Dima Mohammed
Postdoctoral Researcher, ArgLab, IFL, FCSH-UNL.
d.mohammed@fcsh.unl.pt
Personal page on IFILNOVA site
Personal page on Academia.edu
Academic Degrees
PhD in Argumentation Theory, (2009). Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric
Promotors: Prof. dr. F. H. van Eemeren, Prof. dr. E.C.W. Krabbe, Dr. A. F. Snoeck Henkemans
PhD Dissertation: “The Honourable Gentleman Should Make Up His Mind”. Strategic Manoeuvring with Accusations of Inconsistency in Prime Minister's Question Time. –Available here
(Awarded the Best PhD Dissertation of 2009 by the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis –ASCA)
MA in Logic, Language and Argumentation, (2005). Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and RhetoricThesis: Towards a pragma-dialectical approach to negotiations (cum laude)
BA in English Language and Literature, (2002). Faculty of Arts, Birzeit University, Palestine
Department of English Language and Literature
Academic Expertise and research Interests
Argumentation Theory: Rationality; Fallacies; Pragma-dialectics; Strategic Manoeuvring; Political argumentation; Argumentation in institutionalised contexts, in particular argumentation in parliamentary settings;
Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics; Critical discourse analysis, Conversation analysis;
Communication: Persuasion research;
Political Philosophy: Deliberative democracy
Current research projects
Rationality of public political argument: the case of European parliamentary debates (SFRH/BPD/76149/2011) – FCT-funded individual post-doctoral project.
Argumentation, Communication and Context (PTDC/FIL–FIL/10117/2009) – FCT-funded institutional project in ArgLab.
Latest Publications
Articles in Peer Review Journal
Mohammed, D. (2013). Pursuing multiple goals in European Parliamentary debates: EU immigration policies as a case in point. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 2(1), 47-74. –Available here
Lewiński, M and D. Mohammed (2013). Introduction: Argumentation in political deliberation. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 2(1), 1-9. –Available here
Lewiński, M. & Mohammed, D. (2012). Deliberate design or unintended consequences: The argumentative uses of Facebook during the Arab Spring. Journal of Public Deliberation, 8(1), Article 11. –Available here
Book Chapters
Mohammed, D. (2014a). “The revolution must continue”: Strategic Maneuvering in Post-Mubarak Egypt. In C. Palczewski (Ed.) Disturbing Argument: Selected Works from the 18th NCA/AFA Alta Conference on Argumentation. Routledge.
Lewiński, M. and D. Mohammed (2014b) Tweeting the Arab Spring: Argumentative Polylogues in Digital Media. In C. Palczewski (Ed.) Disturbing Argument: Selected Works from the 18th NCA/AFA Alta Conference on Argumentation. Routledge.
Mohammed, D. (2013). Hit two birds with one stone: Strategic manoeuvring in the after-Mubarak era. In Sellami, A.L. (Ed.), Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate and Pedagogy: Proceedings of the 2013 4th International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate, and Pedagogy, (pp. 95–116). Doha, January 11–13, 2013. –Available here
Conference Proceedings
Mohammed, D. (2013a). Rationality of argumentation aimed at multiple goals. In D. Mohammed and M. Lewiński (Eds.). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.
Mohammed, D. (2013b). Commentary on Marta Zampa’s “The editorial meeting discussion as an argumentative activity type”. In D. Mohammed and M. Lewiński (Eds.). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.
Edited Volumes
Mohammed, D., & Lewiński, M. (Eds.) (2013). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.
Lewiński, M., & Mohammed, D. (Eds.) (2013). Argumentation in Political Deliberation. Special issue of Journal of Argumentation in Context, vol 2 (1). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (incl. Lewiński, M., & Mohammed, D. (2013). Introduction: Argumentation in Political Deliberation, 1-9.) –Available here.
Latest Conference Presentations
(2014c) Argumentation in European Parliamentary debates: Between accountability and the deliberation of future courses of action. Presentation at the IPRI Lunch Seminar: Comparative Politics/International Relations- Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 6 June 2014.
(2014b) What shall we do about … Europe? Practical arguments in European Parliamentary debates. Presentation at the International Conference on Rhetoric – “Days of Ivo Škarić” - Croatia, April 23 – 26 2014.
(2014a) Argumentation and political deliberation in the European parliament: On the interplay between practical claims and accountability claims. Presentation at the Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. 28 March 2014.
(2013) What do we do with practical arguments? Accountability in political discussions about future courses of action. Presentation at the international workshop on Argumentation and Rational Decisions, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 5 December 2013.
