Past Visiting Scholars
- Mallam Mohammed Bashir Abubakar, Adamawa State University (Nigeria)
- Muhammad Abdulaziz, University of Nairobi (Kenya)
- Oluwakemi Adesina, University of Ibadan (Nigeria)
- Abdelwahab el-Affendi, Centre for the Study of Democracy (United Kingdom)
- Abdallah Chanfi Ahmed, Zentrum Moderner Orient (Germany)
- Margot Badran, Independent Scholar (Egypt and US)
- Heike Behrend, University of Cologne (Germany)
- Hamidu Bobboyi, Islamic Trust (Nigeria)
- Said Bousbina, Independent Scholar (France)
- Said Bouterfa, Project Manumed (Algeria)
- Andrea Brigaglia, University of Capetown (South Africa)
- Mukhtar Umar Bunza, Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria)
- Mariella Villasante Cervello, Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman (France)
- Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh, University of Metz (France)
- Rachida Chih, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
- Francesca Declich, University of Urbino (Italy)
- Nikolai Dobronravine, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
- Gilbert Lamblin Taguem Fah, University of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
- Paulo Fernandes de Moraes Farias, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
- Muhammad Al-Munir Gibrill, Indiana University (US)
- Ibrahim Haruna Hassan, University of Jos (Nigeria)
- Abdullahi Ali Ibrahim, University of Missouri (US)
- Abdulai Iddrisu, St. Olaf College (US)
- Ayesha Imam, BAOBOB for Women’s Human Rights (Nigeria)
- Shamil Jeppie, University of Capetown (South Africa)
- Ousmane Kane, Columbia University (US)
- Abdulbasit Kassim, Rice University (US)
- Weijian Li, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Cheikhouna Lô, Independent Scholar, Touba (Senegal)
- Penda Mbow, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Senegal)
- Shaaban Ali Kachenje Mlacha, University of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)
- Elemine Moustapha, University of Nouakchott (Mauritania)
- Hassan Mwakimako, Maryknoll Institute of African Studies (Kenya)
- Paul Naylor, University of Birmingham (UK)
- Abdoulaye Niang, Université Gaston-Berger de Saint Louis (Senegal)
- Mwanakombo Mohamed Noordin, Moi University (Kenya)
- Marta Garcia Novo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
- Hassan Ndzovu, Moi University (Kenya)
- Isaac Ogunbiyi, Lagos State University (Nigeria)
- Fakhruddin Owaisi, University of Capetown (South Africa)
- Chiara Pagano, University of Rome, Roma Tre (Italy)
- Ulrich Rebstock, University of Frieburg (Germany)
- Abdourahmane Seck, Université Gaston-Berger de Saint Louis (Senegal)
- Kim Searcy, Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Heather Sharkey, University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Inyani K. Simala, Masinde Muliro University (Kenya)
- Knut Vikor, University of Bergen (Norway)
- Francesco Zappa, University of Rome, La Sapienza (Italy)