James F. Gould
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James Gould is a specialist on the Middle East and Islamic culture. Having worked as a diplomat for the Department of Foreign Affairs for thirty years, he is now retired. Dr. Gould will be teaching a seminar course on the rise of Islam in the Winter term at the University of Ottawa.
University Degrees
B.A., Middle Eastern Studies (University of Toronto)
M.A., Islamic History (AmericanUniversity in Cairo)
thesis: The Outbreak of the Ridda and the Campaign of Khalid b. al-Walid in Central Arabia
Ph.D., Islamic History (University of Edinburgh)
thesis: A Study of Two Rivalries in the umma (1-11AH) and Their Implications for the
Interpretation of the sira Literature
Selected Publications
-‘Promises and Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land’, The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (2005).
- ‘Islam and Democracy’, for the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs on behalf of the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (2006)
Selected Book Reviews
- ‘Tarikh al-ridda, gleaned from al-Iktifa' by al-Balansi’, Bibliotheca Orientalis (1975)
- ‘Desert Queen --- the Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia’, bout de papier: Canada’s Magazine of Diplomacy and Foreign Service (1997)
- ‘The International Struggle over Iraq: politics in the UN Security Council, 1980-2005’, bout de papier (2006).