Prof. Dr. Moncef Ben Abdeljelil

Personal details

Since 2011 Dean, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Since 2009 Professor at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia
2003–2009 Professor and Head of the Educational Programs, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations, Aga Khan University London, UK
Since 2003 Professor for Islamic Thought and Arab Civilization at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia
1997–2003 Maître de conferences (Associate Prof.) for Islamic Thought and Arab Civilizations, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia
1997 Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Tunis I, La Mannouba, Tunisia
1994–1999 Counselor to the Minister of Higher Education, Reformation of religious and Islamic Studies at Zaytuna University of Tunis, Ministry of Higher Education, Tunisia
1991–1997 Assistant Professor for Islamic Thought and Arabic Civilizations, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Tunis, Tunisia
1991–1994 Counselor to the Minister of Education and Sciences, Reformation of Islamic School Education, Training of Teachers, Ministry of Higher Education, Tunisia
1991 Visiting Researcher (DAAD fellow) at University of Tübingen, Germany
1987–1991 Assistant Professor for Islamic Thought and Arabic Civilizations, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of the Centre, Sousse, Tunisia
1986–1987 Fulbright Fellow Visiting Researcher at Princeton University, USA
1985 Diploma in in Arabic Language and literature, University of Tunis I, La Mannouba, Tunisia

Research profile

  • Classical Islamic Thought
  • Sects in Islam
  • Contemporary Islamic Thought with special focus on Muslim responses to modernity, the status of women, and educational reforms in the Arab world

Publications

Monographs (samples)

  • Kitab al Sirat attributed to al-Mufaddal al-Ju’fi. Beirut: Dar al-Madar al-Islami, 2004.
  • The Marginal Sect in Islam with focus on Nusairis-Alevis and Babis-Baha’is. Beirut: Dar al-Madar al-Islami, 2004.

Contributions to Books and Journals (samples)

  • Awaiting my husband: Empowering Women in Muslim Contexts. In: Raoudha Gmara (ed.): Melanges offerts à Abdelmajid Charfi, 2009.
  • Contributions of contemporary thinkers in the renovation of Muslim thought. In: University of Tunis Annales, vol. 45, 2002. (in Arabic)
  • Ibn al-Li’an in Islamic Law: Reflections on some inconsistencies on contemporary family law in Muslim societies. In: Naila Silini (ed.): al-Sabiy fi-l-Fiqh wa-l-Mujtama’. Sousse: Faculté Des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, 2009.
  • Tradition and Modernity. In: Contemporary Arabic Thought, vol. 88/89, 1991. (in Arabic)
  • Critical Methods in the Study of the Quran in contemporary Arab Scholarship. In: The Quran in its Historical context, forthcoming.
  • Reforming the content of Islamic Education. In: Osama Abi –Mershad (ed.): Arab Education: trajectories and development. Lavoisier, 2009.
  • Fi-l-Akhdhi bi-Riwayat al-Awamm (on the authenticity of the Shiite traditions reported by the Sunnites in the formative period of Muslim thought). In: University of Tunis Annales, 2003.
  • Immigrant Islam: reinterpreting the Islamic Identity. In: Approaches to Religious Texts, Heft 165, Tunis, 1989.
  • Remarks on Djaiet’s Revelation, Quran and Prophecy. In: University of Tunis Annales, vol. 44, 2001. (in Arabic)