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Curriculum Vitae : Tahar ABBOU

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1982: Baccalauréat option : sciences naturelles. 2002 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2003 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2004 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2005 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2006 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2007 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences islamiques. 2008 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2009 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 2010 : Baccalauréat option : lettres et sciences humaines. 1987: a graduation (BA) in Economics, University of Algiers 1997: a graduation (BA) in English, University of Adrar 2002: Magister(MA) in English, discipline: African Civilisation, University Es-Senia, Oran 2018: PhD in African Civilisation, British West Africa, “British Colonial Policy and Its Impact on Food Self-sufficiency in the Gold Coast 1896-1957”. February 2013: Lifetime Member at West African Research Association, Boston University 2017 – 2018: Member at the British Scholar Society 2017 – 2018: Member at the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO), Austria 2017 – Today: Member at the International Association for Visual Culture 2018 Lifetime Member at the Social Science & Humanities Research Association (SSHRA) October 2012 – October 2013: Head of the Department of English, University of Adrar December 2013 – September 2018: Deputy-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Languages in charge of Post-graduation and Scientific Research September 2018 – Today: Head of the CEIL the Centre for Intensive Teaching of Languages (Responsable du Centre de l’Enseignement Intensif des Langues) Areas of interest: The ancient empires and Kingdoms in West Africa, Slavery (Trans- Atlantic and Trans-Saharan slave trade), the Gold Coast (pre-colonial and colonial periods), old manuscripts in West Africa, Anthropological studies on the regions of Tuat, Gurara and Tidikelt, Sufism. spoken and written languages: Arabic, English, French, Taznatit

A. Professional Experience (Expérience Professionnelle) 1. Admistrative Experience : (Expérience Administrative)

1987 : Administrateur stagiaire, service : budget et moyens, centre universitaire d’Adrar. 1988 : Administrateur titulaire, service : budget et moyens, centre universitaire d’Adrar. 1992-1996 : Chef de bureau : budget et moyen, centre universitaire d’Adrar. 1991-1993 : Comptable agréé, centre universitaire d’Adrar. 1996 : Administrateur principal sur concours national sous l’égide de l’école nationale d’administration(ENA), ENSET, Oran. 1997-1998 : Chef de service : hébergement et transport, résidence universitaire d’Adrar. 16/08/1998 au 10/10/2003 : Administrateur principal, chargé du service : activités culturelles et sportives, résidence universitaire d’Adrar. 2. Teaching Experience

Année Modules enseignés 1997-1999 Enseignant vacataire, modules : listening comprehension & written expression, centre universitaire d’Adrar. 2000-2001 Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. 2001-2002 Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. 2002-2003 01 /10 /2002 au 19/12/2002 : M A associé, module enseigné: Anglais technique, annexe de l’institut national du commerce, Adrar. Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, UFC, Adrar. Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. 2003-2004 - Maitre-Assistant, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – reading. - Enseignant d’Anglais Technique, département des sciences économiques, Modules : TIG35, SECO38, SCO307, SCO/018 C U Béchar. - Enseignant d’Anglais Technique, département de Génie mécanique. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, UFC, Adrar. 2004-2005 - Maitre-Assistant, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – reading. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, UFC, Adrar. 2005-2006 - Maitre-Assistant, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – reading. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, UFC, Adrar.

2006-2007 -M A Chargé de Cours, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – oral expression, african civilisation. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Section : TS informatique, CFPA, Adrar. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, Psychologie, UFC, Adrar.

2007-2008 -M A Chargé de Cours, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – african civilisation. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Eco. Internationales, Psychologie, UFC, Adrar.

2008-2009 M A Classe A, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – listening – african civilisation. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, Psychologie, UFC, Adrar. 2009-2010 M A Classe A, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – african civilisation. Encadrement en post –graduation, module enseigné: Syntax - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, Psychologie, Techniques Bancaire, UFC, Adrar. 2010-2011 M A Classe A, Enseignant Tuteur, département d’Anglais, université de Bechar, modules enseignés : grammar – african civilisation. Encadrement en post –graduation, module enseigné: Morphology. - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, Psychologie, Techniques Bancaire, UFC, Adrar. ______2011-2012 M A Classe A, Enseignant Tuteur, département d’Anglais, université africaine, Adrar , modules enseignés : grammar – african civilisation. Président du comité pédagogique au Dpt d’Anglais - Enseignant vacataire, module : Anglais technique, Disciplines : Droit des Affaires et Relations Economiques Internationales, Psychologie, Techniques Bancaire, UFC, Adrar. - Enseignant vacataire au Centre d’Enseignement Intensif des Langues (CEIL), université africaine, Adrar

2012 – 2018 M A Classe A, Enseignant Tuteur, département d’Anglais, université africaine, Adrar , modules enseignés : grammar – african civilisation.

Dec. 2018 à M C B Enseignant Tuteur, département d’Anglais, université africaine, ce jour Adrar , modules enseignés : grammar – tutorat.

B. Scientific Activities a. Papers (Communications) 1. T. ABBOU, "Writing Deficiencies among Students at the University of Béchar”, 1st International Conference on “Teaching Foreign Languages in the South of Algeria”, University of Adrar, April 2009.

2. T. ABBOU, "An Approach to Learning English, the Case of Ordinary Learners", Study Day on “Methodology”, University of Adrar, May 9th, 2011.

3. T. ABBOU, “Teaching ESP at the UFC Centre of Adrar”, A Study Day on “Foreign Languages Teaching: Challenges & Perspectives”, University of Adrar, April 30th, 2012.

4. T. ABBOU, “The Impact of Radio Adrar in Preserving and Promoting Zenete in the Region of Gurara”, International Conference on “Le Sahara Creuset de Civilisations Amazigh” (Sahara, a Melting Pot of Amazigh Civilisations), organised by le Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité, Adrar, December 2012.

5. T. ABBOU, “Analysis of a Poem in Zenet: AssahyiineWeshUraha”, The Sixth Edition of the National Cultural Festival of Ahellil, Timimoun, December 29th, 2012.

6. T. ABBOU, The Contribution of Mansa Musa in Spreading Islamic Civilisation in West Africa, The 4th National Conference on “The Political Economic and Cultural relations between the Middle Maghrib and Sub Saharan Africa in the Middle Age, University of El Oued, April 15 - 16, 2013.

7. T. ABBOU, “Referencing in Academic Works”, National Conference on Academic Writing, University of Adrar, November 18 – 19, 2013.

8. T. ABBOU, The Experience of Timbuktu in Treating Manuscripts: a Leading Model, 1st International Conference on “The Algerian Manuscripts in West Africa: Reality and Prospects”, Organised by the Laboratory of Algerian Manuscripts in West Africa, University of Adrar, December 3 – 4, 2013.

9. T. ABBOU, The Origin of Food Problem in Africa, A Study Case: Ghana, 1st International Conference on “Land and Man”, Organized by the Laboratory of African Studies, University of Adrar, June 1st – 2nd, 2014.

10. T. ABBOU, The Role of the Region of Tuat in Trans-Saharan Trade in the 19th Century, 7th International Conference on Trade and Traders Through History, Organized by the Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies and the Tunisian World Centre for Studies, Research, and Development, Monastir, Tunisia, December 11 – 13, 2014.

11. T. ABBOU, The Pilgrimage to Rakb Sidi Cheikh, The International Multidisciplinary Conference on Indigenizing Pilgrimage, Concordia University – Montreal – Canada, May 7 – 10, 2015.

12. T. ABBOU, The Pilgrimage to the Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh: Origin and Activities, Second Global Conference on Sacred Journeys, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK, 3rd – 5th July 2015.

13. T. ABBOU, Food Dependency in Africa a Study Case: Ghana, 8th International Conference on Farming systems’ crises, food insecurity and peasant resistance. Which ways for an authentic sustainable development? Organized by the Tunisian-Mediterranean Association for Historical, Social and Economic Studies and the Tunisian World Centre for Studies, Research, and Development, Monastir, Tunisia, Oct. 29 – 31, 2015.

14. T. ABBOU, Failure among Students of the Department of English at the University of Adrar, Organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS), University of London Union (ULU), Mallet Street, London, UK, 3rd – 6th November, 2015.

15. T. ABBOU, British Colonial Economic Policy and Its Impact on Food Self-sufficiency in Ghana, Organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences' (IJAS), FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris, France, From 11 to 14 April 2016.

16. T. ABBOU, The Celebration of S’bua al-Mawlid en-Nabawi in Gurara, Organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences' (IJAS), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA from 23 to 27 May 2016.

17. T. ABBOU, Mansa Musa’s Journey to Mecca and Its Impact on Western Sudan 1324-25, The International Conference on “The Routes of Pilgrimage in Africa” Organized by the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, 28, 29 November 2016.

18. T. ABBOU, “The European Explorations on the Western Coasts of Africa during the 15th and 16th Centuries”, Workshop on The Use and Abuse of the Past I, Organized by the Laboratory of African Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Adrar, February 23rd, 2017

19. T. ABBOU, Colonial Legacies on Food Dependency: The Case of Ghana, the 17th Annual Africa Conference on “Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Colonialisms and Decolonization in Africa and the African Diaspora”, University of Texas, Austin, USA, March 31 – April 2, 2017.

20. T. ABBOU, Colonial Development and Welfare Acts of 1940 and 1945 with a Special Reference to the Gold Coast, the 10th Conference on Britain and the World, organized by The British Scholar Society, Austin, Texas, USA, April 6 – 8, 2017.

21. T. ABBOU, Learning English at the University of Adrar: Challenges and Prospects, Toyin Falola International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC) in Conjunction with Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria. Theme: Education and Africa’s Transformation, 3rd – 5th July, 2017.

22. T. ABBOU, Brain Drain in Africa: The case of Algeria, The International Conference on the Humanities and Development in Africa, Department of History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 5th – 9th July, 2017.

23. T. ABBOU, North African Muslim Scholars in Hausa Kingdoms: The Case of al-Maghili, The Second National Conference on History, People, Religion and Culture of Kebbi

(Kabi) Kingdom Since 1515, The Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, 10th – 12th July, 2017.

24. T. ABBOU, The Shift from Subsistence Economy to Cash Crop Economy in the Gold Coast 1870 – 1920, Rural History 2017, Organized by the EURHO, KU Leuven, 11th – 14th September, 2017.

25. T. ABBOU, The Preferential Tariff Act (1932) and Its Impact on the Colonies and the Rest of the World, The International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences' (IJAS), The British School at Rome, Italy, From 14 to 17 November 2017.

26. T. ABBOU, Les Apports de Mouloud Mammeri dans la Renaissance et la Revalorisation du Patrimoine d’Ahellil, Colloque National à l’Occasion du Centenaire de Mouloud Mammeri, Organisé par le Commissariat du Festival Culturel National d’Ahellil et le Haut-Commissariat à l’Amazighité, Timimoun, 27 - 30 décembre 2017.

27. T. ABBOU, A Practical Approach to Learning English, 1st International Conference on Research in Multilingualism: Innovation and New Challenges, University of Oviedo, Spain, 14 – 16 March 2018.

28. T. ABBOU, Violence in Stadiums in Algeria: Causes and Solutions, International Conference on Sport, Olympic Games and Media, The Olympic Committee of Portugal, Lisbon, 22nd – 23rd March, 2018.

29. T. ABBOU, Timbuktu: A Forgotten Medieval Knowledge Centre, International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, UK, 2-5 July 2018.

30. T. ABBOU, The Pilgrimage to Zawyet Sidi al-Haj Belqacem, Sacred Journeys 5th Global Conference, Indiana University, Europe Gateway, Berlin, Germany, 5-6 July 2018.

31. T. ABBOU, The Abolition Act of 1807: Between Humanitarian and Economic Interpretations, Slavery Past, Present and Future – 3rd Global Meeting, Indiana University, Europe Gateway, Berlin, Germany, 10-11 July 2018.

32. T. ABBOU, War Prisoners in Islam and in International Law: A Comparative Study, The 5th Edition the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Organised by The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation, Seville, Spain, 16-22 July 2018.

33. T. ABBOU, Participation at the Intensive Summer Course on: The Scholars of Al- Andalus: the Politics of Knowledge, Organised by Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Spain, 23-28 July 2018.

34. T. ABBOU, North African Muslim Scholars and their Influence on Western Sudan Kingdoms: the Case of al-Maghili, Muslim Written Intellectual Tradition in Africa,

Organised by the African Studies Association ASAUK, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 11 – 13 September, 2018.

35. T. ABBOU, Usman Dan Fodio’s Conception of Good Governance, Muslim Written Intellectual Tradition in Africa, Organised by the African Studies Association ASAUK, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 11 – 13 September, 2018.

36. T. ABBOU, Amazigh Literature in Taznatit in the Region of Gurara, a Study Day on Amazigh Literature, Organised by le Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighite, Salon International du Livre(SILA), Algiers, November 2018. (Paper presented in Arabic)

37. T. ABBOU, Linguistic Coexistence in the Southwest of Algeria: Taznatit and Arabic in the Region of Gurara as a Model, Linguistic Co-existence between Arabic and Tamazight in the light of the New Constitutional Amendments, Organised by le Haut Conseil de la Langue Arabe, Algiers, 27-28 November, 2018. (Paper presented in Arabic)

b. Articles (Publications)

1. T. ABBOU, “Recurrent Mistakes in Writing among Students at the University of Béchar”, Annales de l’Université de Béchar, 2010, No. 07, pp.78 – 86.

2. T. ABBOU, “The Evolution of Colonial Rule in the Gold Coast”, Al-Hakika Review, University of Adrar, March 2012, No. 20, pp. 23-33.

3. T. ABBOU, “The Origins of the Ancient Empire of Ghana” Al-Hakika Review, University of Adrar, September 2012, No. 22, pp. 1 – 11.

4. T. ABBOU, “Teaching ESP at the UFC in Adrar” Al-Hakika Review, University of Adrar, Mars 2013, No. 24, pp. 1 – 14.

5. T. ABBOU, “Timbuktu: a Paramount Centre of Trade and Knowledge” RUFUF Review, the Laboratory of Algerian Manuscripts in West Africa, University of Adrar, June 2013, No. 1, pp. 13 – 41.

6. T. ABBOU, “The Ten-Year Plan: The First Stages towards the Economic Dependency in the Gold Coast (1919-1929)”, Economic Integration Review, Edited by the Laboratory of the Economic Integration, University of Adrar, November 2013, N° 1, pp. 92 – 111.

7. T. ABBOU, “The Manuscripts of Timbuktu”, Al-Lissan, Journal of the Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN), Vol. II, No. VII, 2015, pp.123-142.

8. T. ABBOU, “Food Dependency in Africa: A Case Study of Ghana” in Systèmes Agraires en Crise, Insécurité Alimentaire et Résistances Paysannes: Quelles Voies pour un Authentique Développment Durable?, Editions Universitaires Européennes, Sarrebruck, Allemagne, December 23rd, 2016, pp. 47-78.

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9. T. ABBOU, “British Colonial Economic Policy and Its Impact on Food Dependency in the Gold Coast (Ghana)”, Journal of Teaching and Education, CD-ROM. ISSN: 2165- 6266:, Volume 06 No.02, 2017, pp.67–86. http://www.universitypublications.net/jte/0602/html/P6RS145.xml

10. T. ABBOU, “The Pilgrimage to the Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh” In: The Many Voices of Pilgrimage and Reconciliation, Edited by Ian S. McIntosh and Lesley D. Harman, CABI, Oxford shire, UK, 2017, pp. 162-172.

11. T. ABBOU, “The Shift from Subsistence Economy to Cash Crop Economy in the Gold Coast (1870-1920)” Al-Hakika Review, University of Adrar, June 2017, No. 41, pp. 17 – 35.