ISLAM IN AMERICA: A Conversation with Prof. Khalid Blankinship

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In this program, religious scholar and historian Prof. Khalid Blankinship discusses his conversion to Islam, his in-depth study of this world religion, and the current situation of Muslims in the United States.

The host is Dr. Mikhail Sergeev, a historian of philosophy and religion. At the end of the conversation – answers to viewers' questions live on air.

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KHALID YAHYA BLANKINSHIP (b. 1949) — is an American historian specializing in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.

Khalid Blankinship obtained his BA in History in 1973 from the University of Washington, his first MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in 1975 from the American University in Cairo, his second MA in Islamic History in 1983 from Cairo University, and his Ph.D. in History in 1988 from the University of Washington.

From 1969 to 1971, he traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East and began to learn Arabic. In 1973, shortly before his return to the Middle East, he became a Muslim in Seattle. Blankinship resided in Egypt for eleven years and in Saudi Arabia at Makkah for a year. He also lived for shorter periods in Jerusalem, Lebanon, Houston, TX, and, most recently, Amman, Jordan.

Blankinship obtained his Ph.D. in History from the University of Washington in 1988, where he taught history courses before, during, and after earning his doctorate. In 1990, he moved to Philadelphia, where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Religion, received tenure and was promoted to Associate and Full Professor, and became Chair of the Department of Religion in 1998, a position he still holds.

In his teaching and academic research, Prof. Blankinship specializes in world history, classical and modern Islam, religion and science, and religious and secular ethics. He has delivered lectures in various countries, including Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, India, and Malaysia. He also participated in the series of religious lectures in Arabic called al-Durûs al-Hasaniyyah (Hasanian Lectures) presented before the king in Morocco during Ramadân 1989-2000. Dr. Blankinship has authored five books, including his latest, A Reader’s Guide to Classical Muslim Religious Literature in English: The Qur’ân and Tafsîr (2021).