historical Texts [Undergraduate Level],

-Historical Texts and Terminologies [Postgraduate Level],

-History of Civilizations [Postgraduate Level],

-Critical Studies on Methodology of Historians (in Arabic) [Postgraduate Level],

-Islamic World Geography (in Arabic) [Undergraduate Level],

-History of Islamic City [Undergraduate Level].