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)