Biography
Dr Zouhir Gabsi is a senior lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne Australia. Zouhir Gabsi has wide interests in research including language teaching, minority languages and more recently Islamophobia, Arab Spring, Youth Identity, and Islamic Discourse.
Read more on Zouhir's profileResearch interests
Arabic language and culture
Islamophobia
Berber studies
Discourse analysis
Islamic studies
Teaching interests
Arabic language and Culture
Bilingualism and Biculturalism
French language and culture
Linguistics
Knowledge areas
General Linguistics
Applied linguistics
Arabic language and culture
Berber language and culture
Discourse analysis
Islamic Studies
Youth Studies
Conferences
- 2004-Title: ‘The Berber language in Tunisia’, presented at ALLA conference.
- 2005-Title: ‘Testing and Evaluation in non-government schools’. (Chair: Dr Bruno Dibiase)
- 2009-Title: ‘Bilingual Education in Australia’. Guest lecturer at UWS (Chair: Dr Ruying Qi).
- 2012-Title: ‘The notion of CASE in MSA’. Guest lecturer at UWS. (Chair: Dr Bruno Dibiase)
- 2012-Title: ‘Good Teaching Practice’. UWS TILL seminar (Chair: Dr Mustapha Taibi)
- 2014-Title: ‘Exploring innovative language learning course design: challenges and dilemmas from the arabic for specific purposes pilot course’. Kutching, Malaysia.
- July 2015-Title: “Educated Youth Identity in Tunisia: Awakened Identity after the Arab Spring. International Symposium - The Arab Exception? Deakin University
- November 2015-Title, “AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA’ Waikato University, New Zealand
Awards
2018-Faculty Award For teaching Excellence
Projects
Publications
The power of language : Socio-political fracture in Tunisia's post-Arab Spring revolution
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(2024), Journal of Language and Politics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
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(2022), Vol. 27, pp. 80-103, Journal of North African Studies, C1
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(2022), Vol. 49, pp. 537-558, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, London, Eng., C1
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(2022), pp. 1-20, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
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(2021), pp. 1-10, Orient, Hamburg, Germany, C1
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(2020), Vol. 25, pp. 545-571, Journal of North African studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Rap and Mizoued Music: Claiming a Space for Dissent and Protest in Post-Arab Spring Tunisia
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(2020), Vol. 25, pp. 626-643, Sociological Research Online, C1
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(2020), Vol. 11, pp. 532-542, Journal of language teaching and research, London, Eng., C1
Tunisia's youth: awakened identity and challenges post-Arab Spring
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(2019), British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Towards demystifying Islamophobia: A Muslim's perspective
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(2019), Vol. 4, pp. 1-18, Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, Auburn, N.S.W., C1
Islamic perspective on Islamophobia: from misconceptions to reason
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(2018), pp. 103-118, New horizons in philosophy and sociology, Frankfurt, Germany, B1
Trials and tribulations of Sla framework in designing Arabic courses for speakers of other languages
Z Gabsi, A Hamad, F Patel
(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 13-21, Journal of education and e-learning research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, C1
Response to Islamophobia in the Arabic Islamic discourse: a critical discourse analysis
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(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 229-254, Intellectual discourse, Selangor, Malaysia, C1
A concise grammar of the Berber language of Douiret (Southern Tunisia)
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(2013), Saarbrücken, Germany, A1
Attrition and maintenance of the Berber language in Tunisia
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(2011), Vol. 2011, pp. 135-164, International journal of the sociology of language, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Democracy Consolidation in Tunisia - Building Capacity among Youth Leaders
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Dr Amanuel Elias, Dr Zouhir Gabsi
DFAT Council for Australian-Arab Relations - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- 2017: $30,000
Supervisions
Maram Qasim
Thesis entitled: Perceptions of the rhetoric of humour in mediated Islamic discourse: A critical discourse study
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education