Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami is made an Honorary Fellow of Wadham

Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami CBEMA (AMU) MADPhil (Oxon) is The King Charles III Fellow in the Study of the Islamic World Fellow at Magdalen College; Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College; and a Member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford.

Dr Nizami has served as the founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies since 1985. He is also the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford University Press, 1990– ) and the series editor of the Makers of Islamic Civilization series, Oxford University Press, 2004– ).

We look forward to seeing our new Honorary Fellow at Wadham soon.

"The College is immensely proud of Farhan's achievement in founding, building and steering the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies over the past 40 years. The Centre has done important work in pursuing a wide range of Islamic studies and in furthering understanding of the Muslim world. Farhan has been a loyal supporter of Wadham over the years and we fondly remember him bringing Nelson Mandela to the College in 1997."

Robert Hannigan, Warden of Wadham