Biography
Talbi was born in Tunis on 16 September 1921, attending school there and going on to study inCareer
Talbi spent most of his educational career teaching Mediterranean and North African history. He taught the Institute of Higher Education of Tunis. In 1966, he became the first dean of the School of Letter and Human Sciences of Tunis, as well as chairing the school's history department. He later directed the scientific journal '. In 1968, Talbi defended his Ph.D. thesis, ''The Aghlabid Emirate, a political History,'' at the Sorbonne. It was focused on Tunisia's first Muslim dynasty, addressing especially the history and key role of slavery in the Emirate’s agriculture and economy. Talbi was appointed president of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts between 2011 and 2012.Views
On the subject of Islam and democracy, Talbi rejected any direct association betweenAwards
Administrative positions
* Member of theOther acknowledgements
* 1979 : Premio letterario internazionale del Mediterraneo (Bibliography
In French
* ''Al-Mukhassass d'Ibn Sïda : études et index'', ed. Imprimerie officielle, Tunis, 1956 * ''Histoire générale de la Tunisie'' (collective book), tome II « Le Moyen Âge », ed. Société tunisienne de diffusion, Tunis, 1965 * ''L'émirat aghlabide (186-296/800-909) : histoire politique'', ed. Adrien Maisonneuve, Paris, 1966 () * ''Biographies aghlabides extraites des Madarik du Cadi Iyād'' (critical edition), ed. Imprimerie officielle de la République tunisienne, Tunis, 1968 * ''Ibn Khaldûn et l'Histoire'', ed. Société tunisienne de diffusion, Tunis, 1965, republishing. Maison tunisienne de l'édition, Tunis, 1973, republishing. Cartaginoiseries, Carthage, 2006 * ''Islam en dialogue'', ed. Maison tunisienne d'édition, Tunis, 1970 * ''Islam et dialogue'', ''réflexion sur un thème d'actualité'', ed. Maison tunisienne d'édition, Tunis, 1972 * ''Étude d’histoire ifrîqiyenne et de civilisation musulmane médiévale'', ed. Université de Tunis, Tunis, 1982 * ''Réflexions sur le Coran'' (with Maurice Bucaille), ed. Seghers, Paris, 1989 () * ''Études sur la tolérance'' (collective book), ed. Beït El Hikma, Carthage, 1995 * ''Un respect têtu'' (with Olivier Clément), ed. Nouvelle Cité, Paris, 1995 () * ''Plaidoyer pour un islam moderne'', ed. Desclée de Brouwer, Paris, 1998 () * ''Penseur libre en islam. Un intellectuel musulman dans la Tunisie de Ben Ali'' (with Gwendoline Jarczyk), ed. Albin Michel, Paris, 2002 () * ''Universalité du Coran'', ed. Actes Sud, Arles, 2002 () * ''Oriente-Occidente : cartografías de una distancia'' irection ed. Fondation Marcelino Botín, Santander, 2004 * ''Réflexion d'un musulman contemporain'', ed. Fennec, Casablanca, 2005 * ''Afin que mon cœur se rassure'', ed. Nirvana, Tunis, 2010 * ''Gaza, barbarie biblique ou de l'extermination sacrée et humanisme coranique'', ed. Mohamed Talbi, Tunis, 2010 * ''L'Islam n'est pas voile, il est culte : rénovation de la pensée musulmane'', ed. Cartaginoiseries, Carthage, 2010 * ''Goulag et démocratie'', ed. Mohamed Talbi, Tunis, 2011 * ''À Benoît XVI'', ed. Mohamed Talbi, Tunis, 2011 * ''Ma religion c'est la liberté : l'islam et les défis de la contemporanéité'', ed. Nirvana, Tunis, 2011 () * ''Histoire du Christ. Histoire d’une fraude textes à l’appui'', s. ed., Tunis, 2011In Italian
* ''Rispetto nel dialogo. Islamismo e cristianesimo'' (with Olivier Clément), éd. San Paolo, Roma, 1994 * ''Un'urgenza dei tempi modern : il dialogo fra gli universi culturali'' (with Giovanni Agnelli & Marcello Pacini), ed. Fondation Giovanni Agnelli, Turino, 1997 * ''Le vie del dialogo nell'Islam'', ed. Fondation Giovanni Agnelli, Turino, 1999 * ''Islam e libero pensiero. Laicità e democrazia nel mondo musulmano'', ed. UTET Università, Milano, 2005 * ''Università del Corano'', ed. Jaca Book, Milano, 2007In Dutch
* ''Dialog mit Afrika und dem Islam'' (withIn Arabic
* ''Al-Turtûshî, al Hawâdith wa-l-Bida'' (), ed. Imprimerie officielle, Tunis, 1959 * ''Tarājim Aghlabīyah : mustakhrajah min Madārik al-Qādī ʻIyāḍ'' (), ed. Imprimerie officielle, Tunis, 1968 * ''Manhajiyyat lbn Khaldûn al-Tâ'rîkhiyya'' (), ed. Dâr al-Hadathâ, Beyrouth, 1981 * ''Dirāsāt fī tārīkh Ifrīqīyah wa-fī al-ḥaḍārah al-Islāmiyah fī al-ʻaṣr al-wasīṭ'' (), ed. University of Tunis, Tunis, 1982 * ''Al-dawlaẗu al-aġhlabiyyaẗ (184-296/800-909) : Al-tārīkẖ al-siyāsī'' (), ed. Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī, Beyrouth, 1985 * ''Nahnou wa al-ġharb'' (), ed. Abdelkarim Ben Abdallah, Tunis, 1992 (Collective Work) * ''Iyal Allah : Afkar Jadidah fi 'Alaqat al-Muslim bi-nafsihi wa bi al-Akharin'' (), ed. Cérès, Tunis, 1992 * ''Fi Tārīkh Ifrīqīyah'' (), ed. Beït El Hikma, Carthage, 1994 * ''Ummat al-Wasat'' (), ed. Cérès, Tunis, 1996 * ''Al-Islâm : Hurriyatun wa Hiwâr'' (), ed. Dâr al-Nahâr, Beyrouth, 1999 * ''Li yatma'inna qālbî : Quādhiyatû el-îmān'' (), ed. Cérès, Tunis, 2007 * ''Quādhiyatû al-Hâquîqua'' (), ed. Mohamed Talbi, Tunis, 2015 * ''Dalil al-muslim al-Cor'ānî'' (), ed. Mohamed Talbi, Tunis, 2016 * ''Al-Ṣiraa' al-lāhoutî fi Al-Qayrawân ayam al-aġhaliba'' (), ed. Sotumedias, Tunis, 2017References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbi, Mohamed 1921 births 2017 deaths Historians of Islam 20th-century Tunisian historians 21st-century Tunisian historians Tunisian Quranist Muslims Historians of religion Medievalists Historians of the Mediterranean Writers from Tunis Members of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts Officers of the Legion of Honour Order of Civil Merit members