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Djilali El Mestari, Researcher in Philosophy of Religion

Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Djilali El Mestari is a Research Professor at the Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC, Oran, Algeria). He holds a Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Oran. He served as the Director of CRASC from 2017 to 2021, and was previously the Director General of the National Institute for Research in Education (INRE) from 2016 to 2017. His research focuses on religious discourse, education and citizenship, and the communitarian question. He has participated in numerous national and international projects, most recently leading two ongoing research projects on: social sciences and humanities textbooks (1963–2020), and the production of religious knowledge in official religious institutions.

In 2022, alongside researchers from Italy and France, he co-edited issue 95/96 of the journal Insaniyat on the socio-anthropology of the religious in the Mediterranean. He also co-edited a collective book published by CRASC with Dr. Soraya Mouloudji titled: Society and the Pandemic. He has published several articles and research papers on religious and educational discourse in Algeria. His three most recent publications include:

"Youth and the Discourses of Religious Authorities in Algeria: Findings from Field Studies" (co-authored), Insaniyat, issue on Socio-anthropology of the Religious in the Mediterranean, Vol. 1, No. 95, 2022.

"Institutionalized Religious Discourse During the First Period of the Pandemic in Algeria," in the collective book Society and the Pandemic, CRASC Publications, 2022.

"Second-Generation Islamic Education Textbooks in Algeria: Content and Stakes," High Islamic Council Publications, 2021.

Senior Research Fellow (Grade A), Permanent Researcher at the CRASC (Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology), specializing in Translation.

Director of Research at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) in Oran, Algeria. Affiliated with the "Imaginary Imaginary and Social Processes " research division, she specialises in popular literature and the humanities. Throughout her career, she has led and contributed to numerous projects focusing on Algerian cultural heritage, women's oral poetry (such as the hawfi of Tlemcen), popular expressions related to epidemics, and the linguistic and anthropological study of Algerian first names and toponymy.

An eminent Algerian academic, Professor of French at the University of Oran and Associate Researcher at CRASC

Research Director specializing in Political Philosophy and the Social Sciences at CRASC. He has led several major socio-historical research projects, notably serving as the Principal Investigator for studies on local business elites and their relationship with power, women's political representation in Algeria, and a project (2023–2026) focusing on charities and social work in colonial Oran (1900–1950). His work also includes collaborative research on university systems, social change, and the critical mapping of Algerian history and memory.

Djilali El Mestari, Researcher in Philosophy of Religion

Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Djilali El Mestari is a Research Professor at the Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC, Oran, Algeria). He holds a Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Oran. He served as the Director of CRASC from 2017 to 2021, and was previously the Director General of the National Institute for Research in Education (INRE) from 2016 to 2017. His research focuses on religious discourse, education and citizenship, and the communitarian question. He has participated in numerous national and international projects, most recently leading two ongoing research projects on: social sciences and humanities textbooks (1963–2020), and the production of religious knowledge in official religious institutions.

In 2022, alongside researchers from Italy and France, he co-edited issue 95/96 of the journal Insaniyat on the socio-anthropology of the religious in the Mediterranean. He also co-edited a collective book published by CRASC with Dr. Soraya Mouloudji titled: Society and the Pandemic. He has published several articles and research papers on religious and educational discourse in Algeria. His three most recent publications include:

"Youth and the Discourses of Religious Authorities in Algeria: Findings from Field Studies" (co-authored), Insaniyat, issue on Socio-anthropology of the Religious in the Mediterranean, Vol. 1, No. 95, 2022.

"Institutionalized Religious Discourse During the First Period of the Pandemic in Algeria," in the collective book Society and the Pandemic, CRASC Publications, 2022.

"Second-Generation Islamic Education Textbooks in Algeria: Content and Stakes," High Islamic Council Publications, 2021.

Former Rector of the University Ali Kafi of Tindouf, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Editor-in-Chief of the Algerian Journal of Human Studies, published by the University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella.

Historian, researcher and Research Director at the CRASC (Oran) , ‘Socio-anthropology of History and Memory division, and deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Insaniyat.

Doctor on computer science University of Oran 1, Ahmed Ben Bella, Oran, Algeria

A Research Director in Sociology and Social Sciences, specializing in urban and territorial studies. Head of the Cities and Territories Division, contributing to research on social dynamics, urban development, and territorial planning.

Tayeb Rehail is an anthropologist and permanent researcher at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) in Oran, Algeria. He holds the rank of Research Professor A (Maître de recherche A) and serves as the Director of the Research Unit on Emerging Territories and Societies (TES)

A geographer, a professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed.

Baghdad Mohamed Hirche is a Research Director at the Research Centre in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC), a position he has held since 2016. A graduate of the Philosophy Department at Es-Sénia University (Oran), he has combined philosophical inquiry with anthropological fieldwork since joining the centre in 2006. His current research focuses on everyday local social and cultural practices, aiming to uncover the mechanisms behind their formation and continuity.

Mourad Senouci : Playwright, director, and former general manager of the Oran Regional Theatre.

Clinical psychologist, specialising in gender issues and, in particular, adolescence. University of Oran 2. Research associate at CRASC.

Researcher and Doctor of Psychology affiliated with the National Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) in Oran, Algeria. His research focuses on psychology and clinical health sciences.

sociologist, researcher at CRASC. Her area of interest: the sociology of the family.

Researcher and research director in the humanities at the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology in Oran, specialising in dialectology and toponymy (the study of place names).

Laboratory of Electronics, Photonics and Optoelectronics (LEPO), Djillali Liabes University.

Research Director and permanent researcher at the Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC), affiliated with the Research Unit on Naming Systems in Algeria (RASYD). Specializing in political sociology within the broader field of social sciences, his work focuses on conceptions of authority and power, familial social solidarity in contexts of vulnerability, and onomastics (specifically maritime place names in Algiers).