Knut Vikør

Knut Sigurdson Vikør (born June 10, 1952 ) is a Norwegian historian and a professor of history at the University of Bergen.[1][2] He is known for his studies on the history of Islam and Islamic law.[3]

Biography

Knut S. Vikør comes from a family of teachers whose father was an associate professor at Orkdal national gymnasium. Born on June 10, 1952, Vikør holds a master's in history and earned his PhD from the University of Bergen in 1992.

Vikør was general manager of the Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Bergen from 1988 to 2002 when he was granted leave to work as an associate professor at the Department of History of the same university.

 In 2005, Vikør was appointed associate professor at the institute, and is now serving as a professor at the Department of Archeology, History, Cultural and Religious Studies at the University of Bergen.[4]

Bibliography

Besides his academic dissertations, Vikør has written several books aimed at general public. His books include:

  • Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge: Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Sanusi and his Brotherhood (Northwestern University Press, 1995)[5]
  • The Exoteric Ahmad Ibn Idrīs. A Sufi's Critique of the Madhahib and the Wahhabis: Four Arabic texts with translation and commentary (with Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane, and R.S. O'Fahey, 2000)[6]
  • Between God and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law (Oxford University Press, 2005)[7]
  • The Maghreb Since 1800: A Short History (Hurst & Company, 2012)[8]

References
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  2. "Professor: Kan bli krig mellom Assad og kurderne i Syria". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. Christine M. Jacobsen, Theory and Politics in Research on Muslim immigrants in Norway (Tidsskrift for Islamforskning – Research on Islam Repositioned, nr. 2 – 2008)
  4. Haave, Morten (2017-03-16), "Knut S. Vikør", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2019-12-03
  5. Reviews of Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge:
    • Hamès, Constant (1996), Studia Islamica, 84 (84): 204–206, doi:10.2307/1596013, JSTOR 1596013CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Triaud, Jean-Louis (October–December 1996), Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 41 (96): 132–134, JSTOR 30118749CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Bennison, Katherine (1997), The Journal of African History, 38 (1): 135–136, JSTOR 182955CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Norris, H. T. (1997), Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 60 (2): 359–360, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00036582, JSTOR 620402CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Elger, Ralf (March 1997), Die Welt des Islams, New Series, 37: 130–132, doi:10.1163/1570060972597291, JSTOR 1571133CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Netton, Ian Richard (May 1997), British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 24 (1): 119–120, JSTOR 195675CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Davis, J. (July 1997), Journal of Islamic Studies, 8 (2): 281–282, doi:10.1093/jis/8.2.281, JSTOR 26198112CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Dé, Kathryn Coughlin (Spring 1998), The Arab Studies Journal, 6 (1): 110–114, JSTOR 41969124CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. Reviews of The Exoteric Aḥmad Ibn Idrīs:
    • Chodkiewicz, Michel (2000), Studia Islamica, 91 (91): 210–212, doi:10.2307/1596282, JSTOR 1596282CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Schimmel, Annemarie (September 2001), Journal of Islamic Studies, 12 (3): 351–353, doi:10.1093/jis/12.3.351, JSTOR 26198292CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Reviews of Between God and the Sultan:
    • Rosen, Lawrence (September 2006), Middle Eastern Studies, 42 (5): 848–850, JSTOR 4284501CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Ebert, Hans-Georg (2007), Die Welt des Islams, New Series, 47: 251–254, JSTOR 20140774CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Nielsen, Jørgen S. (January 2007), Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 18 (1): 116–117, doi:10.1080/09596410601071220, S2CID 216151058CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. Reviews of The Maghreb since 1800:
    • McDougall, J. (October 2014), Journal of Islamic Studies, 26 (1): 76–78, doi:10.1093/jis/etu078CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Bechtold, Peter K. (April 2016), The Journal of North African Studies, 21 (3): 519–521, doi:10.1080/13629387.2016.1164397, S2CID 146980222CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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