Sarhan Dhouib
AGYA Alumni Jointly building bridges into the future
- Philosophy
Areas of Expertise:
German idealism; Arab-Islamic philosophy; Intercultural philosophy; Political philosophy
Membership:
2013
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2018
Contact
University of Hildesheim, Germany
Kulturwissenschaften und Ästhetische Kommunikation
Institut für Philosophie
Universitätsplatz 1
31141 Hildesheim
Germany
About me
The enlightenment needs to be enlightened!
My research focuses on themes revolving around German classical philosophy, political philosophy, as well as modern Arabic philosophy. AGYA has given me an opportunity to deepen my expertise by further exploring intercultural and interdisciplinary aspects of my research. With my colleagues Carola Richter, Fatima Kastner, and Florian Kohstall, I was able to consider the academic transformations that emerged after the ‘Arab Spring’ from both a theoretical and biographical perspective. AGYA’s diverse network has facilitated my adoption of an interdisciplinary viewpoint, which has yielded valuable insights for my projects. So far, I have carried out two stimulating projects in collaboration with my Algerian AGYA colleague Faycal Djeffal. The anthology Konzepte von Toleranz und Intoleranz in der arabischen Welt (De Gruyter) will be published in 2021. We also co-organized a lecture series during the 2019–2020 winter semester at the University of Hildesheim, which featured presentations by and about contemporary Arab women philosophers. These two projects have brought me into new intellectual territory, and I expect my future academic endeavours to continue to benefit greatly from my engagement in AGYA.
Academic Career
2020 - today | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim, Germany | |
2020 | Visiting Researcher funded by Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, University of Fes, Morocco | |
2019 - 2020 | Research Assistant for the DFG Koselleck Project ‘Histories of Philosophy in a Global Perspective’, Department of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim, Germany | |
2019 | Co-operation Partner of the Collège de Tunis pour la philosophie, Tunisia | |
2016 - 2017 | Research Fellowship, Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, Germany | |
2016 | Visiting Professor of Intercultural Philosophy (Philosophie im Vergleich der Kulturen), Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany | |
| 2011 | Intercultural Award in Philosophy by the Goethe-Institute | |
| 2010 - 2019 | Assistant Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Kassel, Germany | |
| 2008 - 2009 | Research Assistant for the Project ‘Selbst- und Fremdbilder in ausgewählten Schulbüchern im Nahen Osten’, Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany | |
| 2004 -2009 | Research Assistant at the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy (Paris) at the University of Bremen, Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany | |
| 2004 - 2008 | Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, University of Bremen, Germany | |
| 2000 | Research Assistant at the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for the Arabic world at the University of Tunis, Department of Philosophy, University of Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 1998 - 2000 | Philosophy Teacher/Education Instructor, Ministry of Education and Learning, Tunisia | |
| 1998 - 2000 | DEA (Magister), Department of Philosophy, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France |
- My Commitment to AGYA
- Former Member in Charge of the Working Group 'Transformation'
- Task Force 'Salon Sophie Charlotte' 2017
- Selection Committee 'New AGYA Members' 2014
My advice to future AGYA members
I strongly believe that social transformation can only be brought about by research cooperation across geographical and disciplinary borders.
On a personal note
Must read in my discipline:
The Republic by Plato
Favourite novel:
The Dam (as-Sud) by Mahmoud Messadi
Best thinker/scientist from my country:
Ibn Khaldun
