egdūnas račius
E-mail: egdunas.racius@cr.vu.lt
Affiliation:
institute of international relations and political science, Vilnius university
Education and qualification:
ma, near eastern studies, new york university, phd studies, Islamic studies, university of helsinki
Research interests:
contemporary muslim societies, muslim political radicalism, muslims in europe
Taught courses:
1. intro to islam, 2. radical islam, 3. islam in Europe, 4. terrorism
Publications:
Publications (if any):
1. Islamic exegesis on the jinn: their origins, kinds, substance and relations to other beings, Studia Orientalia, Finland, 1999, Nr. 83
2. Limits of Application of the Shari`a in Modern Kuwait: the Case Study of Apostasy of Hussein Qambar Ali, a Convert from Islam to Christianity, Studia arabistyczne i islamistyczne, Poland, 1999, Nr. 7
3. Lithuanian Muslims: an unobserved tradition, Center for Islam in Europe Newsletter, Belgium, 2000, vol. 2, Nr. 1-2
4. Diversification of Domestic Politics of the GCC Member States after the Second Gulf War, Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Lithuania, 2001, Nr. 1
5. Islam in Lithuania: Changing Patterns of Religious and Social Life of Lithuanian Muslims, in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, UK, Volume 22, Number 1, April 2002
Membership in
professional societies:
finnish oriental society, Lithuanian association of political science
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