College:
St Antony's College
Thesis title:
Mecca on Thames: Transnational Islamic Activism in the United Kingdom, 1986-2003.
Supervisors:
Raihan Ismail and Michael Willis
Biography:
Daniel Miller is a doctoral candidate in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St Antony’s College. His research focuses on the activities and networks of Islamic activists from the Arab world living in exile in the UK at the latter end of the 20th century. He is supervised by Professors Raihan Ismail and Michael Willis, and is the recipient of the H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani scholarship in Contemporary Islamic Studies. He also retains strong research interests in the history of the Arab Gulf, particularly the Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia.
Daniel received a Distinction in his MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford (St. Peter’s College), and First Class Honours (with distinction in the colloquial use of Arabic) in his BA in European and Middle Eastern Languages (French and Arabic), also from the University of Oxford (Pembroke College), for which he was also the recipient of the Roger Bannister Scholarship for academic and sporting excellence and the Brian Wilson Prize for Arabic.
Daniel retains an interest in languages, speaking Arabic, Hebrew, and French to full research standard, and is currently formally studying Urdu and Uzbek. Outside of his studies he is also a keen sportsman, having represented the university at national level in Australian Rules Football.
Research interests:
Islamic political movements, Modern Islamic thought, and the history of the Arab states of the Gulf.
Publications:
Miller, Daniel. 2024. ‘Language Use and Perceptions in Morocco: Reviewing the Success of the National Charter for Education and Training’. Oxford Middle East Review 8 (1): 80–116.
