Hamzi Khateb

Bio

Hamzi Khateb PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po-Paris (Cevipof) Paris, and in Sociology from Ehess-Paris. He is a research at Ceias – Ehess, and a lecturer-researcher at Sciences Po-Paris and at Polytechnique University Hauts-de-France. Based on a creative and original multidisciplinary approach, combining Islamic studies, with sociology of religion, moral sociology and political and moral philosophy, Dr. Khateb studies the link between ethics, moral, theology, philosophy and politics in a secular state. His dissertation completed in 2017, deals with the issue of moral responsibility between Islamic norms, laicity and secularism. Using a 2-year long longitudinal study conducted with Muslim converts, he analyzes their religious socialization through the concept of moral responsibility. The objective is to understand how the idea of responsibility unfolds as a social object, torn between Muslim laws/norms/values on the one hand and French Republic laws/norms/values on the other. More specifically, he investigates how these norms take shape through converts’ actions and religious practices.