Dr Adeel Khan

Dr Adeel Khan is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities, in the Faculty of Arts; and also lectures in the School of Health in the Faculty of the Professions at UNE. Adeel is a political sociologist, with special interest in social theory and critical thinking. He holds a Masters degree in Communication  (University of Canberra, Australia) and a PhD in Sociology (University of Wollongong, Australia).

Adeel’s research interests include issues of identity, ethnicity, nationalism, fundamentalism, gender-based violence and role of the modern state, on which he has given scores of papers at international conferences and guest lectures at various universities. Adeel has authored a book, Politics of Identity: Ethnic Nationalism and the State in Pakistan (Sage Publications, 2005) and has widely published in various international journals. Between 2005-07, he undertook a research  project funded by the Ford Foundation  and sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru University's (New Delhi) Project on ‘Dialogue on Democracy and Pluralism in South Asia’. 

Dr Khan's presentation at the Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions Conference was, Religious Militancy and the Pakistan Army.