Islamic Ethics and Peacebuilding

Qamar-ul Huda, Ph.D.

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Dr. Qamar-ul Huda is the Michael E. Paul Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) and has previously served as an associate adjunct professor at Georgetown University. He co-founded and was Vice President of the Center for Global Policy, a think-tank focused on U.S. security and foreign policies in the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia.

Dr. Huda has held key diplomatic roles, including Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of State’s Office for Religion and Global Affairs, where he worked on civil society and religious diplomacy, and served as the first Director of the Department of Dialogue and Collaboration at Hedayah, an international center for countering violent extremism in Abu Dhabi. His decade-long tenure at the U.S. Institute of Peace focused on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including developing educational programs on mediation for civil society members in the Middle East and Asia.

Dr. Huda teaches courses on Afghanistan, U.S. diplomacy, and conflict resolution at USNA and has taught at renowned institutions like UCLA, Boston College, and Brandeis University. He has authored three books, six training manuals on conflict and mediation, and over 50 peerreviewed articles on topics ranging from religious peacebuilding to comparative ethics. His most recent book, Reenvisioning Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Islam, came out from Rowman & Littlefield in 2024. A recipient of multiple research grants, including those from the Social Science Research Council and The American Academy of Religion, Dr. Huda has twice been a Fulbright scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in political history from UCLA, a Master’s in political economy and Middle Eastern history, and a Bachelor’s in International Relations, Philosophy and Religion from Colgate University

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