John C . Calvert, BA, PhD
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History
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center
John C . Calvert, BA, PhD
Professor
Department
History
Position
Professor
Books
- Routledge
Revised and published: “The Roots of Islamism and Islamist Violence,” Randall D. Law, ed The Routledge History of Terrorism, p. 258-269 2015 - Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice
Book project: “Pan-Islam and British Policy,” 1880-1920” [working title]. Archival work at National Archives (UK), Durham (UK), and Dar al-Kutub (Egypt) completed. 2015 - Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice
World’s End: [working title] Book project. Research during 2014 included archival and field trips to Ypres, Belgium (May 5-12, 2014) and (October 5-12, 2014) Aberdeen, Scotland. 2014 - Maternal Child Nursing
“Wayward Son: The Brother’s Reception of Sayyid Qutb,” The Muslim Brothers in Europe: Burdens of the Past, Challenges for the Future, eds. Roel Meijer/Edwin Bakker , p. 249-272 2012 - The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe
Calvert, John C. Wayward Son : The Muslim Brother's Reception of Sayyid Qutb, p. 249-270 2011 - Encyclopedia of African Thought
Calvert, J. C. Gamal Abdul Nasser 2010 - Encyclopedia of African Thought
Calvert, J. C. Ibn Khaldoun 2010 - Oxford University Press
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism, p. 360 2010 - Maternal Child Nursing
Divisions within Islam. World of Islam series (Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2009). 120 pages. , p. 120 2010 - Encyclopedia of African Biography
Calvert, J. C. Ibn Battuta 2009 - Terrorism: A Documentary and Reference Guide
Calvert, J. C. An Islamist's view of America 2005 - World Book Encyclopedia
Calvert, J. C. Madrasah 2005
Articles
- Oxford University Press
James Toth, Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). Reviewed for Middle East Journal vol. 67, no. 4 (Autumn 2014), 258-259.
vol. 67, no. 4 (Autumn 2014), p. 258-259 2014 - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Religious Fundamentalism as an Obstacle to Peace in the Middle East: Under What Conditions Might Pragmatism Prevail?” Policy Brief: Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East,
11 2012 - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Religious Fundamentalism as an Obstacle to Peace in the Middle East: Under What Conditions Might Pragmatism Prevail?” Policy Brief: Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East,
11 2012 - Encyclopedia Britannica
Full article: “Sayyid Qutb” 2012 - Creighton Magazine
“Rise Up, Egypt, and Be Free,”
Fall/Winter , p. 35-37 2011 - Orient
“Regional Struggle in the Shadow of Pan-Islamic Militancy: Examples from Indonesia and Bosnia,” Orient IV/2011, 32-6.
4, p. 32-36 2011 - Dictionary of African Biography
Entry: “Bin Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abdullah.” 2011 - Foreign Policy
“The Afterlife of Sayyid Qutb,” 2010 - Foreign Policy
Calvert, J. C. The Afterlife of Sayyid Qutb 2010 - Rorotko
“A Biography on the Influential Egyptian Ideologue of Islamic Revolution: John Calvert on his book Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism.” 2010 - Creighton Magazine
“The Taliban,”
Spring, p. 14-17 2010 - Creighton University Magazine
Casper, H. W. Fr., Calvert, J. C. Afganistan's Taliban, p. 14-17 2010 - Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought
Entries: “Gamal Abdul Nasser” “Ibn Battuta” “Ibn Khaldoun” 2010 - International Journal of Middle East Studies
Calvert, John Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse
39, p. 461-462 2007 - International Journal of Middle East Studies
Calvert, J. C. Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse (Book Review)
39, p. 461-462 2007 - Journal of Religion & Society
Calvert, J. C. The Striving Shaykh: Abdullah Azzam and the Revival of Jihad.
2007 2007 - Creighton University Magazine
Calvert, J. C. The Shi'a of Iraq
2007, p. 10-15 2007 - Creighton Magazine
“The Shi‘a of Iraq,”
Winter, p. 10-15 2007 - Al-Katib
Calvert, J. C. Pigeons in New York
1949, p. 666-669 2005 - Al-Risala
Calvert, J. C. Our First Enemy: The White Man.
1952, p. 1217-1219 2005 - Al-Risala
Calvert, J. C. The America I Saw
959, p. 1301-1306 2005
Publications
- Ashgate
Series Advisor for Ashgate (UK), 'Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World' cutting-edge contributions to contemporary Islamic thought, 2011-present. 2011 - Rorotoko: Cutting Edge Intellectual Interviews
Calvert, J. C. John Calvert on his book Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. 2010
Editing and Reviews
- Middle East Journal
Calvert, John Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual
67, p. 658-659 2013 - Hurst and Co
Editor of book series published co-jointly by Hurst & CO. and Oxford University Press (New York), “Decisive Moments in Modern Middle East History.” 2011-present. The volumes in the series address transforming events, movements, and personalities that have been under-represented, marginalized, or neglected in the existing scholarship of the Middle East and North Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. 2011 - International Journal of Middle East Studies
Calvert, J. Secularism and the Arab world (1850-1939)
36, p. 131-132 2004
Presentations
- "Political and radical Islamism: Disjuncture and Continuity," TRADOC (US Army Training and Doctrine Command), Leavenworth KS, One-day seminar, Oct. 17, 2014. 2014
- One-day Seminar on Unrestricted Warfare STRATCOM, March 3, 2014. 2014
- "Egypt and the Arab Spring," Greybackers luncheon, Founders Week, Creighton University, January 20, 2014. 2014
- "The Conflict in Syria," The Rotary Club of Omaha, Omaha Country Club, September 20, 2013. 2013
- "The Origins of Radical Islam," W. Dale Clark Library, Omaha, NE, June 1, 2013. 2013
- "The Arab Spring," Rotary Club of Omaha, Champions Club, October 4, 2012. 2012
- "Egypt and the Arab Spring," Bnai Brith, Henry Monsky Lodge, Omaha, August 14, 2011. 2011
- Book event, "The Origins of Radical Islamism," Dar al-Kotob, Cairo, Egypt, June 15, 2011. 2011
- "Developments in the Middle East: An Open Forum with Dr. John Calvert," Skutt Student Center, Creighton University, Feb. 24, 2011. 2011
- Panelist, Situation in Egypt and the Middle East, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Feb. 10, 2011 2011
- Panelist, "The Hidden World of Human Trafficking: Turkey, Ukraine and Belarus," sponsored by Kenefick Chair in Humanities, Creighton University, 29 September, 2010. 2010
- "Afghanistan and the Taliban," Crete, Nebraska Library, Nebraska Humanities Council April. 16, 2010. 2010
- Instructor, TRADOC (US Army Training and Doctrine Command), Leavenworth KS, September 2008 September 2010, prepared and taught monthly courses on Islamism, jihadism and the Religions of Iraq. 2008
Other
Research and reporting on the Kabyles of Algeria; for the Center of Constitutional Rights, New York; case pertaining to a Guantanamo prisoner. June 2009.
Social protest and political resistance movements in the modern Middle East (19th and 20th centuries); radical Islamist ideology and practice in the Middle East and South and South East Asia; the intersections of Islam and nationalism.
The origins of Islamism in Egypt, with special reference to the Islamist ideologue Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966); the presence of Islam in the political cultures of Egypt and Algeria; the ideological genealogy of Al Qaeda; Pan-Islam and British policy in Egypt 1900-1910.
Awards
- Outstanding Publications and Book Awards
Recognition for my book Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. The Atlantic Monthly (15 December 2010): "Outstanding book from 2010 in Middle East Studies; " Foreign Policy (15 December, 2010): "best book of 2010; " The Immanent Frame, the Social Science Research Council's blog on secularism, religion, and the public sphere, "Book of the Week", 17 August, 2010; The Guardian (27 November, 2010), One of the "Books of the year."
Various organizations - Faculty Award
The Faculty Award recognizes and honors the outstanding achievements and contributions by a faculty member that has made a significant impact upon the students and mission of the Student The Faculty Award recognizes and honors the outstanding achievements and contributions by a faculty member that has made a significant impact upon the students and mission of the Student Support Services program.
Student Support Services - Award for Scholarship
Dean's Award for Scholarship, Creighton College of Arts and Sciences, 2011
Dean
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences - Special Recognition of Casper Professorship
Dean's Special Recognition of Casper Professorship, 8 February 2010
Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Consulting
- Consultant to B'huth
Consulting
Consultant to B'huth Media and Consultancy Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 2006 - 2010.
2006 - 2006