Ahmad ZOABI (EL)

Assistant Professor

Doctoral School of Human and Social Sciences
Chargé de Cours

Institute of Muslim-Christian Studies
Chargé de Cours

Institute of Oriental Studies
Responsable programme : islamologie

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5609 ahmad.zoabi@usj.edu.lb

Lebanese scholar and academic, born in 1975, specialized in Islamic studies and contemporary Arab thought. Professor at St. Joseph's University in Beirut USJ since 2016, participated in local and international conferences and published a number of books and research in my field.


Education

Degree University Country Year
PHD Al Makassed Islamique Lebanon 2015
Master Al Makassed Islamique Lebanon 2002
Bachelor Beirut Islamic University (BIU) Lebanon 1999

Teaching at USJ

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University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Islamic political thought course Lebanon Al Makassed Islamique 01/01/2022 01/01/2023
Islamic political thought course Lebanon Arts , Sciences and technology University of Lebanon 01/01/2015 01/01/2023

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
News Director Lebanon 24 01/01/2011 01/01/2019
Political Journalist Al-Mustaqbal 01/01/2001 01/01/2011

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Research themes

- Islamic political thought (classical and contemporary), classical Arab-Islamic civilization, history of legislation, Renaissance literature (Arab thought in the Middle Ages).

- Issues of cultural and social development and human rights, Christian-Islamic dialogue and relations between religions and Islamic movements in the Arab world.  

Publications and communications

• May 2024: Seminar “Western Centralism and the Monopoly ofHegemony”, (speaker), within the activities of the cultural program of the 29thsession of the International Book Fair in Rabat - Morocco.

• April 2024: International Conference “Modern Research in IslamicSciences: Problems and Methods,” Institute of Oriental Literature ILO, SaintJoseph University in Beirut USJ (organizer and participant).

• February 2024: The Holy Text and Humanism - An IslamicApproach,” a paper within the conference “Problematics of the Holy Text inChristianity and Islam - The Fourth Axis - The Holy Text and Humanism,” Facultyof Religious Sciences at Saint Joseph University and the Bible Society.

• March 2023: The theory of love according to jurists: A readingof the literature of Ibn Hazm and Ibn Taymiyyah, a paper within the “Aspects ofLove and Its Manifestations” conference, organized by the Louis Bouzier Centerfor the Study of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations USJ (under publication).

• December 2022: The Epistemology of Groups by Jennifer Lackey,(review), Qiraat Magazine, Mohammed bin Zayed University for the Humanities/AbuDhabi.