Carool Kersten, Date of Birth
TweetCarool Kersten
Dutch historian
Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1964
Profession: historian
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Carool Kersten
- Carool Kersten (Haelen, 28 June 1964) is Dutch historian of Islam and the author and editor of eleven books.
- Trained as an Arabist, Southeast Asianist and scholar of religion, he currently works as a Reader in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World at King's College London, teaching in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, as well as at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, where he was also acting head of department in 2017.
- In his research he focuses on the contemporary Muslim world, in particular intellectual history and current developments in both regional and global contexts.
- In addition to that, he is interested in Southeast Asian history and Islam, and in developments in the Middle East.
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