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The CMES Director's Series presents
Francesca Maria Corrao
Professor of Arabic Language and Culture, Department of Political Science, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS), Rome
Francesca Maria Corrao is Professor of Arabic Language and Culture in the Department of Political Science at Rome's Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Her research interests include political thought in the Arab world, cultural studies, history of the Middle East, Gender Studies, Arabic literature, and intercultural dialogue. Prof Corrao is President of the Fondazione Orestiadi, a member of the Union of European Arabists and Islamists (UEAI), and a member of the executive committee of European Scholars of Modern Arabic Literature (EURAMAL).
Recent publications include: L'Islam non è terrorismo, eds. F.M. Corrao, L. Violante (Il Mulino, Roma, 2018); Islam, State and Modernity. Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World, eds. Z. Eyadat, F.M. Corrao, H. Hashas (Palgrave Macmillan US, 2017); Islam, Religion and Politics (Luiss University Press, 2017); Poesia Araba (Istituto per l'Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino, Roma, 2017); "Premessa", Percorsi di tansizione democratica e politiche di riconciliazione in Nord Africa, ed. Di Tolla, (Editoriale Scientifica, Naples, 2017); "Some Observations on Humour in Islamic Culture", The Arabist: Budapest Studies in Arabic (37) 2016; Le Rivoluzioni Arabe. La transizione Mediterranea, ed. F.M. Corrao (Mondadori Università, Milan, 2011). You can download a copy of Prof Corrao's full CV here.
Contact: Liz Flanagan