Patrick Laude
Title: Professor
Expertise: Poetry, comparative mysticism, French and Francophone literature
Room Number: A153 Office Phone: +974-457-8247
Dr. Laude has been on the SFS-Qatar faculty since August 2006. A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, he earned a Master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Paris IV Sorbonne with certificates in Indian and Islamic philosophy, and a thesis on Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī. He received his Ph.D in French literature in1985 from Indiana University with a dissertation on the French poetry of South East Asia. He has been teaching in the French Department at Georgetown’s main campus since 1991, and has been Professor since 2001. He also taught courses in the Liberal Studies, Catholic Studies and Comparative Literature programs.
Professor Laude's personal and academic interests lie in the relationship between poetry and contemplative or mystical traditions, as well as in Western representations and interpretations of Islam and Asian religions. He is the author of nine books, including Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religion, 2006, Divine Play, Sacred Laughter and Spiritual Understanding, 2005, Singing the Way: Insights in Poetry and Spiritual Transformation, 2005, Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998): Life and Teachings, 2004, Massignon intérieur, 2001, and Approches du quiétisme, 1992. His latest book, Unveiling an Inner Islam, written in Qatar, is forthcoming with the State University of New York Press in 2009.
He is a regular contributor to Parabola: The Search for Meaning, and he has authored numerous articles on comparative religion, mysticism and poetry in international academic journals such as Symposium, Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, Neophilologus, Revue théologique de Louvain, Littératures classiques, and Sophia: The International Journal for Philosophy of the Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics.
More information is available at Professor Laude's Website.
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Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Nov 10, 6pm-7:30pm: Monthly Dialogue: John Crist
- Nov 17, 5pm: Faculty Film - The Last Wave
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series
SFS-Qatar News
- SFS Dean Discusses Changing Face of International Relations
More than 300 people gathered at the Four Seasons on Monday evening to listen to Georgetown professor Carol Lancaster discuss the “new world order” in international relations, and how this will impact the balance of wealth and power in the coming years. (October 14, 2009) - Georgetown Welcomes the Class of 2013
On Thursday, August 20, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) officially welcomed the Class of 2013 into the university during its New Student Convocation ceremony. (August 25, 2009) - Summer Camp Makes Global Knowledge Local
This July, teenagers from Qatar's 16 local schools participated in Planet Georgetown, an internationally-themed summer camp. (August 01, 2009)
