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,” B’nai B’rith, 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