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Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University

Bernard Haykel is Professor of Near Eastern Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He recevied his Ph.D in Islamic Studies from Oxford University in 1998, and his research and teaching interests lie at the juncture of the intellectual, political and social history of the Middle East with particular emphasis on the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. An essential part of his work concerns the reception of reformist ideas at present, and analysis of the Salafi heritage in contemporary debate among Sunnis as well as the Zaydi heritage among Shi`is. His present research and writing project relates to the history of the Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia from the 1950s to the present, with a current book project focusing on a network of scholars in Saudi Arabia and other countries where Salafis have established a strong foothold.