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Dr. Connell Monette
Position:
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
Associate Professor of Literature and Religion
University unit: Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Area of expertise
• Islamic Studies
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Medieval Literature, Medieval Studies
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Comparative Religion
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Mythology and Folklore
Languages: French, English
Bio
Connell R. Monette is Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, and also Assistant Professor of
Literature and Religion at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. He holds his BA in Classical Studies from
University of Ottawa, and his MA and PhD in Medieval Studies from University of Toronto. His research is
in Literature and Religion, with a focus on medieval texts. He is the author of 'The Medieval Hero' (2008 &
2011), and a contributor to 'Islamic Horizons', 'Comparative Islamic Studies', 'The International Journal of
Euro-Mediterranean Studies', and the 'Journal of Indo-European Studies'. He taught part-time at
University of Toronto from 2001 to 2006 and full-time at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco since
2007. He currently lives in Ifrane with his wife Fatiha and his daughter Miriam.
Publications
The Medieval Hero. Second edition (Smithville: Runa), summer 2011.
‘Folk Tradition in Morocco’ in An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and Culture. Ed. Abdellah Chekayri
(Georgetown University Press: 2011), DVD.
‘Trigger Factors of Terrorism: Social Marketing Analysis as a Tool for Security Studies – a Moroccan Case
Study’, in International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies 3.2 (2011): 233-250.
‘A Mystery of Revelation: ‘Caedmon’s Hymn’ and the Qur’an 96: 1-5’, in Comparative Islamic Studies 4.1–2
(2010), 149–164.
‘Moses as Hero in Islamic Tradition’ in Proceedings of Cairo University Symposium: Egypt at the Crossroads:
Literary and Linguistic Studies (Cairo: 2010), 589-98.
‘The Uneasy Path’ in Islamic Horizons 5 (ISNA 2009): 24-25.
‘Hell and Heroes in Beowulf, the Shahnameh, and the Táin Bó Cúailnge’, The Journal of Indo-European
Studies 36 (2008): 99-147.
‘Indo-European Elements in Celtic and Indo-Iranian Epic Tradition: the Trial of Champions in the Táin Bó
Cúailgne and the Shahnameh’, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 32 (2004): 61-78.
Dr. Connell Monette is available for interviews.
Media contact [email protected] or (+212)-535-862-104.