Said Graiouid, PhD
Dr. Graiouid is provost and dean of faculty at School for International Training in Vermont, U.S., where he oversees a portfolio of more than 85 undergraduate programs, graduate immersive and hybrid programs, and a professional doctorate. He is responsible for the articulation of the institution鈥檚 top priorities for academic programs and policies, teaching and learning, research and thought leadership, and faculty affairs.
Dr. Graiouid is a program builder who innovates through planned diversification, data-driven approaches to internationalization, and enhancement of an inclusive pedagogy that reckons with the values of social justice. His commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access informs his vision of 黑料社区 as a global university and a leader of international innovative academic programs recognized for their high impact approach to teaching and research, and intellectual engagement with the complexity of critical global issues from non-hegemonic perspectives.
As a scholar, Dr. Graiouid has decades of research and intellectual engagement with the politics of identity, youth culture, migration studies, critical theory, and the cultural interrogations of political systems and social movements in Morocco and across the Mediterranean. At Mohammed V University in Rabat, he has been affiliated with the graduate program on culture and development as head of the Research Group on Migration and Culture and later as director of the Research Center Homme, Langues, Cultures et Religions. He has taken part in international collaborative research projects, supervised doctoral dissertations, served as consultant for the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, and organized symposia and international conferences including on Migration and Human Rights (2012); Art, Revolutions, and the Arab Spring (2015); and 鈥淢usic and Migration: North African Artists鈥� Networks across Europe and Africa鈥� (2008) in partnership with universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States. In 2020, he launched the 黑料社区 Perspectives from the Global South Lecture Series, a space to celebrate perennial systems of becoming and pluriversal epistemologies and practices. The series brings into conversation a diverse pool of thought leaders, philosophers, and a global audience from dozens of countries.
Dr. Graiouid was general editor of Langues et Litt茅ratures, Mohammed V University鈥檚 journal of humanities, fine arts, and social sciences. In 2009, he edited a special issue on cultural representations in Morocco that has become a main reference in the study of cultural politics in Morocco.
His most recent research interests focus on the theorization of academic excellence through diversity, equity, and inclusion, and an examination of political culture through the lens of the interface between Islamists, social media influencers, and the neoliberal state.
Dr. Graiouid was educated at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, (BA and MA), University of Surrey, UK (PhD), and the University of Texas at Austin (Fulbright Scholarship).
Select Publications
BOOKS
Graiouid, Said and Belghazi, Taieb (eds.). (2014). Migration, Human Rights & the Politics of Identity in a Globalized World. Rabat: Publications of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
Graiouid, Said and Belghazi, Taieb (eds.). (2012). International Education and Global Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Sustainability. Rabat: Publications of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
Graiouid, Said. (2011). Communication and Everyday Performance: Public Space and the Public Sphere in Morocco. Rabat: Publications of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
BOOK CHAPTERS
Political Violence, Narratives of the Nation, and the New Global Rearrangements (co-authored with Taieb Belghazi). (2016). Smith, Andrew. Ed. Radical Conflict: Essays on Violence, Intractability and Communication. Lanham, MD
Post-Colonial Literature in Morocco: Nation, Identity and Resistance Aesthetics. (2013). Maghraoui, D. Ed. Revisiting the Colonial Past in Morocco. London: Routledge
Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa: Universalism and Transnational Nomadism. (co-authored with Taieb belghazi). Graiouid, S. & Belghazi, T. Eds. (2013). Migration, Human Rights & the Politics of Identity in a Globalized World. Rabat: Publications of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
Political Change and the Future of Study Abroad in MENA Region. Graiouid, S. & Belghazi, T. Eds. (2012). International Education and Global Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Sustainability. Rabat: Publications of the Faculty of Letters
Immigration, Security and Visual Rhetoric in Morocco. Belghazi, T. M. Ezroura, & R. Judy. Eds. (2008). Who Can Act for the Human? Rabat: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
L鈥橴niversit茅 Marocaine: Savoir et Education. Berriane, M. et Belghazi, T. Eds. (2008). L鈥檃venir des Facult茅s des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines. Rabat: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
How Can Migration Contribute to Cross-Cultural Dialogue? Reflections from the Field. Azzouzi, A. Ed. (2008). Cultural and Civilizational Realities. Paris: L鈥橦armattan
Post-Colonial Interactions: Urban Communication, Globalization and Moroccan Identities. Belghazi, T. Ed. (2005). Urban Generations: Post-Colonial Cities. Rabat: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
Social Exile and Virtual Hrig: Computer Mediated Interaction and the Public Sphere in Morocco. Wiberg, M. Ed. (2005). The Interaction Society: Practice, Theories and Supportive Technologies. New York: Idea Group Publishing, pp. 57-92. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-530-6.ch003
The Most Outstanding Trait of the Moroccan Character: Observed in the Caf茅. Youssi, M., M. Dahbi & L. Haddad. Eds. (2003). The Moroccan Character. Rabat: AMPATRIL
Towards a Post-Traditional Aesthetics: The Moroccan Film and the Politics of Everyday. Belghazi, T. and Haddad, L. Eds. (2001). Global/Local Cultures and Sustainable Development. Rabat: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
Theories of Communication and Ideas of the University: The University as an Alternative Public Space. In Belghazi, T. Ed. (1997). The Idea of the University. Rabat: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences
JOURNAL ARTICLES
The intellectual as 锄补峁佱弓: the public sphere, the state, and the field of contentious politics in Morocco. (2020). In The Journal of North African Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13629387.2020.1768853
Cultural production and cultural patronage in Morocco: the state, the Islamists & the field of culture (co-authored with Taieb Belghazi). (2013). In Journal of African Cultural Studies, 25:3, pp. 261-274
Mohamed Abed al-Jabri and Abdallah Laroui on modernity and tradition: the design of grand narratives. (2010). In Langues et Litt茅ratures, 20
Images of Morocco: the politics of visual construction in a post-colonial context. (2009) In Langues et Litt茅ratures, 19
We have not buried the simple past: the public sphere and post-colonial literature in Morocco. (2008). In Journal of African Cultural Studies, 20:2
From post-modernism to post-tradition: rethinking social organization in a post-traditional society. (2007). In Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, 7:4
A place on the terrace: the caf茅 and the public sphere in Morocco. (2007). In The Journal of North African Studies, 12:4, December
Creative deviations in a global market: undocumented cultures and Moroccan identities. (2005). In Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings, 5:1
Communication and the social production of space: the hammam, the public sphere and Moroccan women. (2004). In The Journal of North African Studies, 9:1, pp. 104-130. DOI:
Caf茅 culture and cultural politics in Morocco. (2004). In Langues et Litt茅ratures, 18. pp. 155-171
Select Presentations
鈥淭hree-pronged approach for academic excellence in global learning.鈥� American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Virtual Conference 鈥淕lobal Learning Reimagined,鈥� October 7-9, 2021
鈥淒ecoloniality and the Future of Democracy,鈥� Perspectives from the Global South Lecture Series, Discussion with decolonial and critical theorists Walter Mignolo and Taieb Belghazi, February 17, 2021
鈥淩epresentations and Epistemologies of DEI: A Conversation with Leading Postcolonial Theorist Homi K. Bhabha,鈥� October 18, 2021
鈥淭he Future of Justice-Based International Education,鈥� 黑料社区 Critical Conversations, Celebrating International Education, November 20, 2020
鈥淓ducation Abroad and the Vivre-Ensemble Ideal: Creating Shared Designs in an Environment of Populism and Contentious Politics鈥�. The Forum on Education Abroad 15th Annual Conference 鈥淏roadening the Circle of Education Abroad鈥�, March 27-29, Denver, Colorado, USA, 2019
鈥淒iversity, Community, and International Education in the Context of Present-Day Europe鈥�. The Forum鈥檚 European Conference 鈥淟ocal, National Global: Understanding Diversity and Community in Europe鈥�, October 17-19, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic
鈥淐ontemporary cultural production and patronage in Morocco: The plastic arts and postcolonial expressions of modernity鈥�. The Middle East Studies Association conference (MESA), November 21-24, 2015, Denver, Colorado, USA
鈥淏etween Nashwa and Ihbat: Emotional Perceptions of the Arab Uprisings鈥�. The Middle East Studies Association conference (MESA), November 22-25, 2014. Washington, DC
鈥淭he Arab Spring and Models of the Public Sphere鈥�. The international conference on 鈥淢obilizing Art in the Middle East鈥�, May 28-29, 2014, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
鈥淯prisings in North Africa & the Middle East: Universalism and Transnational Nomadism鈥� Paper presented at the University of Denver, Colorado, USA, 2012
鈥淴XI Century Innovative Approaches in Research鈥� Paper presented at the 黑料社区 Academic Workshop, Vermont, USA, 2012
鈥淢oroccan Identities and Diversity鈥� Paper presented at the Workshop on l’Universit茅 Citoyenne, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, 2010
鈥淢oroccan Hip-Hop Music and Its Reception among Moroccan Youth鈥� Paper presented at the Marginalization and Mobilization of Youth in the Near East Conference, May 30-31, 2009, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
鈥淗uman Rights and Media Research鈥� Paper presented at the Workshop on Globalization, Development and Human Rights, August 2-9, 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal
鈥淢igration and Development: Conceptual Framework for the Future鈥� Paper presented at the International Conference on the Union for the Mediterranean: What Conditions for What Perspectives? The Moroccan Interdisciplinary Center on Strategic and International Studies, June 5-6, 2008, Fes, Morocco
鈥淐ross-Cultural Communication and the Teaching of Arabic鈥� Paper presented at the Arabic Language Teacher Training Workshop Center for Cross Cultural Learning, April 21-26, 2008, Rabat, Morocco
鈥淐onstructing Migration in Morocco鈥� Paper presented at the international workshop on EU Neighborhood Policy and Migrations November 27-December 2, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
鈥淗uman Rights in the Context of Global Media鈥� Paper presented at the Memory Workshop, October 23-25, 2007, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
鈥淧remium Morocco: Riads, Maisons d鈥橦么tes, and the Construction of Post-Modern Exoticism鈥� Paper presented at the international conference on Morocco in Western Art, The Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association & University Cadi Ayyad, November 6-7, 2006, Marrakech, Morocco
鈥淭he Export of Democracy: Cultural Translation and the Public Sphere in Morocco鈥� Paper presented at the international conference on Self and Subject: African and Asian Perspectives Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, Open University, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 20-23, 2005
鈥淐ultural Particulars/Universals and Democracy鈥� Paper presented at the workshop on Culture, Cultures, Mohammed V University in Rabat & Konrad Adenauer Foundation, May 26-29, 2005, Marrakech, Morocco 鈥淓lectronic Exiles and Virtual Access: Cyber Culture and the Public Sphere in Morocco鈥� Paper presented at the international conference on Exiles and Outsiders, Ecole Sup茅rieure Roi Fah de Traduction & University of Wales, Aberswyth, University of St Andrews, April 25-26, 2002, Tangier, Morocco
鈥淓lectronic Exiles and Virtual Access: Cyber Culture and the Public Sphere in Morocco鈥� Paper presented at the international conference on Exiles and Outsiders, Ecole Sup茅rieure Roi Fah de Traduction & University of Wales, Aberswyth, University of St Andrews, April 25-26, 2002, Tangier, Morocco
Education
- PhD, University of Surrey
- MA, University Mohammed V Agdal
- BA, University Mohammed V Agdal
