Achraf Idrissi (M.A.)

PhD Candidate/Instructor

Institute of English and American Studies

University of Debrecen

Hatvani Istvan 24, 4/13

HU

4028 Debrecen

achraf-idrissi@outlook.com

Research and projects

Current position(s)

I am a PhD candidate at the Institute of English and american Studies. I also teach early modern diplomatic history between the Islamic world and the Europe, and decolonial philosophy,, particularly knowledges produced during colonial encounters ever since 1492.
I am also the editorial intern at HJEAS, University of Debrecen.

Current project(s)

My dissertation explores the intellectual as well as the diplomatic exchanges between Europe and the Arab Islamic world, particularly the cross-cultural influences which have characterized the state of international affairs, epistemic productions and cultural artifacts in the early modern period.

Publications

Areas of research

Decoloniality, Islamic History and culture, Early Modern History, Muslim-Christian Relation, Hermeneutics, Philosophy, Postcolonial studies, Travel writing, Cross-Cultural Encounters, North African Literature and Culture, Early Modern International affairs, Intellectual History, History of Ideas.