Mohammed Arkoun

Thanks to Sayyed Mohsen Mousavi, who has linked to my page, I discovered the excellent Gifford Lectures webpage which has enough material to keep one busy for several lifetimes. As Mousavi notes, the text for Mohammed Arkoun's 2001 Lecture is online there:

The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought 2001, Mohammed Arkoun 

From Arkoun's biography at the Gifford Lectures site: Professor Arkoun's early studies of the historian and philosopher Ibn Miskawayh established his scholarly reputation. He taught at Lyon 2 University (1969-1972) and at the New Sorbonne University of Paris (1972-1992). Additionally he has taught at UCLA, Princeton University, Temple University, the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, the Pontifical Institute of Arabic Studies in Rome and the University of Amsterdam. He is Emeritus Professor at the Sorbonne as well as Senior Research Fellow and member of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Ismali Studies. Professor Arkoun serves as a jury member for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He has served as the scientific director of the magazine ARABICA and in 2002 he was a member of the international jury of the UNESCO Prize for the promotion of peace.