Associate Director
Department: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
PhD, University of Virginia, Political Theory Program (2013)
Dr. Halil Yenigun is a political theorist with a deep passion for Islamic studies. He was a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Abbasi Program from 2017 to 2019. He earned his Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Virginia's political theory program, with his dissertation titled, "The Political Ontology of Islamic Democracy: An Ontological Narrative of Contemporary Muslim Political Thought."
