Abdelwahab Bouhdiba (13 August 1932 – 17 December 2020) was a Tunisian academic, sociologist, and Islamologist.[1]
Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
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| Born | (1932-08-13)13 August 1932 |
| Died | 17 December 2020(2020-12-17) (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Occupation(s) | Academic Sociologist |
After his studies at Sadiki CollegeinTunis and the Lycée Janson-de-SaillyinParis, Bouhdiba studied philosophy and literature at the Sorbonne. He earned an agrégation in philosophy in 1959.[2] In 1972, he earned a doctorate with a thesis titled Islam et sexualité, published in 1975 under the title La sexualité en islam.[3]
A professor emeritusatTunis University, he directed the sociology department at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis. He was Director General of the Centre d'études et de recherches économiques et sociales from 1972 to 1992 and of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization from 1991 to 1994.[4] He served on the Conseil supérieur islamique tunisien,[5] as well as the executive council of UNESCO.[6]
Bouhdiba was a guest professor at the University of Geneva-based Geneva Graduate Institute and served on the scientific council of the Fondation tunisienne pour la traduction, l'établissement des textes et les études, the École tunisienne de philosophie,[7] the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, and the Arab Academy of Damascus. He was Vice President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and President of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts, where he became an honorary member at the end of 2012.[8][9]
Abdelwahab Bouhdiba died on 17 December 2020 at the age of 88.[10]