Alexander Thurston

Alexander Thurston

Georgetown University

H-index: 16

North America-United States

About Alexander Thurston

Alexander Thurston, With an exceptional h-index of 16 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Georgetown University, specializes in the field of Islam.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

State, society and Islam in the Western regions of the Sahara: Regional interactions and social change: ed. Francisco Freire, London, IB Tauris, 2022, 376 pp., 120(hardback …

Clerical independence and the religious field in post-colonial Mauritania

Legislative Elections Amid Civil Wars: Micro-Case Studies from Mali

Northern Nigerian intellectuals, Sudan, and the “eclectic style” in contemporary Islamic thought

Illiberalism and post-conflict settlements with jihadists: a Malian case study

Islam and Politics in Postcolonial Mauritania

An Alternative Approach to US Sahel Policy

Wahhabi Compromises and “Soft Salafization” in the Sahel

Alexander Thurston Information

University

Position

Visiting Assistant Professor of African Studies

Citations(all)

1425

Citations(since 2020)

1049

Cited By

725

hIndex(all)

16

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

25

i10Index(since 2020)

20

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Alexander Thurston Skills & Research Interests

Islam

Top articles of Alexander Thurston

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

State, society and Islam in the Western regions of the Sahara: Regional interactions and social change: ed. Francisco Freire, London, IB Tauris, 2022, 376 pp., 120(hardback …

Alexander Thurston

2024/2/17

Clerical independence and the religious field in post-colonial Mauritania

Journal of Islamic Studies

Alexander Thurston

2023/5/1

Legislative Elections Amid Civil Wars: Micro-Case Studies from Mali

Civil Wars

Alex Thurston

2023/1/2

Northern Nigerian intellectuals, Sudan, and the “eclectic style” in contemporary Islamic thought

Africa

Alexander Thurston

2022/11

Illiberalism and post-conflict settlements with jihadists: a Malian case study

Third World Quarterly

Alexander Thurston

2022/10/3

Islam and Politics in Postcolonial Mauritania

Alexander Thurston

2022/9/15

An Alternative Approach to US Sahel Policy

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Brief, November. Available From: https://quincyinst. org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/QUINCY-BRIEF

Alex Thurston

2022

Wahhabi Compromises and “Soft Salafization” in the Sahel

Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam

Alexander Thurston

2022

Jihadism in Africa

Alexander Thurston

2021/12/20

Negotiating Secularism in the Sahel

Alex Thurston

2021/10/15

Sectarian triangles: Salafis, the Shi ‘a, and the politics of religious affiliations in northern Nigeria

Politics and religion

Alexander Thurston

2021/9

Journal of African Military History 5 (2021) 145–157

Journal of African Military History

Alexander Thurston

2021

Exploring the Role of Islam in Mali: Service Provision, Citizenship, and Governance

Jaimie Bleck

Alex Thurston

2020/9/2

Why are there few Islamist parties south of the Sahara?

Africa and the Middle East: Beyond the Divides

Alexander Thurston

H Aidi

M Lynch

Z Mampilly

2020/6

Islamic modernism and colonial education in Northern Nigeria: Na’ibi Sulaiman Wali (1927–2013)

Alexander Thurston

2020/4/17

Islamic responses to COVID-19

The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa

Alex Thurston

2020/4

Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local politics and rebel groups

Alexander Thurston

2020/10/29

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