Dr. Dominique AVON

2010: Bachelor’s Degree in Arabic, INALCO (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations)
2005: Habilitation to Supervise Research (History), Paris 1 University
1999: Doctorate in History, Montpellier III University
1994: D.E.A. in History, Montpellier III University
1991: Agrégation in History and C.A.P.E.S. in History and Geography
1990: Maîtrise in History, Montpellier III University
1989: Licence in History, Montpellier III University
1988: D.E.U.G. D in History, University of Avignon
1986: Baccalauréat, Series C, Lycée Jean Lurçat (Martigues)

2017–2022: Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)
2007–2017: Professor at the University of Maine (Le Mans)
2000–2007: Associate Professor at Montpellier III University
1999–2000: PRAG (Secondary-School Agrégé Teacher Assigned to Higher Education) at Montpellier III University
1997–1999: A.T.E.R. (Temporary Teaching and Research Fellow) at Montpellier III University
1994–1997: Doctoral Teaching Fellow at Montpellier III University
1992–1994: Teacher (National Service Cooperation Programme) at Collège Saint-Marc (Alexandria, EGYPT)
1991–1992: Trainee Teacher at Lycée de Tarascon

2019–2020 (1 month): Visiting Professor at the University of Florence
2016 and 2017: Lecturer at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)
2014–2015 (1 month): Visiting Professor at ULB – Université libre de Bruxelles (BELGIUM)
2014 (1 semester): Visiting Professor at the University of Akron (Ohio, UNITED STATES)
2010–2012: Elective Course Lecturer at Sciences Po (Paris)
2004–2005 (1 year): Visiting Associate Professor at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Jounieh, LEBANON)

Director of the IISMM (Institute for the Study of Islam and Societies of the Muslim World) since 2020, after serving as Deputy Director in 2019
Member of the GIS “Middle East and Muslim Worlds” (since 2019)
Member of the GIS “Religions” (since 2018)
Member of LabEx HaStec (since 2017)

MIDEO (Cairo), since 2011
Islamochristiana (Rome), since 2010
Affaires stratégiques (Tunis), 2011–2015
Cahiers d’Etudes du Religieux – Recherches interdisciplinaires (MSH-M), 2007–2020

2016–2017: Scientific and Technical Coordinator of the ANR MRSEI “RALDIFS” (Religions and atheism, law, doctrines and identities, fluctuating secularization).
2015–2016: Head of CERHIO (UMR 6258) at the University of Maine site.
2014–2017: Co-director, with John Tolan, of the Institute for Religious Pluralism and Atheism (IPRA).
2010–2017: Coordinator of the HEMED thematic community (http://hemed.univ-lemans.fr), “Euro-Mediterranean History” (e-OMED network), launched in 2010 with the Universities of Geneva, Agadir and Kaslik (Lebanon). Integration of teaching modules into the UOH (Open University of the Humanities) from 2012 onwards.
2010–2014: President of the AFHRC (http://afhrc.hypotheses.org/), French Association for Contemporary Religious History (2011–2014): 250 members (in France and abroad).
2013: Chair of the AERES Evaluation Committee for the IISMM (Institute for the Study of Islam and Societies of the Muslim World).
2010–2013: Coordinator of the DCIE interdisciplinary research network (http://dcie.hypotheses.org/), 2010–2014: 9 laboratories, 75 researchers and faculty members.

Head of the “Islam in Contemporary Contexts” track, SRS Master’s Programme (EPHE), since 2019.
2015–2017: Co-founder and Co-coordinator of the Inter-University Diploma (DIU) “Religions and Atheism in the Context of Secularism” (University of Maine – University of Nantes).
2015–2017: Co-founder of the University Diploma (DU) “Humanities – Franco-American Studies” (University of Maine – The University of Akron, Ohio).
2009–2015: Director of the History Department at the University of Maine. Elected member of the Faculty Council.
2008–2015: Member of the International Relations Steering Committee at the University of Maine, 2008–2015.
2008–2015: Co-founder and Coordinator of the Distance-Learning Master’s Degree in History, 2009–2015.