Academic Background

Academic Career

Since September 2023 — Researcher in Islamic Studies and the History of the Muslim World at the French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo), within the Department of Medieval and Modern Arab Studies. Regional coordinator and lead for the research division on Islamic studies (Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq).

Assistant Professor &
Lecturer
2020-2023
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
 
Lecturer in Arabic language (levels A2–B1) at Sciences Po Paris (Reims campus)
ATER
2017-2019
Teaching and Research Assistant (ATER) in Arabic Studies, Grenoble-Alpes University, UFR LEA
Lecturer
2015-2017
Lecturer at University of Paris 8 Vincennes – Saint-Denis

Teaching

2020-2023

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Department of Religion and Theology, Assistant Professor:

  • Islamic history before 1800
  • Classical Arabic
  • Islamic thought and law
  • Tajwīd science

Sciences Po Paris University, Paris, Arabic section, Lecturer:

  • Oral and written comprehension and expression in Arabic (undergraduate)
  • Classical Arabic literature history (undergraduate)
 
2017-2019

Grenoble-Alpes University, Grenoble, Arabic Studies Department, Lecturer:             

  • Medieval Islamic civilisation history (undergraduate)
  • Islamic law and thought (postgraduate)
  • Classical Arabic literature (undergraduate)
  • Oral and written comprehension and expression in Arabic (undergraduate)
  • History and news of Arabic medias (undergraduate)
  • Economy and socioeconomic development in the Arab world (undergraduate)
  • Analysis of Classical Arabic sources (postgraduate)
  • Professional communication in Arabic (postgraduate)
  • Translation (postgraduate)
  • Arabic grammar (undergraduate)
2015-2017

Paris 8 University, Paris, Arabic Studies Department, Teaching fellow:

  • Islamic law and thought (postgraduate)
  • Islamic history towards the texts (undergraduate)
  • Modern Arabic world history (undergraduate)
  • Medieval Islamic civilisation history (undergraduate)
  • Cultural studies of the Arab world (postgraduate)
  • Classic Arabic literature (undergraduate)
  • Arabic medias (undergraduate)

Academic Education

PhD
2019
Islamic Studies and History, Paris 1 Panthéon
Sorbonne University in collaboration with the SOAS of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)Dissertation: The Mamluks and War: Strategy, Tactic and Ideology (1250-1375) (in French)Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Denoix (CNRS); co-supervisor: Professor Hugh Kennedy (School of Oriental and African Studies)
MA
2013
MA, Arabic Language INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations), Paris
MA
2011
MA, Islamic History Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne University
Formation
2009-2010

Diploma of Arabic language
Cairo

Bachelor
2008
Cergy-Pontoise University Bachelor degree, History