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Marleen Renders
Marleen Renders obtained a PhD in Political Science at Ghent University (2006). She wrote her PhD thesis on "'Traditional' leaders and institutions in the building of the Muslim republic of Somaliland".
Currently, she is a Visiting Assistant-Professor of African History at the KUB University of Brussels (Belgium) and a Teaching Fellow on Non-Western Law at the Dept. of Public Law at Ghent University (Belgium). Previously, she worked as a research fellow at the Centre for Third World Studies at Ghent University, as a research officer at the Field Diplomacy Initiative (FDI) in Antwerp (Belgium).
Contact:
tel: + 32 (0)486 98 98 25
Research interests
Publications
Peer reviewed articles
- Renders M. (2002) An ambiguous adventure. Muslim organisations and the discourse of 'development' in Senegal, in: Journal of Religion in Africa 32, 1.
- Saey P., Renders M., Thijs S. (2001), The geographical structure of capitalism at the origin of cultural protest against globalization as expressed in contemporary politics of identity, in: Belgeo, 4, p. 297-314.
Articles (other)
- Renders M. (2004) 'Etat, Clan, Representation et Pouvoir en Somalie' in: Les Cahiers d'Afrique, Vol 1 n. 2.
- Renders M. (2004) 'Women and gender in islamist movements and discourses. Subsaharan Africa' in: Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Leiden, Brill Publishers.
Books
- Renders M. (2001) Soefisme, islamisme en politieke verandering in Senegal in: Doom R. (ed.) De structuur van de waanzin, Gent, Academia Press, pp. 108-139.
- Renders M. (1999) De schaduwkant van de maan. Islamisme in politiek, economie, maatschappij en het wereld-systeem, Academia Press, Gent, 192 p.
- Renders M. (2005) The building of a state and the political role of Islam in Somaliland, in: Gomze-Perez M. (ed) (2005) L'islam politique au sud du Sahara. Identités, discours et enjeux, Paris, Karthala.
- Renders M. (in print) Islam and Islamism in a collapsed state: Somalila/Somaliland in: Ottayek R. and Soares B. (eds.) Islam, disengagement of the state and globalisation in Africa, Leiden/Paris.
Conference presentations
- Renders M. (1999) Muslim perceptions of development in West-Africa, the case of Senegal, European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES), 27-29 september.
- Renders M. (2001) In God We trust. Islamism in the capitalist world-system. Islam in Africa Conference of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY at Binghamton, NY, 19-22 April 2001.
- Renders M. (2002), Some observations on Islam, islamism and the clan system in Somaliland. L'islam politique en afrique subsaharienne d'hier à aujourd'hui. Discours, trajectoires et réseaux, Colloque international Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Laboratoire Sédet-CNRS
- Renders M. (2005) Islam and islamism in a collapsed state: the case of Somalia/Somaliland at: Islam, disengagement of the state and globalisation in Africa, convened by Centre d'etude d'Afrique Noire (CEAN) - Sciences-po Bordeaux and Africa Studies Centre (ASC), Leiden. Paris 11-12 May 2005.
- Renders M. (2005) Peace and development in Somaliland. The wadaads and islamic claims to popular legitimacy in an emerging polity, AEGIS Conference, London, 29 Jun-2Jul 2005.
Policy papers
- Deconinck S. en Renders M. (1999) Beleidsvoorbereidend onderzoek inzake ontwikkelingssamenwerking, eindrapport. Beleidsvoorbereidend onderzoek in opdracht van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap. Promotor: Prof. Dr. R. Doom.
- Walraet A., Bossuyt J., Renders M., Van Acker F., Vlassenroot K. (2002) Welk samenspel tussen staat en civiele maatschappij? Lessen uit de praktijk van de Vlaamse NGOs, een studie in opdracht van de Vlaamse NGO-koepel 11.11.11
- Renders M. (2002) Situation Report Somaliland 2002 (I and II), prepared for Norwegian People's Aid, Horn of Africa Programme, Nairobi.
Other / General audience
- Renders M. Vlaams Marxistisch Tijdschrift, december 1997. Boekbesprekingen: Catherine L., "De gelaagde religie. Over mytische verhalen en kritische atheïsten", Hadewijch, Antwerpen, 1996, en Catherine L. "Islam voor ongelovigen", EPO, Berchem, 1997.
- Renders M. (2004) "Dossier: de islam" in Reflector n.5 februari, Averbode, Uitgeverij Averbode (educational publication for students of the second level of secondary education - 15-16 years).
- Renders M. (2006) "Oorlog in Mogadishu. Van lokaal conflict tot internationaal front" in: Vrede, juni 2006.
- Interviews in different newsmedia (VRT Radio 1, De Standaard, De Morgen) on the situation in Somalia/Somaliland.
- Lectures (various) on Islam and Islamism in Subsaharan Africa
- Guest lectures 'introduction to social and political science', Faculty of Business Studies, Boorama University, Somaliland (Somalia), March 2003.
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