* Dr I Bruce Watson(Islam and its Challenges in the Modern World)Current positions: Lecturer in South Asian and Islamic History at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia; Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Islamic Studies at UNE; Assistant Editor of "South Asia"; Member of the International Editorial Committee of "Periodica Islamica". Born: Sarafand, Palestine, 25 February 1947 Childhood in Karachi, Pakistan, and then an English boarding school Emigrated to Australia in 1964 Publications: a book and a number of articles in international journals on various aspects of South Asian and Pacific Ocean history. |