Dr Mahmood Chandia
Senior Lecturer, Course Leader - MA Intercultural Business Communication
School of Psychology and Humanities
Mahmood successfully completed at the University of Manchester a Doctoral research programme and was awarded a Ph. D in Middle Eastern Studies in 1999. In August 2002, he was appointed as Senior Lecturer in and Programme Leader of Islamic Studies. He is now Programme lead for the MA in Intercultural Business Communication (with professional placement) and the Humanities Foundation Studies programme, as well as a senior lecturer in Religion, Culture and Society. He is also an associate member of the UCLan Cybercrime Research Unit. He lectures on a variety of Humanities and Social Science disciplines. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Mahmood Chandia has attended a diverse range of Institutions. After memorising the Holy Quran, Mahmood pursued Islamic and Arabic Language Studies (1988) at a traditional Muslim Institute of Learning in England: Darul Uloom, Bury. This was followed by undergraduate studies leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies (1990) from the renowned Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Mahmood then progressed to Post-graduate studies leading to a Master of Arts (1992) and Ph. D in Middle Eastern Studies (1999), at the University of Manchester, England.
- His research interests include: Religion, Culture and Society, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic Jurisprudence and Thought, Muslims in Britain, Muslim Studies, Islamic Philosophy and Islamic Finance, Religion & Health, Faith and Food Hygiene. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Subject Areas: Religion, Culture and Society; Middle Eastern Studies; classical Islamic texts and Arabic language studies.
- Consultee: National Burial Council
- Consultee: United Nations Social Development Project in Tanzania in collaboration with Faith Associates, U.K.
- Senior Lecturer in Volunteering and Community Leadership
- Doctoral, MA and BA Research Supervisor
Contextualising Islam in Britain Project (I/II), Muslim Schools and Governance.
Publications:
Choong, K. & Chandia, M., ‘The Conflation of Ethnicity and Religion in Malaysia: A Reflection’, Cardoza Journal of International Comparative law, 23 (3)
Choong, K. & Chandia, M., ‘Technology at the End of Life: Medical Futility and the Muslim PVS Patient’ (2013) 9 International Review of Law Read more
Shah A. & Chandia, M., ‘The Relationship between Suicide and Islam: A Cross-National Study’, (2010) 2(2) Journal of Injury and Violence.
Chandia, M. and Walley, B. ‘Conceptual Landscapes of Global Environmental Conscientization’ (Palgrave Macmillan), (forthcoming winter, 2017).
(Freire International Conference on Transforming Communities: UCLan, 2014,)
Melling, A. & Chandia, M., Understanding Community Leadership: Theory and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan) (forthcoming, 2019).
Soong, J.M., Chandia, Regenstien, J., M., ‘Halal Integrity in the Food Supply Chain’ (Subject to Peer Review process: British Food Journal, 2016)
Chandia, M. & Soon, J. ‘The Variations in Legal and Religious Understandings of Halal Slaughter’ (forthcoming autumn, British Food Journal, 2017)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
'Building Resilience of African Faith-Based Communities' (Second International Paulo Freire Conference (13th-15th September, 2017) in Larnaka, Cyprus at the UCLan, Cyprus campus organised by the Centre for Volunteering and Community Leadership. Chandia, M. and Warraich, S.
‘HEIs: Faith Leadership in Contemporary Society’ (Second International Paulo Freire Conference (13th-15th September, 2017) in Larnaka, Cyprus at the UCLan, Cyprus campus organised by the Centre for Volunteering and Community Leadership. King, C. and Chandia, M.
‘An appraisal of the ‘three-parent babies’ technique from an Islamic bioethics perspective’ (The WAML conference: Bio-ethics session, 2-6 August, 2015, Choong, K. and Chandia, M.
‘Faith-framed donation: the presumptions of English law and the Islamic contextual challenge’ (Lancaster University conference on ‘Deconstructing Donation’, 2015, Chandia, M., Scott, N. and Choong, K.)
‘Partial or Holistic Well-being? Why the NHS Should Support Faith-Based Counselling’ (20th World Congress on Medical Law, Bali, August 2014, Choong, K. and Chandia, M.)
‘Transformative Learning on a Student Field Trip: Interfaith Dialogue (Freire International Conference on Transforming Communities: UCLan, 2014, Chandia, M.)
‘The Conflation of Ethnicity and Religion in Malaysia: Impact and Implications’ (Budapest University, Hungary, June, 2013, Chandia, M. and Choong, K.
‘Religion Justice and Wellbeing: The Normative Foundations of Public Policy: A Muslim Community Perspective’ (UCLan Conference on Philosophy and Wellbeing, Oct, 2009) Chandia, M.
- Mahmood is a member of Social Sciences Research group and University of Central Lancashire Criminology Research Unit.
- ‘An appraisal of the ‘three-parent babies’ technique from an islamic bioethics perspective’ (The WAML conference: Bio-ethics session, 2-6 August, 2015, Choong, K. and Chandia, M.) forthcoming
- ‘Higher Education Institutes: Faith Leadership in Contemporary Society’ (Muslim Leadership in Britain: Developments, Challenges and Opportunities, UCLan, Preston, 2015, King and Chandia)
- ‘Faith-framed donation: the presumptions of English law and the Islamic contextual challenge’ (Lancaster University conference on ‘Deconstructing Donation’, 2015, Chandia, Scott and Choong)
- ‘Partial or Holistic Well-being? Why the NHS Should Support Faith-Based Counselling’ (20th World Congress on Medical Law, Bali, August 2014, Choong and Chandia)
- ‘Conceptual Landscapes of Global Environmental Conscientization’ (Freire International Conference on Transforming Communities: UCLan, 2014, Chandia and Walley)
- ‘Transformative Learning on a Student Field Trip: Interfaith Dialogue (Freire International Conference on Transforming Communities: UCLan, 2014, Chandia)
- ‘The Conflation of Ethnicity and Religion in Malaysia: Impact and Implications’ (Budapest University, Hungary, June, 2013, Chandia and Choong)
- ‘Technology at the End of Life: Medical Futility and the Muslim PVS Patient’ (Bileta Conference, University of Liverpool April 2013, Choong and Chandia)
- ‘Religion Justice and Wellbeing: The Normative Foundations of Public Policy: A Muslim Community Perspective’ (UCLan Conference on Philosophy and Wellbeing, Oct, 2009, Chandia)
Telephone:+44 (0) 1772 89 3093
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