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Professor Robert Gleave FBA

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2026
Subjects
Africa, Asia and Middle East
Sections
Theology and Religious Studies

Summary

Robert Gleave's research interests are Islamic law; Shi’i Legal thought; Hermeneutics and legal theory in the Islamic intellectual history; and Muslim seminary studies.

Current post

University of Exeter Professor of Arabic Studies

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