Lahouari Ramzi Taleb

Ramzi is finishing his dissertation on the Sufi theological thought and hermeneutics of Amir Abd ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʾirī (d. 1883). His research is mainly oriented towards Sufi mystical theology and Qur'anic hermeneutics in the post-classical era. He was the recipient of SSHRC Graduate Scholarship (Master's Award) for his major research project on al-Jazāʾirī 's mystical thought.

Education

• MA, University of Toronto
• BA Hons, University of Toronto

Current Supervisor(s)

Walid Saleh

Dissertation Title

The Sufi Revivalist Theology of Amir Abd ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʾirī

Publications

• "Sufi Tafsīr (Qur’anic Exegesis).” In Routledge Companion to the Qur’an, edited by Maria Dakake, Daniel A. Madigan. London, Routledge, 291-302.
• “The Shādiliyya: Foundational Teachings and Practices.” In The Routledge Handbook of Sufism, edited by Lloyd Ridgeon. London: Routledge, 269-282.
• “Later Sufi Exegesis.” In Brill Handbook of Sufi Studies, edited by Alexander Knysh and Bilal Orfali. Leiden: Brill, in press.

Presentations

• “Suhrawardi’s Encounter with the Angelic Guide in the Treatise of the Occidental Exile.” Transmission of Knowledge Among Islamicate Societies (McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Graduate Studies Symposium). McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies. Montreal (April 29, 2016)
• “The Heart-Intellect as Seat of the Divine Throne: Abd al-Qadir al-Jazā’irī on a Passage from the Fusus.” From Ancient to Modern: Perspectives on the Near and Middle East (The NMCGSA 20th Annual Graduate Students’ Symposium). University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, (March 3, 2016)
• “Abd al-Qadir al-Jazā’irī’s Metaphysics of God’s Speech in Mawqif # 209.” Reason and Language in Islamic Thought. New York University Abu Dhabi Institute. Abu Dhabi (November 8, 2017)
• “Abd al-Qadir’s Metaphysics of The Divine Attributes.” Guest lecturer in Professor Yousef Casewit’s graduate seminar, “Islamic Mystical Texts (ISLM 50010/ ARAB 40015).” University of Chicago Divinity School. Chicago (May 15, 2017)

Teaching Experience

• Winter 2022, Lecturer, Huron College at Western University, London, ON: Interpreting the Qur’an in Translation (RS5223B/ 2299G): An Introductory Course on the Qur’an to a class of undergraduate students
• Winter 2021, Lecturer, Huron College at Western University, London, ON: Sufi Texts in Translations (RS5223B/ 2299G): Course on classical Sufi Spiritual Teachings to a class of undergraduate and graduate students.
• Winter 2021, Lecturer, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto: Religious Thought and Spirituality in Islam (EMT3610HS): Course on Islamic Theology and Sufi Spirituality to a class of graduate students.
• Nov. 25, 2019 - Feb. 3, 2020, Substitute Lecturer, University of Toronto: Elementary Standard Arabic (NML110Y1Y)
• Fall 2016 to Fall 2021, Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto: Elementary Standard Arabic (NML110Y1Y)