Mondes Arabe, Musulman et Sémitique

Mondes Arabe, Musulman et Sémitique http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique Mondes Arabe, Musulman et Sémitique Blog pédagogique du laboratoire IREMAM pcassuto 2013-06-17T18:06:15Z Université du Roi Saoud http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique/arabian-peninsula/2012/06/13/universit-du-roi-saoud <div> <a href="http://www.aeres-evaluation.fr/" target="_blank" title="logo AERES"> <img src="http://www.aeres-evaluation.fr/extension/aeres_ext/design/aeres/images/css/logo.png" alt="AERES" align="left" /></a>L’AERES et l’ <a href="http://ksu.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">université du Roi Saoud</a> ont signé, en 2011, quatre conventions afin que l’agence évalue, à des fins d’accréditation au regard des standards d’assurance qualité européens d’enseignement supérieur:     * quatre formations de la faculté de langues et traduction;     * trois formations de la faculté de tourisme et archéologie;     * deux formations de la faculté de droit et science politique;     * trois formations de l’institut de langue arabe. Conduit sous la responsabilité de la section des formations et diplômes de l’AERES, le processus d’évaluation, débuté le 15 juin 2011, s’est articulé en plusieurs étapes : préparation du dossier d’autoévaluation par chaque faculté ; examen des documents par les comités d’experts constitués par l’AERES ; visite sur site des comités d’experts au sein de chaque faculté ; présentations des résultats des évaluations. Les formations accréditées, pour 2 ou 5 ans, par l’AERES:     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de français;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor d’espagnol;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor d’allemand;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de russe;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor d’archéologie;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de droit;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de science politique;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de management du tourisme et gestion hôtelière;     * Accréditation pour Bachelor de management des ressources patrimoniales et de guides touristiques;     * Accréditation pour Programme intensif de langue arabe;     * Accréditation pour Programme post-bachelor de formation d'enseignants d'arabe langue étrangère/langue seconde;     * Accréditation pour Programme post-bachelor de formation continue d'enseignants en exercice d'arabe langue étrangère/langue seconde. <div> <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?client=tmpg&hl=en&langpair=fr%7Cda&rurl=translate.google.com&u=http://www.aeres-evaluation.fr/&usg=ALkJrhjLzqfYY7qaM-EWIPALsavrTpDkuw" target="_blank" title="logo AERES"><img src="http://www.aeres-evaluation.fr/extension/aeres_ext/design/aeres/images/css/logo.png" alt="AERES" align="left" /></a>AERES og <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?client=tmpg&hl=en&langpair=fr%7Cda&rurl=translate.google.com&u=http://ksu.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx&usg=ALkJrhi8R7F8yhdvtGy9tsFvsv6_a5WymA" target="_blank">King Saud University</a> underskrevet i 2011, fire aftaler, således at agenturet vurderer, med henblik på godkendelse i henhold til kvalitetsstandarder for videregående uddannelser i Europa: * Fire kurser Fakultetet for Sprog og oversættelse; * Tre kurser fakultetet for turisme og arkæologi; * To formationer af Det Juridiske Fakultet og statskundskab; * Tre kurser på Institut for arabisk. <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.univ-provence.fr%2Fblog%2Fcoordination-rgionale-paca&langpair=fr%7Cda" target="_blank">Mere</a>... </div> </div> Arabian Peninsula 2012-06-13T21:00:00Z pcassuto Yemen - Privatization of higher education http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique/higher-education/2012/04/30/yemen-privatization-of-higher-education <div> <a href="http://www.yementimes.com/en/1568/opinion/789/Privatization-of-higher-education.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.yementimes.com/templates/set_zen/_img/yementimes.jpg" alt="http://www.yementimes.com/templates/set_zen/_img/yementimes.jpg" width="189" height="122" align="left" /></a>Published on 30 April 2012 in <a href="http://www.yementimes.com/en/1568/opinion/" target="_blank" title="View all posts in Opinion" rel="category tag">Opinion</a><a class="show_hide1" title="More about Aref Abdullah Al-Selmi"> Aref Abdullah Al-Selmi</a> (author). All of us knows the importance of higher education and its necessity in a world that recognizes only those with higher education degrees. In Yemen, getting a bachelor degree is very difficult as a result of corruption in the higher education sector. This corruption changed the public education system into a private one by establishing educational systems aimed towards profitability. In order to get a bachelor degree, Yemeni students – especially those with low marks at high school – have to give in to the reality and enroll in these private systems, because higher education is the gateway for a better future. According to Article no.54 of Yemen’s Constitution, “The state guarantees the right of education for all citizens.” But unfortunately in 2004, the “parallel” Moazi and personal expense systems arose in public Yemeni universities. According to this system a student has to pay a large amount of money, starting from US 200 up to US 2,500 depending on the specialization. If you are studying medicine or engineering, you will pay a higher amount than if you are studying human sciences. If we calculate the total amount received from the students at Sana’a university alone, it amounts to between YR 400 million and YR 2 billion annually. These systems must be cancelled as soon as possible because they are unfair, blocks the future of poor students, increases the number of illiterate and unemployed youth in the society, and above all is the main source of financial corruption in universities. I don’t think that the Moazi and the personal expense systems serve the nation or students. More they are torturing the students by the amount of money they have to pay. Instead of concentrating on their studies, students have to work to gain the money to be able to continue their education. The sons of officials always study abroad even if they got low marks at high school. So what’s the difference between those students and those who are poor? According to the constitution all students have the right to free education, and the priority is for the those who want to continue their education and can contribute to their homeland’s development. What a shame will be on the government if the privatization of education continues and is not cancelled. The government has to take into consideration that the youth made their revolution in order to get rid of corruption of which the Moazi system is a part. The students – at all the public Yemeni universities – will not stop their continuous demonstrations to achieve their demands, which are the canceling of the Moazi and personal expense systems, the transfer of the students under those systems to the general system, extending the purchasing power of the universities, and publication of the financial amounts that were received from students to be used for the purchasing of labs, books etc. for the universities. If the government cannot cancel these unfair systems, the students have to overthrow the regime again! </div> Education Arabian Peninsula Higher Education 2012-04-30T22:32:14Z pcassuto Un enseignant de Paris 4 arrêté à Abou Dhabi http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique/arabian-peninsula/2011/04/21/un-enseignant-de-paris-4-arr-t-abou-dhabi <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Lecturers-Arrest-in-the/127190/" target="_blank"><img src="http://chronicle.com/img/global-header-logo.gif" alt="http://chronicle.com/img/global-header-logo.gif" /></a> </div> Lecturer's Arrest in the Emirates Stirs Debate Over Academic Freedom in the Middle East. By David L. Wheeler. The recent detention of a Sorbonne lecturer in the United Arab Emirates has rekindled the debate over the nature of academic freedom at Western institutions in the Persian Gulf region and the political impact those institutions, especially the high-profile new campus of New York University in Abu Dhabi, will have. The arrest of Nasser bin Ghaith, a lecturer at the Abu Dhabi branch of the University of Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne) who has participated in the Doha Debates, a respected regional political forum, leaves observers asking what freedoms the academics working at new Western branch campuses in the emirates will enjoy. "Are professors only protected in the 90 minutes when they are giving seminars, and after that they are fair game?" asks Samer Muscati, a researcher on the United Arab Emirates for Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch and the New York chapter of the American Association of University Professors have called on the New York University administration to publicly ask for the release of Mr. bin Ghaith and three other political activists who have been detained. The latest arrest occurred on Friday, according to a group known as the Gulf Discussion Forum. "As the foreign university with the largest and most visible presence in the U.A.E., the NYU administration should speak out firmly against these violations of basic rights," said a letter signed by the leaders of the New York chapter of the American Association of University Professors, including Andrew Ross, a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University. Josh Taylor, a spokesman for NYU Abu Dhabi, said in an e-mail message that the administration will stay silent on the arrests. "We believe that we can have a far greater impact on creating a more informed, responsible, and just world, by creating powerful centers of ideas, discourse, and critical thinking, than by simply firing off a press release," Mr. Taylor wrote. In the emirates, Human Rights Watch has focused on the rights of migrant laborers and freedom of expression on Saadiyat Island, the site where Abu Dhabi hopes to create a regional cultural center with branches of the Guggenheim Museum, the Louvre, and New York University "We're hoping it will be a human-rights benchmark for institutions not just in the emirates but in the gulf," said Mr. Muscati. But Mr. Taylor says that the human-rights campaign has its sights set on an inappropriate target: "We're not sure what to make of it when an outside group tries to insist on setting a particular political agenda for an independent institution of higher learning." Muted Dissent Protesters have not been appearing in front of television cameras in the United Arab Emirates as they have been in many other Middle Eastern countries. But online discussion of increased political openness, wider participation in the government, and the need for economic and judiciary reforms has increased. (Political parties do not exist in the emirates, and there are no elections.) Two petitions calling for free elections and parliamentary democracy have circulated online, one in March and another one in early April, with the first one signed by 133 local academics, lawyers, and activists. "Even though there are no protests in the streets," Mr. Muscati said, "We are seeing an unprecedented movement for reform." The online activity is being met with crackdowns: In past months Human Rights Watch says authorities have blocked access to localnewsuae.com, a portal with articles and blog posts, and blocked access to the Facebook and Twitter pages of an emirates-focused online discussion forum, uaehewar.net. As is often the case in the United Arab Emirates, who is doing what, and why, can be difficult to discern. Little can be found out about the detention of Mr. bin Ghaith, including whether the government has filed specific charges, what kind of due process will be followed, and if he will be allowed legal representation. "It's very difficult to get information on this," says Mr. Muscati. "From what we understand, he is being held in Abu Dhabi and being interrogated there without a lawyer." The 2010 human-rights report on the United Arab Emirates by the U.S. State Department, filed with Congress this month, states that "arbitrary and incommunicado detention remained a problem." The Sorbonne's Web sites are silent about the arrest, and e-mail messages from The Chronicle to communication offices at the Paris and the Abu Dhabi campuses of the Sorbonne were not answered. Mr. bin Ghaith has argued for a more-effective judiciary system in the emirates that could cope with corporate malpractice, with some of his criticism clearly directed toward those investors and corporations behind the financial crisis in Dubai, one of the emirates. In the Doha Debates in 2009, however, he spoke against the motion that "Dubai is a bad idea," saying that although mistakes had been made during Dubai's construction boom, a "self-correcting mechanism" was in place. Gains vs. Losses At New York University's home campus around Washington Square, critics of the Abu Dhabi campus said the arrests showed that the project was a mistake to begin with. "Who thought up the idea of putting a college campus full of young liberals in one of the most unstable regions of the world?" said one student commenting on <a href="http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/04/12/uae-detains-prominent-professor-raising-questions-about-academic-freedom-at-nyuad/">an article</a> on NYU Local, a student-run blog. A student at the Abu Dhabi campus commenting on the same article, identified as Nicole, wrote, "The student body doesn't feel that our academic freedom is in jeopardy; however, it has made everyone more aware of the boundaries between the academic community of Abu Dhabi and the public at large." Paulo Lemos Horta, an assistant professor of literature at the Abu Dhabi campus, said in an interview that he thought his efforts at the new campus were worthwhile and that he had not felt any difference between the freedoms he had as a professor in Abu Dhabi and those he had in his last job at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver. "I feel like the most important thing is the work we can do within the institution," he said. "It is unclear how it would be more helpful for us to not be here than to be here. We are training a generation of students around the world in the tradition of liberal arts and academic freedom. Here they are at a coed institution, and there is no limit on what they can say." Speaking from the Madrid airport, Mr. Horta said, "Here, people enjoy rights that they don't have in the U.S. such as gay marriage. Does that mean you don't move to the U.S. or engage in the U.S.?" Islands of academic freedom like NYU Abu Dhabi are certainly not new in the Middle East. The American University in Cairo, established in 1919, is probably the oldest example, with its on-campus events providing a forum for political discussion that did not exist elsewhere in Egypt for many years. At the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia, women are not required to cover themselves up and are allowed to drive, two freedoms they do not have elsewhere in the country. In the emirates, Mr. Ross of NYU notes that "faculty and students at NYU Abu Dhabi have immeasurably more rights than longtime citizens of Abu Dhabi." Even arguments for academic freedom, he said, risk straying into illogical territory. The idea, for instance, that only academics should be protected, he says, is "not a very desirable argument for universities to be making." He and others wonder if the free-speech rights experienced by expatriate artists and academics in Abu Dhabi will someday be enjoyed by others there. "It's good if some parts of the country have this freedom," says Mr. Muscati. "The hope is it will spread. It's not clear how." Arabian Peninsula 2011-04-21T01:43:25Z pcassuto PhD Scholarships http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique/politologie/2011/02/08/phd-scholarships <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/v4global/images/logo2.jpg" alt="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/v4global/images/logo2.jpg" /></a> </div> Two PhD Scholarships in Political Science on North Africa, <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/" target="_blank">LSE London</a> The North Africa Programme on Politics, Economics and Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce two scholarships for full-time PhD students of £12,500 each per annum, renewable for up to three years. This scholarship, which will be available for an Autumn 2011 start, will be awarded on academic merit. Candidates should have a Master’s degree in a political or social science related discipline. Candidates should also have demonstrated research interests in issues of political economy or political science or international relations and a regional focus on North Africa. Those with a knowledge of Arabic and/or French will have an advantage. The successful candidates will be those who can contribute to the North Africa Programme’s own research objectives. The selection panel are seeking to support young and very capable researchers who will benefit from the support the North Africa Programme can offer in developing their proposal into a significant work of research. You should submit a CV and research proposal of no longer than two pages A4 by email to Ian Sinclair <a href="mailto:i.sinclair@lse.ac.uk" target="_blank">i.sinclair@lse.ac.uk</a>. To take up the scholarship, the successful candidate must be accepted onto a PhD Programme at the LSE starting in Autumn 2011. The deadline for receipt of applications is 30 April 2011. 2 PhD Scholarships on Political Science in the Gulf States, <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/" target="_blank">LSE London</a> The Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States at the London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce two scholarships for full-time PhD students of £12,500 each per annum, renewable for up to three years. This scholarship, which will be available for an Autumn 2011 start, will be awarded on academic merit. You should have a Master’s degree in a political or social science related discipline. You should also have demonstrated research interests in issues of political economy or political science or international relations and a regional focus on the Gulf States. Those with a knowledge of Arabic will have an advantage. The successful candidates will be those who can contribute to the Kuwait Programme’s own research objectives. The selection panel are seeking to support young and very capable researchers who will benefit from the support the Kuwait Programme can offer in developing their proposal into a significant work of research. You should submit a CV and research proposal of no longer than two pages A4 by email to Ian Sinclair: <a href="mailto:i.sinclair@lse.ac.uk" target="_blank">i.sinclair@lse.ac.uk</a>. To take up the scholarship the successful candidate must be accepted onto a PhD Programme at the LSE starting in Autumn 2011. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 March 2011. Maghreb Postes & Bourses Arabian Peninsula Politologie 2011-02-08T12:42:12Z pcassuto Histoire de la péninsule arabique et des pays arabes du golfe au XIXe siècle: documents français http://blog.univ-provence.fr/blog/mondes-arabe-musulman-et-smitique/arabian-peninsula/2010/09/11/histoire-de-la-p-ninsule-arabique-et-des-pays-arabes-du-golfe-au-xixe-si-cle-documents-fran-ais <div align="center"> Appel à contribution </div> <div align="center"> Colloque international, Université des Emirats Arabes Unis, 21-23 avril 2011 </div>   <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.uaeu.ac.ae/" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.univ-provence.fr/gallery/41/uaeu.jpg" /></a> </div> <div align="center">   </div> Les documents français relatifs à l'histoire de la péninsule et des pays du Golfe Arabe revêtent une importance considérable dans les nouvelles orientations méthodologiques de la recherche historique. Ces documents renferment beaucoup d'informations qui reflètent une large diversité de sources d'ordre politique, économique, scientifique, et maritime, qu'avait connu la région au cours du XIXeme siècle. <div> <div align="justify"> Le grand intérêt que nous portons à ces documents va nous permettre d'enrichir nos connaissances historiques, vues d'un autre angle, celui des Français. Cette nouvelle vision permettra aux chercheurs d'entamer une nouvelle ère pour l'appropriation des traitements et des analyses des faits propres à l'histoire de la région, qui a connu une bonne période de luttes sans merci entre les forces européennes. Et grâce à ces concurrences, un amas de documents, de rapports, de compilations et d'essais littéraires et artistiques sont venus à l'aide des recherches multidisciplinaires. </div> </div> <div> <h1>Ce colloque a pour but d'atteindre les objectifs suivants:</h1> <div align="justify"> 1 – La découverte de tous les aspects historiques envisageant les relations entre la France et la péninsule arabique et les pays du golfe Arabe depuis le XVII siècle jusqu'à la moitié du XX siècle. 2 – La nouvelle orientation de la coopération et de la communication entre les chercheurs, les centres de recherches scientifiques et les universités en France et dans les pays de la GCC. 3 - L'accès aux nouvelles sources historiques françaises sur la péninsule arabique et les pays du Golfe. 4 – La connaissance des documents français relatifs a' l'histoire de la région et l'identification de leurs contenus. 5 - La publication des sources françaises et leur mise à disposition des chercheurs et étudiants. </div> <h1>Thèmes du colloque:</h1> <div align="justify"> Ce colloque se concentre sur l'étude des documents français relatifs à l'histoire de la Péninsule et des pays du Golfe arabe durant les XVII et XVIII siècles, par le biais des rubriques suivantes: 1 –L'importance de la péninsule et ses dimensions politiques, stratégiques et historiques au regard des Français . 2 - Les aspects des rapports et correspondances français sur la région et leurs orientations idéologiques. 3 - Les relations économiques et culturelles. 4 – Les voyageurs français dans la Péninsule et les nouvelles tendances de la littérature de voyage. </div> <h3>Comité scientifique:</h3> <ul> <li>Dr. / Fahd bin Abdallah Semari</li> <li>Dr. / Nourreddine Sghaier</li> <li>Dr / Mohamed Mahmoud Yahya</li> <li>Dr. / Geraude Poumarede</li> <li>Dr Jean-Yves de Cara</li> <li>Professeur / Bahaa Ibrahim Abdulkadir</li> </ul> <h3>Lieu du colloque:</h3> <a href="http://www.uaeu.ac.ae/" target="_blank">Université des Emirats Arabes Unis</a> <h3>Participants:</h3> <div align="justify"> Ce colloque vise les chercheurs (historiens et archivistes) francophones - arabes et français (européens) et les invitent à prendre part dans cet appel à communication. Le comité scientifique est seul responsable de la sélection des projets et doit se limiter au nombre de 20 communications réparties entre les invites comme suit : 10 chercheurs français et 10 chercheurs provenant des pays du Golfe. </div> <h3>Dates importantes du colloque:</h3> </div> <div> Date limite de réception des résumés : 30 novembre 2010. <div align="justify"> Date limite pour la réception des communications et travaux de réflexion : 28 février 2011 par e-mail ou sur DISK. Le colloque aura lieu au cours de la période du 21 au 23 avril 2011. Les courriers doivent parvenir à la DARA : E-mail: info@darah.org.sa au nom du Secrétaire général, M. Fahd Al Semari nalsagheer@gmail.com : au nom du Dr- SGHAIER Noureddine </div> </div> <div>   </div> Colloques Appels à contribution Manuscripts Arabian Peninsula 2010-09-11T10:41:18Z h20506805