Ahmed Ali Siddiqi

Employment​​

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Colgate University

Assistant Professor

Fall 2025–Present

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St. John's College, Santa Fe

Tutor (Assistant Professor)

Fall 2021–Spring 2025

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Emory University

Marcus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

Fall 2018–Spring 2021

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University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Instructor

Fall 2015–Spring 2018

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Education

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University of Texas at Austin

• Ph.D., Political Theory

• Dissertation: "Revival, Reform, and Reason in Islam: Alfarabi on the Proper Relationship Between Religion and Politics"

• Defended August 2018

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• M.A., Political Theory

• Thesis: “Politics, Religion, and Philosophy in Al-Farabi's Book of Religion”

• Received August 2014

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• Comprehensive exam fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics

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University of North Texas

• B.A., Political Science; B.S., Economics

• Minors: Arabic, Mathematics

 

Published Articles

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“Hardship, Recompense, and Divine Law: Al-Fārābī on the “Virtue of Struggle.”   Polity 56, no. 4 (2024): 584–607.

“Moral Epistemology and the Revision of Divine Law in Islam.” Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 10, no. 1 (2021): 43–70.

“Political Rationalism and the Theological Alternative in Alfarabi's Book of Religion.” The Review of Politics 80, no. 4 (2018): 625–48.

Working Papers

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“Religion Made Human: Al-Fārābi’s Kitāb al-Ḥurūf on Philosophy's Twofold Interest in Religion”

Metaphysics and Political Science in Al-Fārābi’s Kitāb Taḥṣīl al-Sa‘āda

Book Reviews

Review of Alfarabi: The Political Writings, Volume II, ed. and trans. Charles E. Butterworth. In Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 43/1 (Fall 2016).

Book Manuscript

Revival, Reform, and Reason in Islam: Al-Farabi on the Relationship Between Religion and Politics

Invited Talks

“Hardship, Salvation, and the Limits of Secularism: Al-Fārābī on the ‘Virtue of Struggle’”

Occidental College
June 18, 2020 (Given virtually)

“Struggle and Salvation in Islamic Theology”

University of West Georgia
November 12, 2019

“Al-Fārābī on the ‘Virtue of Struggle’ in Islamic Law”

University of Texas at Austin
February 21, 2019

Conference Presentations

“Religion Made Human: Al-Fārābi’s Kitāb al-Hurūf on the Antagonism Between Religion and Philosophy”

Southern Political Science Association: January 2022

“Hardship and Salvation in Islamic Thought: Al-Fārābī on the ‘Virtue of Struggle’”

American Political Science Association: September 2020

“Politics, Religion, and Philosophy in Al-Fārābī’s Book of Religion”

Midwest Political Science Association: April, 2015

“The Treatment of the Philosopher-King in Plato's Republic”

Midwest Political Science Association: April, 2013