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DR HUSAIN ALAJMI

Assistant Professor
Degrees and Certificates

 

  • Ph.D. in Islamic History – University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • M.A. in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies – University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • B.A. in History – College of Arts, Department of History & Archaeology, Kuwait University.
Research Interests
  • Medieval Islamic history, with a focus on political and intellectual transformations.
  • The Umayyad state in the East and the construction of political legitimacy.
  • al-Andalus during the Islamic periods and the development of historical narrative.
  • The Umayyad period in al-Andalus, court culture, and representations of power.
  • Analysis of Islamic historical sources and critical evaluation of narrative traditions.
Academic Subjects
  • History of Arab-Islamic Civilization
  • History of Early Islam
  • History of the Umayyad State
  • History of al-Andalus