Biography
Kaoutar Ghilani is a scholar of North African studies whose research sits at the intersection of politics and history, focusing on language politics, nation-building, discourse production and circulation, and the construction of imaginaries in the postcolonial Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). Before joining Pembroke College, Kaoutar was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe (EUME) programme at the Forum Transregionale Studien in Berlin. She received her doctorate in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford as an Ertegun Scholar. She taught ‘Politics in the Middle East’ at Oxford and was a visiting researcher at the Centre Jacques Berque in Morocco. She is currently preparing a monograph on language politics and nation-building in Morocco.
Research
Language politics, nation-building, discourse production and circulation, knowledge production, legitimacy, public sphere, Maghreb, North Africa, Middle East
