David M DiPasquale
Professor of the Practice
Biography
David M. DiPasquale studies the intersection between Islamic law and political thought in pre-modern and contemporary contexts; the transmission and recovery of Greek science by Arabic-speaking Muslims in the Middle Ages; and the political philosophy of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes. In addition, he is interested in the relation between Islam and the West. Under contract with Cambridge University Press is his book Alfarabi’s Book of Dialectic (Kitab al-Jadal): On the Starting Point of Islamic Philosophy , which includes the first English translation of the full Arabic text. He has taught many courses, including Introduction to Islamic Civilization; Islamic Political Philosophy; Islam and Liberal Democracy; the Political Philosophy of Alfarabi; and Islamic Platonism. Professor DiPasquale was the winner of the 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, presented by Boston College students in the prestigious honor society.
Official evaluation summary
Courses taught
- ICSP2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy
- POLI1042 Introduction to Modern Politics
- POLI2638 Islamic Political Philosophy
- ICSP1199 Islamic Civilization
- POLI2637 Introduction to Islamic Law
- POLI2625 Islam, the Muslim World, and Democratic Politics
- POLI2636 Medieval Jewish and Christian Political Philosophy
- ICSP4901 Readings and Research
- ICSP4906 Advanced Independent Research II
- ICSP4952 ICS Senior Thesis
- POLI4694 Islamic Philosophy in Disguise
- ICSP4905 Advanced Independent Research I
- ICSP7101 Readings and Research--Grad
- ICSP8801 Masters Thesis
- POLI2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy