Sophie Gilliat-Ray OBE FBA FLSW is professor of Religious and Theological Studies and Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK at Cardiff University.[1]
Sophie Gilliat-Ray | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies; Islamic studies |
| Institutions | University of Cardiff |
Career
editGilliat-Ray studied Religious studies and interfaith studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she completed her PhD 'Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain' in 1994.[2] From 1994 until 1997 she was a research fellow in the department of sociology at the University of Warwick, and in 1998 at the University of Exeter.[3] Since 1998 she has worked at Cardiff University, where she was promoted to professor in 2013.[3] She is the director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.
She was the principal investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains' (2008–12),[4][5][6] She has also been the co-investigator on numerous other projects, including 'Understanding Religion and Law: Muslims, Fatwas and Muftis in the UK’ (with Robert Gleave and Mustafa Baig, 2016–17),[7] 'Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring' (with Helen Anne Sampson, 2017–20)[8]
Awards
edit- Muslim Council of Wales achievement award (2012)[9]
- Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2019)[10][11]
- OBE for services to Education and Muslim Communities in Britain (2020)[12]
- Fellow of the British Academy (2024)[13]
Publications
edit- 2003. 'Nursing, professionalism, and spirituality', Journal of Contemporary Religion, 18:3, 335–349, DOI: 10.1080/13537900310001601695
- 2005. ‘Sacralising’ Sacred Space in Public Institutions: A Case Study of the Prayer Space at the Millennium Dome', Journal of Contemporary Religion, 20:3, 357–372, DOI: 10.1080/13537900500249921
- 2010. Muslims in Britain. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-53688-2
- 2011. 'Being there’ the experience of shadowing a British Muslim Hospital chaplain. Qualitative Research. 11(5), 469–486. doi:10.1177/1468794111413223
- with Ali, M. M. and Pattison, S. 2013. Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy. Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series.
References
edit- ^ "People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Gilliat, Sophie (1994). Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain (doctoral thesis). University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
- ^ a b Religious, Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray Professor in; Studies, Theological; History, Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UKSchool of; Archaeology. "Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Religious, Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray Professor in; Studies, Theological. "Muslim chaplains". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains'". UKRI.
- ^ "Muslim chaplains as 'role models'". BBC News. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "People – British Fatwas". Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring". UKRI.
- ^ "Achievement Award for Islam UK Centre Director". 21 November 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Academics honoured". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Sophie Gilliat-Ray, OBE". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "New Year Honours". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024". The British Academy. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.