The Raja Zarith Sofia Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (RZS CASIS) is privileged and takes great pleasure in announcing that Professor Dr. Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud has been officially conferred the inaugural holder of the Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Distinguished Chair of Islamic Thought effective March 1, 2019.

The Chair is endowed by Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Johor and the Raja Zarith Sofiah Foundation, and is established at the University of Technology Malaysia’s Raja Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science and Civilisation (RZS CASIS). The chair is named in honor of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, the world-renowned Malay Muslim thinker in the contemporary world.

The establishment of the Chair was proposed by the current Director of CASIS, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khalif Muammar A. Harris and was agreed at the presence of Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah and Yang Mulia Tan Sri Professor Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in a closed-door meeting on 23 July 2017, and will commence for the duration of three years to begin with. On 23rd October 2018, JCorp and QSR Brands contributed a non-expendable fund (3 years) of RM2 million to the UTM Endowment Fund for the purpose of funding the Al-Attas Chair.

During this duration, Professor Wan Mohd Nor will deliver the RZS CASIS Saturday Night Lecture series; conduct scholarly dialogues and a seminar(s); intellectually guide students of RZS CASIS; and publish academic paper(s) and/or a book in the field of Islamic thought.

https://www.utm.my/casis/blog/2019/04...