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Curriculum vitae

Teaching

Since 2020

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 background

2019 - PhD, 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)

2013 - MA, Arabic Language

INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations), Paris

2011 - MA, Islamic History

Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne University

2009/2010 - Diploma of Arabic language

Cairo

2009 - Paris IV - Sorbonne University

University degree, Arabic language

2008 - Cergy-Pontoise University

Bachelor degree, History