Professor John L. Esposito
John L. Esposito is a Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University, he is also the Founding Director of the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He had previously served as Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies, College of the Holy Cross as well as being the Past President of the American Academy of Religion and Middle East Studies Association of North America.
Esposito’s contributions have been widely recognised, and he is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the American Academy of Religion’s Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion, Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, as well as several honorary doctorates.
