Pr Mohammed Abbassa / د. محمد عباسة

Academic Profile of Prof. Mohammed Abbassa

الملف الأكاديمي للدكتور محمد عباسة

Personal Information:

Prof. Mohammed Abbassa
Born in 1955 in Sour (Bellevue), Mostaganem.
Professor of comparative literature at the Faculty of Letters and Arts of the University of Mostaganem from 1987 to 2025.

Education & Degrees:

Bachelor of Arts with a specialization in Linguistics, University of Oran (1976–1980).
Master's degree in Comparative Literature, University of Baghdad, Iraq (1980–1984).
Doctorate in Comparative Literature, Central Faculty of Algiers (1990–1996).

Certifications & Credentials:

Certificate of training in teaching French as a foreign language from the University of Grenoble, France (1993).
Certificate of training in linguistics from the University of Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France (2000).

Publications:

Various articles published in Algerian, Arab and European academic journals in Arabic and French (comparative literature, translation, mysticism, Hispano-Arabic strophic poetry and Occitan troubadour poetry).

Conferences & Papers:

Organization of international conferences at the University of Mostaganem, generally on spiritual heritage, religious literature, interculturality, language, and otherness.
Participation in national and international conferences at the University of Mostaganem and Universities in western Algeria.

Research & Teaching Activities:

Supervision of doctoral theses and master's theses at the University of Mostaganem and Universities in western Algeria since 2000.
Member of the National Pedagogical Committee for Languages from 1988 to 2006.
Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature from 2000 to 2006.
Chair of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Letters and Arts from 2001 to 2007.
Founder and director of the journal "Annales du patrimoine" (Annals of Heritage), a trilingual academic publication published online from 2004 to 2025.

Administrative & Academic Service:

Head of the Department of Foreign Languages from 1988 to 1993.
Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages from 1993 to 1998.
Director of the Intensive Language Teaching Center from 1988 to 1998.

Studies on My Research (in Arabic):

1 - A study day at the Faculty of Letters and Arts, entitled:
- "Reading of the book 'Muwashshahat and Andalusian Zajal and their impact on the poetry of the troubadours' by Professor Mohammed Abbassa", University of Mostaganem, April 30, 2013. PDF

2 - Article in a scientific journal:
- Sayyed Hussein Mara`ashi: "A New Theory on the Origins of Andalusian Muwashshahat and Their Influence on European Poetry, 2018". PDF

3 - Master's theses:
- Khadidja Belarbi: The efforts of Professor Mohammed Abbassa to enrich and promote comparative literary studies in Algeria, 2017. PDF
- Fatiha Maaraf and Alia Bougassa: The Efforts of Modern Arabs in Comparative Literature, 2022. PDF
- Khawla Salhi: Comparative literature among the Arabs: from commitment to foundation, Professor Mohammed Abbassa as model, 2023. PDF

Tags:

Prof. Mohammed Abbassa, Andalusian Muwashshahat and Zajal, Poetry of the Troubadours, Arab School of Comparative Literature, University of Mostaganem, Algeria.

Official website:

https://abbassa.wordpress.com

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