Dr. Sayed Hassan Akhlaq سید حسن اخلاق | |
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 Dr. Akhlaq | |
| Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1976 Sayghan district, Bamyan province, Afghanistan |
| Alma mater | Imam Khomeini International University Allameh Tabatabai University |
Sayed Hassan Hussaini (known as Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, Persian: سید حسن اخلاق) is an Afghan-American philosopher.
Akhlaq was born in 1976, in Sayghan City, in the province of Bamyan, Afghanistan.[1] He immigrated to Iran when he was four years old.[2] Finishing primary and secondary schools in Mashhad, he started to study classical religious seminaries (in Qum and Mashhad).[3]
Afterward he studied Islamic traditional courses and was educated in the field of Islamic Theology and Philosophy in Razavi University of Islamic Sciences.[4] In 2022, Dr. Akhlaq gave a talk at Fairfield University[5] where he shared his personal narrative. His presentation covered his time as a refugee, his approaches to nurturing critical thinking and propelling academic freedom in Afghanistan, and his subsequent exile due to his philosophical and political beliefs and teachings.[6]
He obtained his Master of Art degree in the field of Western philosophy from the Imam Khomeini International University and a doctorate (PhD) in Western philosophy from Allameh Tabatabai University.[7]
He has taught at some universities in Iran and Afghanistan, such as Payame Noor University (2008-2010), Al-Mustafa International University (2006-2010), Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (2010) and Gharjistan Institute of Higher Education (2010).[8] He acted as the adviser of Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan and Chancellor of Gharjistan University (Farah Branch).[9] He works as the adviser for the Center for the Study of Islam and the Middle East in Washington D.C.[10] Akhlaq, is affiliated with the George Washington University, the Catholic University of America, Princeton University University Center for Human Values,[11] and Boston University's Department World Languages & Literatures.[12] He has given lectures at University of Idaho.[13] and Purdue University Purdue College of Liberal Arts and University of Louisville College of Arts & Sciences.[14] The Global Studies Directory: People, Organizations, Publications, published by Brill in 2018, included Akhlaq as a prominent figure among scholars significantly contributing to the domain of global studies[15] Akhlaq gave talks on Islamic Science and its Relationship to Faith[16] Islamization and ISIS [17] at the Catholic University's McLean Center for the Study of Culture and Values.
He has managed the first Afghan intellectuals' magazine, Rayehey-e-azadi:the smell of freedom by international co-editorial staff for more than two years (2002-2003).[18]
He has published five books showing the author's intellectual trend.
His dozens of articles have been published in scholarly and scientific journals (such as: Ayeneh Marefat:[19] Beheshti University, Islam Pizuhi:[20] IHCS, Zehn: Islamic Research Institute for culture and thought, Human Rights: Mofid University, Nebras: Nebras Research Institute in Kabul[21]).
Akhlaq is the first Afghan philosopher that presented papers in The XXII World Congress of Philosophy (2008 Seoul) and Catholic University of America (Washington DC: 2009).[22][23] He, also, has published many papers on several profound websites like OpenDemocracy[24] and HuffingtonPost[25]
Akhlaq is a professional member of American Academy of Religion, American Association of University Professors and American Philosophical Association and American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies[26] in Villanova University. Akhlaq "has made," Global Studies Directory: People, Organizations, Publications writes "significant contributions to dialogue among civilizations with regard to comparative philosophy, modernization, and global studies."[27]
