Conferences & Workshops by Ramzi Ben Amara
Alluding to George Marcus and James Clifford’s seminal study “Writing Culture” (1986), the presen... more Alluding to George Marcus and James Clifford’s seminal study “Writing Culture” (1986), the present workshop seeks to sensitize and remind us that academic writing is not a mere representation of reality, but a textual practice that is profoundly shaped by discursive rules (e.g. Orientalism), non-discursive regulations, material settings, political conditions, social norms and literary conventions. Reflecting on these general insights, the workshop intends to weigh the particular conditions that have shaped the geopolitics of academic writing in/on Morocco and Tunisia during the last years: who are its most important actors? Who are its publishers? Who are its intended readers? How do these institutional and non-institutional actors structure and shape the process of academic textual production in/on the two countries?
The workshop is opened by a round table discussion with Prof. Dr. Taoufiq Sakhkhane (Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Fes) and Prof. Dr. Mounir Saidani (University of Tunis El Manar) tackling the contemporary situation of academic writing and publishing in Tunisia and Morocco. The discussion is followed by a hands-on workshop conducted by Dr. Sabrina Sontheimer (LMU University of Munich, Writing Centre). Its objective is to scrutinize the papers of its participants by conveying them the dos and don’ts of academic writing in English, tackling issues like the writing process (developing ideas, structuring, writing, revising), differentiating topic, research question, thesis, overall structure and outline, paragraphing, style and typical mistakes.
While the attendance to the round-table discussion is open to everybody, places for the hands-on part are limited. For participation, please get in touch with Dr. Ben Amara, Dr. El Maaourf, or Dr. des. Hamid in advance.
In 2016, the project focuses on a number of classical and contemporary approaches to study the ne... more In 2016, the project focuses on a number of classical and contemporary approaches to study the nexus of media, knowledge and power. The program is structured in three intensive workshops, each dedicated to a particular subject, as well as an opening and a closing session that take place in Munich and in Tübingen respectively. The program’s overall objective is to accompany its participants in pursuing an individual or collaborative research project whose results are eventually published in 2017.
Papers by Ramzi Ben Amara
De Gruyter eBooks, Jun 17, 2024
Erinnerungen an Unrecht, 2021
The religious landscape of Northern Nigeria is very heterogeneous. Nevertheless two Sufi Brotherh... more The religious landscape of Northern Nigeria is very heterogeneous. Nevertheless two Sufi Brotherhoods, the Tijāniyya and the Qādiriyya dominated the religious field until the 1970s. This situation changed in 1978 with the appearance of Jama’atul Izalatzul Bid’a wa Ikamatis Sunna (Society for Removal of Innovation and Reestablishment of the Sunna). This reform movement was established to fight the so called bidac (in Arabic: non-Islamic innovations) on the basis of the tradition of the Prophet. The long Islam tradition in Nigeria has to be “purified” and the model of al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ (in Arabic: the pious predecessors) should be followed. This created numerous tensions between Izala and Sufi Brotherhoods. In 1999 and during the process of transition to the Fourth Republic Nigeria, Islamic Penal Law was re-implemented by the Governor of Zamfara State Ahmad Sani Yeriman Bakuru. This step was followed by eleven northern states. This meant amongst others the introduction of ḥudūd-punish...
ISSN: 2199-5346 Ra m zi Be n Am ar a T he Iz al a M ov em en t i n N ig er ia On the basis on sol... more ISSN: 2199-5346 Ra m zi Be n Am ar a T he Iz al a M ov em en t i n N ig er ia On the basis on solid fieldwork in northern Nigeria including participant observation, interviews with Izala, Sufis, and religion experts, and collection of unpublished material related to Izala, three aspects of the development of Izala past and present are analysed: its split, its relationship to Sufis, and its perception of sharīʿa re-implementation. “Field Theory” of Pierre Bourdieu, “Religious Market Theory” of Rodney Start, and “Modes of Religiosity Theory” of Harvey Whitehouse are theoretical tools of understanding the religious landscape of northern Nigeria and the dynamics of Islamic movements and groups.
Sharīʿa in Africa Today, 2013
Religion on the Move!, 2012
Journal of Religious History, 2011
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Conferences & Workshops by Ramzi Ben Amara
The workshop is opened by a round table discussion with Prof. Dr. Taoufiq Sakhkhane (Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Fes) and Prof. Dr. Mounir Saidani (University of Tunis El Manar) tackling the contemporary situation of academic writing and publishing in Tunisia and Morocco. The discussion is followed by a hands-on workshop conducted by Dr. Sabrina Sontheimer (LMU University of Munich, Writing Centre). Its objective is to scrutinize the papers of its participants by conveying them the dos and don’ts of academic writing in English, tackling issues like the writing process (developing ideas, structuring, writing, revising), differentiating topic, research question, thesis, overall structure and outline, paragraphing, style and typical mistakes.
While the attendance to the round-table discussion is open to everybody, places for the hands-on part are limited. For participation, please get in touch with Dr. Ben Amara, Dr. El Maaourf, or Dr. des. Hamid in advance.
Papers by Ramzi Ben Amara
The workshop is opened by a round table discussion with Prof. Dr. Taoufiq Sakhkhane (Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Fes) and Prof. Dr. Mounir Saidani (University of Tunis El Manar) tackling the contemporary situation of academic writing and publishing in Tunisia and Morocco. The discussion is followed by a hands-on workshop conducted by Dr. Sabrina Sontheimer (LMU University of Munich, Writing Centre). Its objective is to scrutinize the papers of its participants by conveying them the dos and don’ts of academic writing in English, tackling issues like the writing process (developing ideas, structuring, writing, revising), differentiating topic, research question, thesis, overall structure and outline, paragraphing, style and typical mistakes.
While the attendance to the round-table discussion is open to everybody, places for the hands-on part are limited. For participation, please get in touch with Dr. Ben Amara, Dr. El Maaourf, or Dr. des. Hamid in advance.