Prof. amina boubIA

Arts & Culture - Political science & IR - Middle East & North Africa - East & West

  • what I do

    I am a political scientist at the College of Social Sciences of Rabat International University.

    I teach at the political science institute (Sciences Po Rabat) and at the Communications & Media department.

    I conduct my research as part of the Center for Global Studies (CGS),

    where I am in charge of coordinating the yearly doctoral seminar series since 2022.

  • RESEARCH

    Culture & Politics, Middle East & North Africa

  • Social media

    Check out my latest posts and tweets on social media:

  • News

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    Latest conference

    DIY at music festivals in Morocco: From necessity to identity affirmation

    11 July 2024

    KISMIF Conference, Porto, Portugal

    Keynote speaker

    More information available here.

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    Latest academic publication

    Music, Politics and "Organic Artists" during the Arab Spring: Contention vs. Status Quo in Tunisia and Morocco

    Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, Vol. 12 Issue 1, 2019, Special Issue: Reading Popular Music in the Arab Region and in the Diaspora, p. 88-108

    Click here for the abstract and landing page of the article.

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    Latest column Houna London (London calling)

    Genou à terre: Quand le sport devient politique

    Dîn wa Dunia, November 2017, n. 24

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    Latest interview

    Le festival, une forme de production du politique

    Paul Marchesseau, Post-Piper, 10 May 2017

    Interview available here.

     

     

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    Latest journalistic piece

    Sadiq Khan, le maire de tous les Londoniens

    Dîn wa Dunia, December 2016, n. 13, p. 18-21

     

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    Latest blog post

    Artivist rapper Lowkey returns to the stage

    The New Arab, 26 September 2016

    Blog post available here.

     

     

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  • About me

    I am a political scientist specialising in Arts & Culture, Politics & International relations,

    the Middle East & North Africa, and Intercultural relations between the East & West.

    I have lived in Germany, France, the UK, and now Morocco,

    and am multilingual Arabic-English-French-German.

    My working languages are English and French.

    Affiliations & Memberships

    Currently:

    - Editorial board member of the peer reviewed journal DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society (Sage Publications)

    - Member of SciencesPo Alumni, Paris, France

     

    Previsously:

    - Member of the LSE Middle East Centre Research Network Social Movements & Popular Mobilisation in the MENA, London, UK

    - Member of Chatham House, London, UK

    Qualifications

    I hold a PhD in History & Political science specialising in the Islamic world

    (SciencesPo, Paris, France & Kassel University, Germany).

    Supported by the Moroccan Ministry of Scientific Research & the German Heinrich Böll Foundation,

    my thesis examined "New Forms of Politics Production in the Arab World: The Case of Music Festivals in Morocco".

    From 2014 to 2017, I was a Research associate at SciencesPo's Centre for International Studies (CERI), Paris, France.

     

    My further qualifications are as follows:

    - A graduate degree in Intercultural Communication, Cultural studies & History (Saarland University, Germany)

    - A Master's degree in Comparative politics (SciencesPo, Paris, France)

    - Training in Cultural mediation (National Conservatory of Arts & Crafts, Paris, France)

    - Training in Arts management & Marketing for cultural organisations (Goethe Institute, MOOC)

     

  • Research

     

    My research areas include the following:

     

    - Urban music and cultures, cultural events and festivals, territorial anchoring and identity affirmation

    - Popular culture, youth culture, digital culture and sub/counter-culture

    - Cultural resilience and sustainable development in the age of climate change

    - Creativity and cultural trends in the age of globalisation, AI, digital technologies and social networks

    - The encouragement of inclusion and diversity through culture

    - The political economy of culture, nation branding, and cultural industry

    - Cultural policy, nation branding & cultural diplomacy

    - The role of women and female artists

    - The role of art in conflict and post-conflict situations

    - Socio-political transformations in the Middle East and North Africa

    - Intercultural relations between East & West

     

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