Carl W. Ernst is W.R. Kerian Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books an Islam, including How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations, Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (co-authored with Bruce B. Lawrence), and The Shombhala Guide to Sufism.
Peter D. Thomas (Ph.D, 2008) studied at the University of Queensland, Freie Universität Berlin, L’Università “Federico II”, Naples, and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. He has published wide
Wiebke Keim is a German sociologist at CRNS in Strasbourg, France, and coordinates, through the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany, a major research programme on circulating knowledge b
Sapan Saran is a poet, writer, and theatre director based in Mumbai. She is the co-founder of Tamaasha Theatre, one of Mumbai's leading theatre companies.
Suad Amiry is an architect, and Founder-Director of RIWAQ: the Centre for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah. Amiry won Italy's prestigious Viareggio-Versilia Prize in 2004, and her first book,
Dr. Margreet Z. Zwarteveen (born 1964) is a professor of Water Governance at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The chair was established on behalf of the UNE
