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Mahsheed Ansari is a Senior Lecturer in Islam and Contemporary Islamic Studies and the Higher Degrees Research Coordinator at the Centre for Islamic Studies & Civilisation, Charles Sturt University. She is also a Researcher (Trans-disciplinary Stream), Public and Contextual Theology (PACT), Charles Sturt University. Mahsheed has been a reader in Islamic thought for over 18 years. She is also community activist working in the areas of interfaith dialogue, social harmony and leadership-mentoring programs with Muslim youth and Muslim women for over a decade.
Mahsheed is currently lecturing and coordinating these subjects; Muslims in Australia, Muslims in the West, Islamic Worldview, Essentials of Islamic Spirituality, Islamic Morality & Ethics and Purification of the Heart. Her research interests include the history of Islamic thought, spirituality and culture. As a historian she is interested in the migration, settlement, formation and development of Muslim communities as minority communities in Australia. She is currently working on the Muslim heritage research project at the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre at Charles Sturt University and is the chief investigator of the Dr Ashfaq Ahmad Biography Project.
Executive Member, Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia
Chairperson, International Hope School, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Board Member, Amity College, Sydney, Australia
Advisory Panel, Mind Medicine Australia, Australia
Mahsheed’s most current research project focuses on capturing Muslim History in Australia. She is working on capturing the oral history of Muslim pioneers in Australia and the general broader history Muslim migration, settlement and life in Australia.
Mahsheed’s other research area include transnational and transcultural Islamic movements and Islamic Sacred Texts & Theology. She continues to contribute to the field of Nursian Studies and Iqbaliyyat.
Biography Project:
A journey through Australia's Muslim Heritage: The Life and Times of Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad
Investigators:
Mahsheed Ansari (Chief Investigator)
Katy Nebhan
Routledge Monograph:
Rationalising the Theology: Modern debates on the prophethood in the understanding of Iqbal and Nursi, Routledge, 2021.
Mahsheed coordinates the higher degrees research degrees at CISAC. She has capacity to take on Principal Supervision of doctoral thesis in her related fields of research.
She is currently the co-supervisor of the following research topics:
Mahsheed has a background in Historical & Islamic studies, she is currently lecturing in units on the development of Islamic Thought, Spirituality and Ethics. She is also teaching contemporary units related to Muslims and the Islamic belief and practice. Her subject specialities include the Islamic faith tradition, Muslims in the West, especially looking at the history of Australian Muslims.
Mahsheed along with her teaching colleagues at CISAC won the Faculty of Arts and Education’s teaching award for significant refocus of teaching strategies within the School in online delivery and the enhanced professional practice of the teaching team.
ISL260 Introduction to Arabic Language
ISL181 Sirah: Life of Prophet Muhammad
ISL353 World Religions in Australia
ISL355/ISL455 Women in Islam and Islamic Cultures
ISL383 Islamic History from 632-Present
ISL599 Guided Research in Islamic Studies
ISL270 Purification of the Heart (Session II)
ISL404 Islamic Wordlview (Session I)
ISL453 Muslims in the West (Session II)
ISL456 Muslims in Australia (Session III)
ISL470/ISL170 Essentials of Islamic Spirituality (Session I)
ISL471/ISL171 Islamic Morality (Akhlaq) and Character (Session III)
The Islamic Intellectual Tradition (especially Islamic Theology and History)
Islamic Ethics, Spirituality and Mysticism
Islam and Modernity/Globalisation
Islam and Muslim Minority Communities in Non-Muslim Societies
Islam and World Religions
Gender and Women in Islam
Islamic History (especially Life of the Prophet Muhammad)
Member/Author, Australian Journal of Islamic Studies [AJIS]
Member, Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS)
Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religions [AASR]
Member, Islamic Community Academics Network (ICAN)
Member, Oral History of NSW & Oral History Australia Network
Member, Australian Centre for Public History [ACPH]
Member, American Academy of Religion [AAR]
Member, Muslim Legal Network (NSW)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Ansari, Mahsheed (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Award › Internal award
Mahsheed Ansari (Examiner)
Activity: Supervision/Examination/Mentoring › Thesis Examination
Mahsheed Ansari (Member)
Activity: Membership › External research organisation, centre or institute › Industry
Mahsheed Ansari (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review responsibility, including review panel or committee
Mahsheed Ansari (Participant)
Activity: Engagement and professional development › External research and teaching › Academic
09/07/20
1 Media contribution
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05/03/20
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21/01/20
1 Media contribution
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24/12/19
1 Media contribution
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