Marshall Hodgson
Marshall G.S. Hodgson | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1922 Richmond, Indiana, United States |
| Died | June 10, 1968 (aged 46) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Known for | Coining the term "Islamicate", contributions to Islamic and world history studies |
| Title | American historian |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Ralph Waldo Emerson Award (posthumous) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Academic advisors | Gustave von Grunebaum, Muhsin Mehdi, William H. McNeill, John Ulric Nef |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Islamic studies, world history |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Notable works | The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization |
Marshall Goodwin Simms Hodgson (April 11, 1922 – June 10, 1968) was an American historian and scholar of Islamic studies, best known for his pioneering work on Islamic civilization and his broader contributions to world history. He taught at the University of Chicago, where he developed an influential yearlong course on Islamic civilizations and later chaired the interdisciplinary Committee on Social Thought.
Hodgson's scholarship, particularly through his posthumously published three-volume work The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization, introduced new interpretive frameworks to understand Islam's global and cultural complexity. He critiqued Eurocentrism and coined the term "Islamicate" to distinguish cultural phenomena associated with Muslim societies from those that are strictly religious.