Carool Kersten is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at King's College London (University of London) and an associate lecturer in the Faculty of Arts of Open University (OU)in the United Kingdom. His research interests include contemporary thought in the Muslim world, intellectual history of the Muslim world, Islamic Studies as a field of academic inquiry, theory and method of the study of religions, the history of Islam in Southeast Asia, Dutch expansion in Southeast Asia, travel writing.
Publications include Strange Events in the Kingdoms of Cambodia and Laos 1635-1644 Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2003), Dr. Muller's Asian Journey: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Yunnan (1907-1909) (Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2005). He has contributed chapters to edited volumes in world religions and Southeast Asian history, the MacMillan Encyclopedia on Race and Racism, and references works on history by ABC-CLIO. Articles and book reviews have appeared in journals like Asian Affairs, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Bijdragen Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Journal of Comparative Islamic Studies, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of the Siam Society, Prajñâ Vihâra. The Journal of Philosophy and Religion, Religious Studies Review.
He is a PhD Candidate in the Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and Afircan Studies (SOAS) in London, a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists in the UK, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, member of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs, the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR), and the American Academy of Religions (AAR).
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