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Curriculum Vitae
Areas of specialization:
40 years of experience in the following areas:
· Translation (English/Urdu and Urdu/English)
· English Literature
· English Language Teaching
· Staff Development (In-Service Professional Development of
University/College Teachers)
· Academic Writing and Journal Editing
· Ph.D. Supervision
· Syllabus Designing
Name
: Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai
Date of Birth: 21/10/1956
Nationality: Indian
Address (Res.): 4/873, New Friends Colony, Aligarh- 202001, U.P,
India
Address (Work):Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre,
and Professor of English, Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh–202001(UP) INDIA
E-mail
: [email protected]
Tel No. (Off):0091 571 240 0991
Mobile
:0091 992 734 0410
Academic Qualifications:
· MA, M.Phil, Ph.D in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim
University
· 2nd Ph.D in English on Lord Byron’s Turkish Tales under the
supervision of Professor Vincent Newey from the University of
Leicester, UK in 1993.
· Advanced Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign
Language from Aston University, UK
Academic Positions and Experience:
· Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Aligarh
Muslim University since 2001 – continued.
· Director, CALEM, AMU (HRD Ministry Scheme) since 2015.
· Director, K. A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies since 17
April 2017.
· Professor, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University
from 1997 – continued.
· Reader/Lecturer Department of English, Aligarh Muslim
University from 1978 to 1997.
· Registrar, AMU, Aligarh (April 2000 – May 2000).
· Honorary Visiting Professor/ Fellow, Department of English,
University of Leicester (from April 2006 to 31 December 2016)
· Director, EAMP, US Embassy English Proficiency Programme for
AMU School students since 2008.
· Director, Centre for the Promotion of the Educational and
Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India 1996-2000.
Publications:
Books: (On English and Urdu Literature)
1. Orientalism in Lord Byron’s Turkish Tales, US/UK,
Lewiston/Lampeter Mellen University Press, 1995
2. The Crescent and the Cross: Image of the Orient in English
Literature, Aligarh Muslim University, 1997.
3. Stranger than Fiction: Image of Islam/Muslims in English
Fiction, APH, New Delhi, 2000 (Edited Volume).
4. Behind the Veil: Representation of Muslim Woman in Indian
Writings in English 1950-2000. APH, New Delhi 2007 (Edited
Volume).
5. Literary Orientalism: A Companion, New Delhi, Viva Books,
2009.
6. Jalwa-i Danish-i Firang: Iqbal par Angrezi Tanqidi Mazamin ka
Urdu Tarjuma (Urdu translation of select English articles on
Iqbal’s art and craft), Aligarh, 2010.
Revised and expanded edition by Iqbal Academy (Hind), Delhi,
2018, pp. 216. ISBN: 978-93-87497-8.
7. The Holy and the Unholy: Edited by Abdur Raheem Kidwai and
Asim Siddiqui Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s Novels, Delhi,
Sarup & Sons, 2011.
8. Criticism and Counter Criticism, Edited by Abdur Raheem
Kidwai and Asim Siddiqui, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2012.
9. Orientalism in English Literature: Perception of Islam and
Muslims, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2016, 282 pages, ISBN:
978-81-309-2692-6.
10. Believing and Belonging: Critical Essays on British Muslim
Fiction, Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2016, 146 pages,
ISBN: 978-81-309-1770-2
11. Literary Selfies: Self Identity in Indian Muslim English
Fiction Edited Volume, Kitaab International Pvt. Ltd, Singapore,
2017, 252 pages, ISBN: 978-981-11-2978-0
12. Images of the Prophet Muhammad in English Literature. New
York, Peter Lang, 2018, pp. 152 pages. ISBN: 9781433147487.
Books: (On Islam and the Quran/Higher Education/Indian
Muslims)
13. Essential Teachings of the Quran Leicester, Islamic
Foundation, UK. 2005. Also published by Jaico, Mumbai, 2006.
14. Bibliography of the Translations of the Meaning of the
Glorious Quran into English 1649-2002. Madina, Saudi Arabia, King
Fahad Quran Printing Complex, 2007.
15. 365 Sayings of Prophet Muhammad, Jaico, Mumbai, 2008
16. Bibliojarafia Tarjumat Ma‘ani al-Quran al-Karim. Arabic
version of the above brought out by the same publisher in 2008.
17. Daily Wisdom: Selections from the Hadith. Leicester, Islamic
Foundation, UK. 2010
18. Higher Education: Issues and Challenges, Edited Volume, New
Delhi, Viva Books, 2010.
19. Daily Wisdom: Selections from the Quran. Leicester, Islamic
Foundation, UK. 2011
20. Translating the Untranslatable: A Critical Guide to 60
English Translations of the Quran, New Delhi, Sarup Publishers,
2011.
21. National Integration Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva Books,
2012.
22. Empowerment of Indian Muslims: Perspectives, Planning and
Road Ahead. Edited Volume. Editors: A. R. Kidwai and Asmer Beg. New
Delhi, Concept Publishing Company, 2012.
23. What is in the Quran? Message of the Quran in Simple
English, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2013.
Revised and Expanded Edition New Delhi, Viva Books, 2019. ISBN:
978-93-88653-23-7.
24. Daily Wisdom: Selections from Prayers and Supplications.
Leicester, Islamic Foundation, UK. 2013
25. From Darkness into Faith: Like and Works of Mawlana Abdul
Majid Daryabadi, Springs, South Africa, Ahsan Publication, 2013,
304 pages.
26. Special Issue of Jamia Millia Islamia Urdu Journal, Islam
awr Asr Jadid, 45:1 (January – October 2013, of 128 pages contains
a collection of my articles in Urdu on the translations of the
Quran.
27. 365 Sayings of the Quran, Jaico, Mumbai, 2014
28. New Directions in Higher Education, Edited Volume, New
Delhi, Viva Books, 2014.
29. Mustashreqeen Aur Angrezi Tarajim-e-Quran (Professor Abdur
Raheem Qidwai ke Mazamen). Edited by Professor Akhtarul Wasey. New
Delhi. Al-Balagh Publication, 2015.
30. Blessed Names and Attributes of Allah, Leicester, UK, Kube
Publication, 2016, ISBN:9781847740878
31. Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad,
Leicester, UK, Kube Publication, 2016, ISBN: 9781847740885.
32. Journey of Faith: Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi. Edited by
Akhtarul Wasey and Abdur Raheem Kidwai, New Delhi, Shipra
Publication, 2016, ISBN No: 978-81-7541-798-4.
33. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Muslim Renaissance Man of India; A
Bicentenary Commemorative Volume. Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva
Books, 2016, Pp. 338, ISBN: 978-93-86243-55-3
34. God’s Word Man’s Interpretations: A Critical Study of the
21st Century English Translations of the Quran by Abdur
Raheem Kidwai (New Delhi, Viva Books, 2018) PP: 178. ISBN:
978-93-87486-29-4.
35. The Crescent in the West: Image of the Orient in English
Literature up to 1832 by Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Mauritius, Al Ilm
Publishing, 2019, pp. 124.(ISBN: 978-3-659-61860-4.
36. Writing Skills: Methods and Practice, Edited by Abdur Raheem
Kidwai and Sherin Shervani, (New Delhi, Viva Books, 2019), ISBN:
978-93-88653-91-6.
37. Muslim Woman: What Everyone Needs to Know, Edited by Abdur
Raheem Kidwai and Juhi Gupta, (New Delhi, Viva Books, 2019), ISBN:
978-93-89401-52-3.
Articles/Notes/Book Reviews:
· Around 230 in English and Urdu on English and Urdu literature,
Islam and the English Translations of the Quran in the Byron
Journal, Notes and Queries, Muslim World Book Review, Islamic
Studies, Insights, Journal of Quranic Research and Studies, Oxford
Journal of Islamic Studies, Asiatic, Aligarh Journal of English
Studies and other periodicals.
· Article on British Romantic Women Poets in Literature and
Authenticity 1780-1900. Edited by Ashley Chantler et al. London,
Ashgate, 2011, pp. 91-105.
· Article on the English translator of the Quran, "Muhammad
Marmaduke Pickhtall's English translation of the Quran (1930): An
Assessment” in Marmaduke Pickthall-Islam and the Modern
World edited by Geoffrey P. Nash. Leiden, Brill, 2017, pp.
231-248.
Member, Editorial Board:
· Islamic Quarterly, London.
· Islamic Studies, Islamabad
· Islamic Muallim, Mumbai.
· Hamdard Islamicus, Karachi.
· Insights, Islamabad
· Fikr wa Nazar, Aligarh
· Tahzibul Akhlaq, Aligarh
· Language and Literacy, Indonesia
· Journal of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies,
University of Qatar, Qatar
Academic Distinctions:
· Commonwealth Fellow, UK (October 2005- March 2006)
· Two Major Research Projects by the University Grants
Commission, New Delhi, India on English Literature.
· Delivered lectures on Literary Orientalism and Higher
Education at the Universities of Mauritius, and Wolverhampton,
Oxford, Sunderland and Leicester in the UK, and on Teaching English
for Bahrain secondary schools teachers.
· Member of the UGC Academic Advisory Committees of several
Academic Staff Colleges of JNU, Osmania, MANUU, JMI, Nagpur,
Muzaffarpur, Sonepat, Lucknow and Ajmer Universities.
· Member of the Selection Committees of Teaching positions
(English) at MANNU, Hyderabad, University of Kashmir, JMI, New
Delhi, University of Rohailkhand and Aligarh Muslim University.
· Delivered a paper “Recontextualization of Muslim Society and
Modernity” in Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Women (2001)” at the
International “Post Colonialism and Islam Conference” at the
University of Sunderland, UK on 16 April 2010.
· Advisor, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi
· Ph.D. Examiners of IIT, Jammu, Kashmir, Kerala, JMI, SRM,
Indore, Agra, Rohilkhand, Allahabad, Raipur, Garhwal Universities
and, Pakistan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
· Delivered lectures as Resource Person (English) at Jamia
Millia Islamia, New Delhi, MANUU, Hyderabad, BPS Women’s
University, Sonepat, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Delhi and
Gorakhpur Universities.
· Appointed Member expert committee by the Ministry of Minority
Affairs, Govt. of India for the restructuring of the Commission for
Linguistic Minorities, New Delhi (December 2015).
· Appointed member of the Advisory Committee of the
Department of Training and Capacity building at the National
Institute of Education Planning and Administration, New Delhi
(2017).
· UP Urdu Academy, Lucknow awarded the prize of Rs.25,000/- on
my Urdu book, Jalwa Danish-i Firang (2019).
Ph.D./M.Phil. Supervision
· Until 2019, Twenty Three (23) students under my supervision
have been awarded: 22 Ph.D./ 01 M.Phil. Degrees.
Academic Work 2010
· Delivered Keynote Address at National Conference on English
Studies at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad on
23 March 2010. Published as “New Perspectives in Non-Native
Literatures in English” in Maulana Azad Journal of English Language
and Literature MAJELL, 2:2 (September 2010), pp. 23-60. ISSN:
0974-9268
· Delivered Invited Lectures at the Translation Workshops
organized by National Translation Mission, CIL, Mysore at JMI,
Delhi and AMU Aligarh in August and October 2010.
· Delivered Invited Lecture on “Literature and Spirituality” at
the National seminar on Spiritual Psychology organized by the Dept.
of Psychology on 29 October 2010.
· Delivered Keynote Address, “Representation of Muslim Woman:
From the Stereotype to the New Version” at the National seminar on
Gender Issue at the Dept. of English, Hamidia Degree College,
Allahabad (UP) on 13-14 November 2010.
Academic Work 2011
· Paper presented at International Seminar on Sirah organized by
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan on 26-28
March 2011.
· Delivered Invited Lecture on “Post-Modernism: Dimensions and
Challenges” at the International Seminar on 5 March 2011 at S.V.
College, Aligarh.
· Delivered a lecture on Literary Orientalism at the Dept. of
English, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK on 7 June 2011.
· Delivered a lecture on Internationalization of Education at
the Institute of Learning Enhancement, University of Wolverhampton,
UK on 9 June 2011.
· Delivered a lecture on the English Translations of the Quran
at St. Peters College, University of Oxford on 28 June 2011.
· Delivered a paper on “Literary Orientalism: Main Contours and
Tends” in the International Conference on Islam and English in
India: Cultural, Literary, Pedagogic, Historical, Political and
Philosophical Encounters organized by the Department of English,
under the UGC-DSA Programme, held on 6th, 7th and 8th September
2011 at the University of Hyderabad.
· Delivered the Key Note Address at the National Seminar on
“Literature and the Subconscious” at the Karim City College,
Jharkhand, on 20 December 2011.
Academic Work 2012
· Delivered lectures on the English Language Teaching and Study
of English Literature in Bahrain from 6 January to 10 January 2012
at the Indian Schools in Bahrain.
· Two of my Ph.D. students awarded Ph.D. in English in February
2012. So far more than a dozen Ph.D. students under my supervision
have earned Ph.D. in English.
· Chaired a session of the International Seminar on Muslim
Education on 18 March 2012 at Jamia Islamia, Bhatkal,
Karnataka.
· Chaired a session of the National Seminar on “Issues and
Challenges in Translation”, 29-30 March 2012, at the Department of
English, AMU, Aligarh under the UGC-DRS Programme, Phase-I.
· Appointed Editorial Advisor of the journal Literary
Perspectives, Lucknow, India (ISSN: 0974-0368)
· The title and status of Honorary Visiting Fellow conferred
upon by me by the School of English, University of Leicester, UK
(2012-2016).
· Appointed in 2011-2012 Member of the UGC Academic Advisory
Committee of the UGC Academic Staff Colleges of 1) BPS Women’s
University, Sonepat, Haryana. 2) University of Lucknow, UP and 3)
MANNU, Hyderabad, AP.
· Chaired a session of the National Seminar on Sir Syed on 01
October 2012 organized by Idara Tahzibul Akhlaq, AMU Aligarh.
· Published the paper “Bain al-Mazhabi Ifham awr Tafhim ke Bab
mein Sir Syed ki Awwaliyat” in Tahzibul Akhlaq, special Number on
Sir Syed, 31: 10 (October 2012), pp. 117-121.
· Delivered lectures on Higher Education as Resource Person at
the UGC Academic Staff College, BPS Women’s University, Sonepat in
November 2012.
· Delivered Speech at the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations organized
by the AMU on 02 October 2012.
· Delivered Speech on Sir Syed at the Founder’s Commemoration
Meeting at the AMU on 17 October 2012.
· Chaired a session and delivered the paper “Angrezi Tarajim-i
Quran Majid” at the Quran Seminar organized by Idara Ulum al-Quran,
Aligarh on 21 October 2012.
· Delivered the Inaugural Address at the Workshop on the
Assessment and Evaluation of SLM in open and Distance Learning
Centre for Distance Education, AMU Aligarh on 11 April 2012.
· Delivered the Key note address at National Testing Service
(NTS) organized by the Dept. of Linguistics, AMU in August 2012 as
Invited Speaker.
· Delivered the Plenary Address on Literary Orientalism at the
International Conference organized by the EFLU Hyderabad on
November 19, 2012.
· Chaired a session on the National Seminar on Sir Syed
organized by Tahzibul Akhlaq, AMU, Aligarh on 1st October 2012.
· Delivered a talk on Iqbal at the Urdu Day organized by the AMU
Polytechnic on 22 November 2012.
· Contributed a paper on Dr. Ubaidullah Fahad’s Khuda Ki Basti
Mein at a programme organized by the Dept of Islamic Studies, AMU
on 21 November 2012.
· Served as Observer for assessing MESCO Personality Development
Workshop 16-21 November 2012 organized by the AMU.
· Published the article “Istimari Fikr ki Rawayat Angrezi Adab
mein” in Urdu in the Journal “Danish”, special issue on Post
Colonial Studies Faculty of Arts, AMU in 2012. Pp. 23-44.
· Published the article “Quran Majid awr Mustashariqin” in
Tahzibul Akhlaq, special issue No.1 on the Quran, May 2012, pp.
101-105.
· Published the Urdu article “Haliya Angrezi Tarajim-Quran: Ek
Tanqidi Jaiza” in the Special Issue on the Quran No. 2 on the Quran
of Tahzibul Akhlaq, AMU in August 2012, pp. 172-184.
· Delivered two lectures as Resource Person on 1) The Higher
Education in India and the UK and 2) Study of Literature at the
Orientation Programme at the BSP Women’s University, Sonepat,
Haryana on 24 November 2012.
· Published the Urdu article “Bedil Bergson ki Roshni mein “in
Fikr wa Nazar 49:2 (June 2012), pp. 45-67.
· Delivered Presidential Address at the National Seminar on
“Recent Trends in Teacher Education” at al-Barakat Institute of
Education, Aligarh on 2 February 2013.
· Published the Urdu article, “Dr Salamatullah Khan” in Tahzib
al-Akhlaq; Mashahir-i Aligarh Special Issue. Vol. 1 (February
2013), pp. 138-142.
· Invited Speaker at the Translators’ Orientation Programme
organized by the National Translation Mission, and the Department
of Translation, MANUU, Hyderabad, CIL, Mysore on 20 February 2013
in Hyderabad.
· Book Review on Frederick Quinn’s The Sum of All Heresies: The
Image of Islam in Western Thought published in Insights, Islamabad,
Pakistan, 3:1 (Autumn 2010), pp. 129-136.
· Appointed Member, Advisory Board of the International Journal
3600 Management Rrview, BPS Women’s University, Sonepat,
Haryana.
· Chaired the Special Lecture on “Islam and Budhhism” at the
Department of Sunni Theology, AMU on 21 March 2013.
· Chaired a session of the National Seminar on “Literary,
Cultural and Historical Paradigms: Revisiting Translation Studies
in India” organized by the Department of English, AMU, Aligarh on
23 March 2013.
· Delivered 2 Lectures on the New Areas of English Studies at
the SRC in English organized by the UGC Academic Staff College, BPS
Women’s University, Sonepat, Haryana on 19 February 2013.
Academic Work
1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014
· Delivered a talk on Dr Tawqir Alam Falahi’s book on Sir Syed
on 4 April 2013 at the Department of Sunni Theology, AMU.
· Contributed “Foreword” to the volume of critical studies,
Contemporary Indian Women Novelists: 1900-1947 edited by Dr N.D. R.
Chandra and Dr. K.K. Vishwakarma, Lucknow, in April 2013.
· Delivered the Inaugural Address at the Seminar on Tipu Sultan
on 3 May 2013 organized by the SA Forum, Aligarh.
· Delivered lectures on Higher Education as part of the OP at
BPS Women’s University, Sonepat on 11 May 2013.
· Member UGC Expert Committee on the ASCs allocation of courses
(April 2013).
· Member, Selection Committee for the teaching positions in the
Department of English, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K on
16 April 2013.
· Appointed Editorial Advisor of the English literary journal
Insignia, Jamshedpur, India in May 2013.
· Delivered 2 lectures each on Teachers’ Professional
Development at al-Barkaat Senior Secondary School, Aligarh and at
Ayesha Tarin Senior Secondary School, Aligarh on 13 May 2013 and 20
May 2013 respectively.
· Paper on Thomas Carlyle’s Orientalism accepted for the
International Conference on Orientalism at the University of
Catania, Ragusa Ibla, Sicily on 28-29 June 2013.
· Paper on the noted English/Urdu literary critic, Professor
Asloob Ahmad Ansari at the function organized by the Urdu Academy,
Delhi State Govt. at Aligarh on 25 May 2013.
· Delivered the Invited Lectures on “Academic Writing” as part
of the ICCSR Capacity Building Training Programme at the UGC
Academic Staff College, University of Indore, MP on 28 May
2013.
· Published the article “Inter Faith Dialogue: Some Strategies”
in Inter Faith Dialogue: An Indian Perspective edited by Asad Mirza
and Waris Mazhari. Delhi, MILAP, 2013, pp. 48-52.
· Delivered the Invited Lectures on Academic Writing at the
ICCSR sponsored “Capacity Building Workshop” on 10 June 2013 at the
UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh.
· Delivered the Professor M. Mujeeb Memorial Lecture on “Recent
Trends in the English Translations of the Quran” at Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi on 30 October 2013.
· Appointed External Expert for the Selection Board of the
Department of English, Mawlana Bhashani University, Santosh,
Tangail, Bangladesh in September 2013.
· Review on “Vision of the Ottoman World in Renaissance Europe”
by Andrei Pippidi, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 33: 4
Summer 2013, 79-80.
· Review on Wahiduddin Khan. The Quran: Translation and
Commentary. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 33: 3 Spring
2013, 20-24.
· Review on Meaning of the Magnificent Quran by Muhammad Sharif
Chaudhary. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 33: 4 Summer
2013, 22-24.
· Review on Islamic Resurgence: Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi and
His Contemporaries and Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi by Abdul Kader
Choughley. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 33: 4 Summer
2013, 33-35.
· Review on How to Read the Quran: A New Guide by Carl W. Ernst
and The Quran: Modern Muslim Interpretations by Massimo Campanini
in The Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford, UK, 24 (October
2013), pp. 358-360.
· Review Article, “Undisciplined, Untutored and Unreasonable
Readings of the Revealed Text: Some Recent English Translations (By
Assad Nimer Busool, Tahirul Qadri and Talal Itani)” in the Muslim
World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 34:1 Autumn 2013, 6-24.
· Urdu Article “Angrezi Tarijim-i Quran Majid: Istifade ka
Tariqa” in Ruju ila al-Quran: Ahmiyat awr Taqaze. Edited by Ashhad
Rafiq Nadwi. Aligarh, Idara Ulum al-Quran, 2013, pp 431-435.
· Urdu Paper “Ruju ila al-Quran ki Ek Nadir awr Khushgawar
Mithal” at the Quran Seminar on 21-22 October 2013 at Idara Ulum
al-Quran, Aligarh.
· Delivered 2 lectures as Resource person at the OP at the UGC
Academic Staff College, BPS Women’s University, Sonepat on 22
November 2013.
· Delivered the Keynote Speech at the XIV Annual Conference
National Seminar of the All India Association of Teacher Educators
on “Teaching as a Profession” at B.D. Kanya Mahavidalaya, Agra on
16 December 2013.
· Organized and delivered invited talks at the National Seminar
on National Integration organized by the UGC Academic Staff
College, AMU Aligarh in collaboration with the National Foundation
for Communal Harmony, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New
Delhi on 15 December 2013 at the UGC Academic Staff College, AMU
Aligarh.
· Appointed Member, Board of Management, Sir Syed Academy, AMU
for two years on 08 November 2013.
· Editor, Annual Report, AMU, Aligarh
Publications/Seminars/Academic Distinction
1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015
· Special Issue of Jamia Millia Islamia Urdu Journal, Islam awr
Asr Jadid, 45:1 (January – October 2013, of 128 pages contains a
collection of my articles in Urdu on the translations of the Quran
(the issue came out in May 2014).
· 365 Sayings of the Quran, published by Jaico, Mumbai, 2014
· New Directions in Higher Education:, Edited Volume, New Delhi,
Viva Books, 2014.
· Delivered the Invited Lecture at the School of English,
University of Leicester, UK on 07 May 2014 on the topic:
“Representation of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in
English Literature”.
· Delivered the Seminar Lecture at the Markfield Institute of
Higher Education, Markfield, UK on 14 May 2014 on the topic:
“Representation of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in
English Literature”.
· Appointed external expert for the evaluation of the published
work by the faculty of Princess Nora University, Saudi Arabia.
· Book review on “Qaisra Shahraz’s Revolt” published in the
Asiatic, Malaysia 8:1, June 2014, pp.249-252.
· Book review on “Geoffrey Nash’s Postcolonialism and Islam:
Theory, Literature, Society, Culture and Film” in the Muslim World
Book Review, UK, 344, Summer 2014, pp. 62-64.
· Urdu Article, “Judge Murphey ka Qubul Islam” in Tehzibul
Akhlaq, Aligarh, 33:7, July 2014, pp. 21-22.
· Review on my Urdu Book, “Jalwa Danish-e Firang” in Mahmud
Hasan Allahabadi’s Maqalat-e Mahmud, Bhiwandi, Mahrashtra, 2014,
pp. 263-276.
· Article on my English translation of the Quran, New English
Translations of the Holy Qur’an: A Brief Comparative Analysis of
Peachy and Al-Johan’s and Kidwai’s Translation published in Hazara
Islamicus, Hazara University, Pakistan, 30:1, Jan-June 2014, pp.
1-8.
· Review on the special issue of Islam awr Asr-Jadid, Jamia
Millia Islamia, New Delhi containing exclusively my articles,
published in the journal, Ilm wa Adab by Sultan Ahmad Islahi
(April-June 2014) pp. 79-80.
· Delivered the invited talk on Critical Theory at the National
Seminar organized by the Department of English, University of
Allahabad on 20 January 2015.
· Delivered the Keynote address on “Building a Learning
Organization” at the Gulf region CBSE Schools Principals in Bahrain
on 23 January 2015.
· Delivered the Keynote Address as Chief Guest at the Govt PG
College, Jalesar, on 12 March 2015
· Delivered lectures on Academic Writing as Resource Person at
the ICCSR Workshop organized by the Department of Education,
University of Lucknow on 26 March 2015.
· Delivered two lectures as Resource Person on “Textual Travels”
at the UGC Academic Staff College SRC in English at the Jadavpur
University, Kolkata on 31 January 2015.
Academic Work
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016
· Delivered Seminar Lecture on the British Novelist, Qaisra
Shahraz’s Art and Craft at the Department of English, University of
Sunderland, UK on 06 May 2015.
· Delivered a talk on “the AMU: Road to Progress” at the UK
Alumni Association, London on 30 May 2015.
· Delivered the Keynote Address as Chief Guest at the National
Seminar at Gagan Group of Colleges, Aligarh on 4 April 2015.
· Conducted Ph.D viva voce at the Department of English, Govt.
PG. College, and University of Indore on 19 June 2015.
· Article on my Urdu book on the Quran and the Orientalists
published in Tehzibul Akhlaq, 34:5 May 2015, by Dr. Ziauddin Falahi
entitled “Quran Kareem ke Engrezi Trajim per ek haliya mutala:
Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai ki khidmat ka taaruf”pp. 62-64.
· My autobiographical piece published in Shaista Khan’s Azadi Ke
Bad Aligarh Ke Danishwar Ki Soch, Aligarh, Maulana Azad Library,
2013 pp. 241-244.
· Delivered Invited lectures at the Workshop on Humanities at
the UGC HRDC, University of Kashmir on 07 and 08 September
2015.
· Appointed Member expert committee by the Ministry of Minority
Affairs, Govt. Of India for the restructuring of the Commission for
Linguistic Minorities, New Delhi (December 2015).
· Review Article, “(Mis) Representation of the Other:
Islam/Muslims in a New Subfield of English Literary Studies”,
Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK in Vol. 36:2, 2016, pp.
6-18.
· Review on “Historic Engagement with Occidental Cultures,
Religions Powers”, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK in Vol.
36:2, 2016, pp. 50-52.
· Urdu article “Angrezi Mutalah Quran-e Majid Ke Jadid
Rujahanat” in Uloomul Quran, Aligarh 29:2 (July –December 2014),
pp. 129-136.
· Urdu article on my book “Mustashariquin awr Angrezi Trajime
Quran” by Professor Tawqeer Alam Falahi published in Uloomul Quran,
Aligarh 29:2 (July –December 2014), pp. 108-128.
· Urdu article “Sayahat Nigari: Sir Syed awr Qurratul Ayn Hyder
ke Hawaley sey” Published in Fikro Nazar, Aligarh 52:4, (December
2015), pp. 24-34.
· My book review on Dr. Ziauddin Falahi’s book on Hakim Abdul
Hameed published in Tehzibul Akhlaq, Aligarh 35:3 March 2016, pp.
70-71.
· My article on the British Novelist, Qaisra Shahraz’s Revolt to
be published in Believing and Belonging: A Critical Study of
British Muslim Fiction, to be out in October 2016
· My article on the English translation of M. M. Pickthall to be
published in the Commemorative Volume on Pickthall to be published
by Brill, Leiden, Netherlands in 2016.
· My article on Sir Syed travelogue to be published in the Sir
Syed Bicentenary Commemorative Volume to be published by Viva
Books, New Delhi in 2016.
· Dr. Tauseef Ahmad Parray’s article “A Brief Comparison of
Kidwai’s and Peachy and Al-Johani’s English translations of the
Quran” published in the Muslim World League Journal, Makkah, 44:6
(March 2016) pp. 45-47.
· Delivered a lecture on Inter-Faith at the Department of
Theology, Symposium chaired by Professor Allen Loyd, Mercer
University, USA on 15 March 2016 at the AMU, Aligarh.
· Delivered Extension lecture on the Image of Muslim Women in
Indian English Writing on 17 March 2016., Department of Urdu, at
the AMU, Aligarh
· Delivered the Keynote Address on the Abbreviated Letters of
the Quran at the National Seminar on 18 March 2016 at the
Department of Linguistics, the AMU, Aligarh
· Delivered the Keynote Address on Higher Education and Muslim
Women at the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar at Al-Barkaat
Institute of Education, Aligarh on 19 March 2016.
· Appointed Member of the LPPM Committee of the UGC Human
Resource Development Centre, Maulana Azad National Urdu University,
Hyderabad from 2016-2018.
· Delivered the Graduation Address at the Graduation Ceremony at
the New College, Chennai on 30 March 2016.
· Appointed Subject Expert for the selection of Director/Deputy
Director, UGC HRDC, at the University of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on
04 April 2016.
· Sirat Tayyaba: Halia Maghrabi Tasanif Ke Aiyene
Mein, Tehzibul Akhlaq, Aligarh, 34:3 (March 2015) pp.
7-13
Academic Work
1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017
· Book Review on After Orientalism: Critical Perspectives on
Western Agency and Eastern Re-appropriations by Francious Pouillon
and Jean-Claude Vatin published in the Muslim World Book Review,
36:3, (Spring) 2016, pp. 69-70.
· Book Review on Islam and Romanticism: Muslim Currents from
Goethe to Emerson by Jeffrey Einboden published in the Muslim World
Book Review, 36:3, (Spring) 2016, pp. 70-71.
· Appointed External Member of the Faculty of Humanities
and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
· Delivered the keynote address on Minorities Education at
Al-Barkaat Institute of Education, on 15 May 2016.
· Delivered the keynote address on Minorities Education at
Al-Falah University, Haryana, on 23 May 2016.
· Delivered the keynote address on Quality Education at M E S
KEVEEYAM COLLEGE, Valanchery, Kerala on 01 June 2016
· Delivered the Invited Talk on Higher Education at CPDHE,
University of Delhi on 07 June 2016.
· Delivered the Invited Talk on the Role of Teacher at SH Senior
Secondary School, AMU on 08 June 2016.
· Urdu article, “Asloob Ahmad Ansari” in Tehzibul Akhlaq,
Aligarh 35:6 (June 2016). Pp. 34-37.
· Review on The Glorious Quran by Ahmad Zaki Hammad, published
in the Muslim World Book Review, 36:4, Summar, 2016, pp. 19-20.
· Review on Meanings of the Noble Quran by Aftab Alam Khan,
published in the Muslim World Book Review, 36:4, Summar, 2016, pp.
20-22.
· Delivered the invited lecture on “Islam and Muslims in English
Literary Orientalism” at the Markfield Institute of Higher
Education, Leicester, UK on 04 August 2016.
· Review on The Quran: A Clear English Translation by
Daud S. Peachy and Maneh Al-Johani in Hamdard
Islamicus 39:1 (2016), pp. 87-93.
· Review on my book 365 Sayings of the Quran by Dr. Tauseef
Parray's published in the Kashmir Reader, Srinagar
on 13 February 2017.
· Edited. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Muslim Renaissance Man of
India: A Bicentenary Commemorative Volume. New Delhi,
Viva Books, 2017, pp. 338. ISBN: 978-93-86243-55-3
· My article on "Westward Bound: Sir Syed's Quests for Knowledge
in his Travelogue, Musafiran-i London (1869)" in A. R. Kidwai
(ed). Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Muslim Renaissance Ma of
India: A Bicentenary Commemorative Volume. New Delhi,
Viva Books, 2017, pp. 131-139.
· "Iqbal Ki Azmat" Mera Payam, Delhi, July 2016, pp.
14-16.
· Review on The Quran translated by M. H. Shakir and
edited by Yasin T. Al-Jibouri in MWBR, Leicester, 37:1 (Autumn
2016, pp. 19-21)
· Review on The Quran and Its Readers Worldwide:
Contemporary Commentaries and Translations edited by Suha
Taji/Farouki, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, 37:1
(Autumn 2016, pp. 22-25)
· Delivered the extension lecture on Literary Orientlaism in
English Literature at the MANUU, Lucknow campus on 27 October
2016.
· English Translation of Maulana Azad's Convocation Address at
the AMU in 1949 in the Sir Syed Day Aligarh Magazine
2016. New Jersey, AMU Alumni Association, 2016, pp.47-50.
· Delivered a paper on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's Educational
thoughts at the National Seminar on 11 November 2016 at Maulana
Azad University, Jodhpur organized by Rajasthan Urdu
Academy.
· Article, "Muhammad Marmaduke Pickhtall's English translation
of the Quran (1930): An Assessment” in Marmaduke
Pickthall-Islam and the Modern World edited by Geoffrey P.
Nash. Leiden, Brill, 2017, pp. 231-248.
· Delivered Lectures as Resource Person on Indian and British
Higher Education System and Literary Orientalism at the OP and SRC
at BPS Women’s University, Sonipat, Haryana, on 27 November
2016
· Delivered the Keynote Address as the Chief Guest at the Dept
of Sunni Theology, AMU for AMU Mosque Imams, on 12 December
2016.
· Delivered the Keynote Address as the Chief Guest at the
Induction Course for the Jamia Millia Islamia faculty under the
auspices of CALEM at JMI, New Delhi on 22 December 2016
· Review on The Quran: A Journey by Kader Abdolah
published in the Muslim World Book Review 37:2 (2017) pp,
17-19.
· Review on Quran, Musalman awr Science by Mohammad
Aslam Parvez published in the Muslim World Book Review 37:2 (2017)
pp, 19-21.
· Delivered the Keynote Address at the Skill Workshop Department
of Education, Aligarh Muslim University on 13 February 2017.
· Delivered Seminar Lecture on Dr Hamidullah and Quran
Translation at the Seminar organized by IOS, New Delhi on 18
February 2017.
· Delivered Presidential Address at the Inter Faith Workshop
jointly organized by JMI, New Delhi and British High Commission,
New Delhi at the UGC Human Resource Development Centre, AMU on 19
February 2017.
· Delivered Lecture on Sir Syed as the Muslim Renaissance Man at
the Department of Sunni Theology, AMU on 21 February 2017.
· Delivered Lecture on Sir Syed and Women Education at the
University Women Polytechnic on 23 February 2017.
· Urdu Article "Sir Syed Ka Safar Nama Musafiran-i London" in
Tehzibul Akhlaq, Sir Syed Special No:, March 2017, pp. 182-186
· Review on my book Orientalism in English
Literature by Dr. Rafat Ali, University of Jadavpur, published
in Hamdard Islamicus, Karachi, Pakistan, 39:4 (October -December
2016), pp. 91-97.
1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
· Article, “The Crystal Globe: The Aligarh Muslim University and
the Indian Muslim English Fiction”, in the volume Literary
Selfies: Essays on Indian Muslim English Fiction, Singapore, Kitab,
2017, pp. 160-174.
· Delivered two lectures at the Orientation Programme UGC Human
Resource Development Centre, BPS University, Sonipat, Haryana on 13
June 2017.
· Delivered two lectures at the Orientation Programme UGC Human
Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in
September 2017.
· Delivered a paper on Mawlana Daryabadi’s contribution to the
Quran at the National Seminar organized by the Department of Shia
Theology on 07 September 2017.
· Delivered a paper on Sir Syed at the National Seminar at the
Department of Shia Theology on 06 September 2017.
· Delivered the Keynote Address on Communication Skills at the
National Seminar at P. C. Bagla College, Hathras on 28 August
2017.
· Article “Do Halia Garan Qadr Angrezi Tarajim Quran” in
Tehzibul Akhlaq 36:9 (September 2017), pp. 26-33.
· Review by Dr Munirul Islam, Nadia (W.B.) on my book,
Orientalism in English Literature: Perception of Islam and Muslims
in Post Scriptum, 2:1 January 2017, pp. 96-100.
· Delivered the Keynote Address on the English translations of
the Quran at the Workshop at Islamic University of Science &
Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir on 10 October 2017
· Urdu Article, "Pickthall Ke Tarjuma Quran per ek Nazar"
Tehqiqat Islami, Aligarh, 36:4 (October - December 2017), pp.
13-22.
· Dr. Iftikhar Malik's review on my edited volume Belonging and
Believing in the Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 38:1
(Autumn 2017, pp. 61-63).
· Delivered a paper on the Western thinkers on the Rise and Fall
of nation at the National Seminar on the Quran organized by Idara
Uloomal Quran at Aligarh on 26 November 2017.
· Delivered two lectures in Jamia Millia Islamia in Orientation
Programme on 04 December 2017.
· Review on my commemorative Volume Danish-e Rahbin, by
Professor Saghir Ifrahim, published in Conference Gazette, December
2017, Aligarh, pp. 31-33.
· My English translation on "Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's
Convocation Address at Aligarh Muslim University in 1949",
published in Magazine 2017, 25th Anniversary Edition, Celebrating
Sir Syed's 200th Anniversary, Aligarh Muslim University Alumni of
Australia, pp. 17-21.
· Article on my contribution to Quranic Studies published
in Professor Abu Sufiyan Islahi’s Idara-e Sir Syed Muslim
University Aligarh ke Mashahir-e Quraniyat. (Aligarh, Brown Books,
2017, pp. 70-75).
· Review on The Quran Made Easy, by Mufti Afzal Hoosen
Elias, in the Muslim World Book Review, 38:2 (Winter 2018, pp.
17-20)
· Review on The Quran with references to the Bible, by Safi
Kaskas and David Hungerford in the Muslim World Book Review,
38:2 (Winter 2018, pp. 20-23)
· Review on Danish-e Rahbin by Mohammd Waheed Khan in
Tehzibul Akhlaq, 36:1 (Jan 2018, pp. 88-90).
· Review on Danish-e Rahbin by Muzaffar Hussain
Syed in Hamari Zuban, New Delhi
· Review on Danish-e Rahbin by Dr Mohd Tariq
Ayyubi in Nidai-Itadal, Aligarh (January 2018, pp. 60-62).
· Delivered the Lecture on “Gender Parity in the Quran” as part
of the Quran lectures series at the K. A Nizami Centre for Quranic
Studies, Aligarh Muslim University on 10 February 2018.
· Delivered the Valedictory Address at the Seminar on “Tolerance
and Bigotry: Contestations in Indian Literature in English”
organized by the Indian Association of the Commonwealth Literature
and Language Studies and Department of English, AMU, Aligarh on 10
February 2018 at the Department of English, AMU.
· My Review on Kecia Ali’s The Lives of Muhammad in the Islamic
Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 54:3-4 (2015), pp. 249-253 published
in March 2018.
· Urdu Article: "The Muslim Response to the Bible: A Study of
the Tafasir of Mahmudul Hasan, Daryabadi and Mawdudi in the Journal
of Islamic Studies, AMU, Aligarh, 44 (2017-2018) pp. 22-32
· Urdu article/translation of Annemarie Schimmel, “The Place of
Prophet of Islam in Iqbal’s Thought/Fikr Iqbal Mein Peghamber Islam
Ka Martaba” in Mera Piyam, Iqbal Academy, Delhi, 7: March 2018, pp.
21-35.
· Article, “English translations of the Quran: Some Trends”
published in the Indian Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies,
Delhi 2:3 (July-September 2017) pp. 338-348.
· Delivered Keynote Address on Autobiography in English, Urdu,
Arabic and Persian at National Seminar at Mawlana Azad National
Urdu University, Lucknow campus on 13 March 2018.
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
· Delivered the Keynote Address at the International Conference
on English Language and Literature organized by the Islamic
University of North Sumatara, Medan, Indonesia on 18 April
2018.
· Review on A New English Translation of the Holy
Quran by Yasin Al-Jibouri in the Muslim World Book Review,
Leicester, UK, 38:3 (Spring 2018), pp. 20-21.
· Review on Transcending Translation: The Language and
Discourse in Rendering the Quran into English by Ubaid Wafy in
the Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 38:3 (Spring 2018),
pp. 21-22.
· Review on my books, "Reading Professor Kidwai"s Critical
Evaluations on English Translation of the Quran by Dr. Tauseef
Ahmad Parray published in Kashmir Reader, 6 May 2018.
· Review on my edited book Literary Selfies by Dr
Tauseef Ahhmad Parray, Higher Education Dept Jammu and Kashmir
published in Hamdard Islamicus, Karachi, Pakistan, Vol. XL: 4,
October - December 2017, pp. 147-152.
· Review on my Urdu book, Jalwa -e- Danish Firang by
Professor Ghazanfar, Jamia Millia Islamia, published in Tehzibul
Akhlaq, Aligarh, September 2018, pp. 78-79.
· Delivered the talk as the AMU faculty representative on
Sir Syed at the Sir Syed Commemorative Meet organized by the
AMU on 17 October 2018.
· Professor Abul Kalam Qasmi's review on my book, Jalwa
Danish Firang, published in the journal Imroz
Aligarh 8: (October - December 2018, pp. 215-217.).
· Urdu Article “Islah Hunud: Fikre Sir Syed ka Ek Ghayr
Maroof Gosha” in Fikro Nazar 55:3 (September 2018), pp. 41-47.
· Urdu Article “Sir Syed ka Mushaida Hazar Pahlu: Unke Safar
Name Musafiran London key Aaina Mein” in Tehzibul Akhlaq
37:10(October 2018), pp. 47-53.
· Urdu Article "Iqbal and Goethe", Translation of Annemarie
Schimmel's English article published in "Mera Payam", Iqbal
Academy, New Delhi, 8: September 2018, pp. 22-44.
· Delivered a Keynote address at UGCHRDC, JMI, New Delhi at the
Concluding Session of the Orientation Programme on
25 October 2018.
· Review on my book God's Word and Man's Interpretation by
Professor Masoodul Hasan published in Muslim World Book Review
Leicester, UK 39:1 Autum 2018 pp. 19-21.
· My review on Dr Ziauddin Falahi's "Hindu Mohaqiqin ka Mutala
Quran wa Sunnat" in Tehzibul Akhlaq, 37:11, November 2018, pp.
78-81.
· My review on Sheikh Umar Subedar's "Commentary on
Sahih Al-Bukhari in Muslim World Book Review, 38:4, Summer 2018,
pp. 22-24.
· My review on Dr Choughley's "Abdul Aleem Siddiqui and His
Mission" in Muslim World Book Review, 38:4, Summer 2018, pp.
74-75.
· My review on Dr Choughley's "Fazlur Rahman Ansari: Life and
Thought" in Muslim World Book Review, 38:4, Summer 2018, pp.
75-76.
· My review on Dr Surty's "Towards Understanding the Quranic
Arabic" in Muslim World Book Review, 38:4, Summer 2018, pp.
76-77.
· Urdu Article "Ikiswiyn Sadi ke Angrezi Tarajim Quran" in
Uloomul Quran, Aligarh: 32:1, January - June 2017, pp. 46-68.
· Review on my book, Jalwa-e-Danish Firang by Professor Shafey
Kidwai, published in Hindu, New Delhi, Friday November 23
November 2018, p. 11.
· Article, "Qauman ka Uruj wa Zawal: Chand Maghribi Mufakkirin
ki ara" in Quran ka Tassawur-e Uruj wa zawal edited by
Abu Saad Azmi. Aligarh, Idara Ulumul Quran, 2018, pp. 234-237.
· Delivered the Invited lectures on Communication Skills and
Indian and British Higher Education System at the Orientation
Programme organized by the UGC HRDC, BPS Women's University,
Sonipat, Haryana on 03 December 2018.
· Delivered the Academic Writing and Skills Workshop for the
Research Scholars of the Dept of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim
University, organized by the K. A. Nizami Centre for Quranic
Studies, AMU on 10 and 11 December 2018.
· Delivered the Invited lecture on the English Translations of
the Quran in the 21st century on 09 December 2018 at Idarah
Tehqiq-e Islami, Aligarh
· Dr. Tauseef Ahmad’s review on my book, "God's Word, Man's
Interpretations" published in the Muslim World League
Journal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, December 2018, pp. 56-59.
· Delivered the Keynote address at the National Seminar on
English Studies, at Tika Girls Degree College, Aligarh on 17
December 2018
· Delivered the Academic Writing and Skills Workshop for the
Research Scholars of the Dept of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim
University, organized by the K A Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies,
AMU on 18 and 19 December 2018.
· Review on my book Journey of Faith published in
Marif, Azamgarh in December 2018.
· My review on Mustafa Al-Azmi's Ageless Quran, Timeless
Texts published in the Muslim World Book Review, 39:2 (Winter
2019), pp. 17-19.
· My review on Paygham Mustafa's English Translation of the
Quran published in the MWBR, 39:2 (Winter 2019), pp.
19-22.
· My Urdu article on Dr Mohammad Hashim Kidwai published
in Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kidwai: Afkar wa Jihat edited by
Dr Saleem Kidwai, New Delhi, applied books, 2018, pp. 31-34.
· My Urdu article on Dr Mustafa Azmi published in the
journal Nawai Darul Ulum, Mau Nath Bhanjan, UP, 3:2-4
(April-December 2018), pp. 45-51.
· Urdu article "Image of Muslim Woman in Indian Writing in
English" in Fikro Nazar, AMU Aligarh, 55:04, 04 (December 2018) pp.
32-37, ISBN: 2347-3401.
· Appointed member of the LPPMC of UGC HRDC, MANUU, Hyderabad
from 2019 to 2021.
· A review on my book Images of the Prophet in English
literature by Dr Tauseef A Parray published in Kashmir Reader,
Srinagar, 13 March 2019.
· The Crescent in the West: Image of the Orient in English
Literature up to 1832, by Professor Abdur Raheem
Kidwai Al Ilm Publishing, Mauritius, 2019, ISBN:
978-3-659-61860-4
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
Translation at the Dept of English, AMU in February 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
Translation at the Dept of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
on 01 March 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
Globalization at the Dept of Modern Indian Languages, AMU in March
2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
Sirah at the Dept of Islamic Studies, AMU on 23 March 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on MOOS
at the NRC, Dept of Education in January 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on The
Aligarh Movement, at the NRC, Dept of Urdu in January 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the Teaching of English, at
the School of Education, Dept of Education, AMU in November
2018.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
InterFaith Understanding at the Centre for Interfaith Studies, AMU,
in February 2019.
· Delivered invited lecture at the National Seminar on
Interfaith Studies at the Dept of Sunni Theology, February
2019.
· Conducted Workshop on Academic Writing at the K A Nizami
Centre for Quranic Studies, AMU for the following:
· Research Scholars, Dept of Islamic Studies, AMU
· Research Scholars, Dept of Theology, AMU
· Students of Islamic Training Academy, Al-Barkaat Institutions,
Aligarh
· Review on my book "Jalwa Danish-e Firang by Dr Mushtaq Sadaf
in Kitab Numa, New Delhi, October 2018, pp. 63-64.
· Chaired a session at the National Seminar on Translating
Identity organized by the Dept of English, AMU, on 30 March
2019.
· My Urdu translation of Anne Marie Schimmel's article "Iqbal Ke
Mazahabi Tasawwurat" published in Mera Piyam, Iqbal
Academy, Delhi, March 2019, pp. 34-49.
· Professor Abdul Haq's review on my book Jalwa-e- Danish
Firang, published in Mera Piyam, Iqbal Academy,
Delhi, March 2019, pp. 94-98.
· Article "The Orientalists translations of the Quran" to be
published in the Proceedings of the National Seminar organize by
Jamia Millia Islamia in March 2019.
01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
· Article "The Interfaith Dimension of Some Recent English
Translations of the Quran: A Critical Analysis" published in the
Journal of College of Sharia & Islamic Studies JCSIS, Qatar
University, Qatar, Vol. 36:02, January 2019, pp. 161-170.
· Review on Dr Ziauddin Falahi's book, Hindu Qurani
Mohaqqin published in the Muslim World Book Review 39:3 spring
2019 pp. 20-22.
· Dr. Suleyman Dost's Review on my book God's Word, Man's
Interpretations published in the Review of Quranic
Research 5:4 (2019)
· My interview on Sir Syed Movement published in Moje Urdu,
Aligarh, Jamia Urdu, 2: 6 (June 2019), pp. 7-10.
· Urdu Translation of Schimmel's article, "Iqbal ke
Fikr ke Maghribi Makhaz" in Danish, Faculty of Arts
Journal, AMU, Aligarh, UGC Journal No: 42260, 2018-2019, pp.90-113,
ISSN: 2348-9863
· Review Article From Orientalism to Interfaith Dialogue:
Unending Sectarian Polemics? published in the Muslim World Book
Review 39:4 Summer 2019 pp. 5-18.
· Led a batch of 25 senior Professor being the LEAP trainees to
the Ohia State University, USA (08-15 September 2019).
· Delivered Lecture as Resource Person at the LEAP training
Programme of the HRD Ministry at BHU, Varanasi on 28 September
2019.
· Delivered Lecture as Chief Guest at the Orientation Programme,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 05 October 2019.
· Delivered the invited talk on Sir Syed Mission at Sir Syed Day
Celebration in Doha, Qatar on 24 October 2019 organized by Bazm-e-
Alig, Qatar.
· Review The Luminous Quran: A Faithful Rendition, Annoated
Translation of the First Three Suras of the Message of God,
published in the Muslim World Book Review 40:1 Autumn 2019 pp.
30-33.
· Review on the book The Message: A Translation of the Glorious
Quran, published in the Muslim World Book Review 40:1 Autumn 2019
pp. 33-35.
· Urdu article on “Professor Ubaidullah Fahad Ke Safar Name:
Aqlemo Fikro Danish ki Siyahi” published in Jamial Bahrayn:
Intellectual Contribution of Professor Obaidullah Fahad Falahi
compiled by Professor Masood Alam Falahi, Mishkaat Printers,
Aligarh, 2019, ISBN: 978-93-84354-99-2, pp. 184-187.
· Urdu Article “Maghribi Ahl-i Qalam ki Iqbal Shanasi Ek
Muhakama” published in Tehzibul Akhlaq 38:11 (November 2019), pp.
74-80.
· Delivered two lectures at the Orientation Programme UGC Human
Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in
November 2019.
· Article " Muslim Responses to the Bible: A Study of the Urdu
Tafasir of Mahmudul Hasan (1851-1920), Daryabadi (1892-1977) and
Mawdudi (1903-1979)" published in the Aligarh Journal of Interfaith
Studies, Vol: 1:4, April 2020. http://aiccenter.com/ajis/
01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
· Delivered Webinar Lecture on Literary Orientalism Organized by
St. Albert's College, Ernakulam, Kerala on 27 May 2020.
· Review on Shamsuddin Usmani Tabrez book Muhammad (peace be
upon him): The Messenger of Humanity, published in the Muslim World
Book Review 40:2 Winter 2020 pp. 19-21.
· Review on Abdul Majid Khan book Mohammad Asad: An Intellectual
Giant of Contemporary World, published in the Muslim World Book
Review 40:2 Winter 2020 pp. 21-22.
· A review on my book Muslim Woman by Dr Tauseef A Parray
published in Greater Kashmir , Srinagar, 21 May 2020.
· Urdu Article “Jawabe Istadrak” published in
Tehqeeqat-e-Islami, 39:2, April-June 2020, pp. 95-100, ISSN:
2321-8339.
· Urdu Article E. M. Foster, “Kalame Iqbal: Bubule Hind”
published in Mera Payam, Iqbal Academy India, May 2020, pp.
6-14.
· Urdu Article Dr Mohammad Iqbal, “Asrare Khudi” published in
Mera Payam, Iqbal Academy India, May 2020, pp. 15-24.
· Urdu Article Professor L. Dickson, “Qand Makrr” published in
Mera Payam, Iqbal Academy India, May 2020, pp. 25-229.
· Urdu Article “Syed Ross Masood” published in Tehzibul Akhlaq
39:4 April 2020 pp. 29-31.
· Review on Saiyyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi’s book edited by Abdul
Kader Choughly Rise and Fall of Muslims: Its Impact on the World,
published in the Muslim World Book Review 40:3 Winter 2020 pp.
46-48.
· Review on Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abu Ahmad Al-Qurtubi
Translated by Aisha Bewley Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, published in the
Muslim World Book Review 40:3 Winter 2020 pp. 18-21.
· Review The Luminous Quran: A Faithful Rendition, Annoated
Translation of the First Three Suras of the Message of God,
published in the Waleed al-Amri’s The Lumnious Quran Critical
Views, edited by Gowhar Quadir Wani, Brown Book Publications Pvt.
Ltd., 2019 pp. 74-78.
· Delivered the Invited Talk on Sir Syed’s Tabiyin Al-Kalam on
22 July 2020 at the online programme organized by Sir Syed Academy,
AMU, Aligarh.
· Urdu Article “Professor Vincent Newey: Mere Mushfiq Bartanwi
Ustad” published in Tehzibul Akhlaq 39:5,6,7 May-July 2020 pp.
27-31. (5)
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Forthcoming
· Article for the Volume on Professor Syed Muhammad Amin
· Article for the Volume on Professor Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi
· Urdu Article on EM Foster in Firko Nazar, AMU Aligarh
· Urdu Article on Qurtubi's Tafsir in Faculty of Arts Journal,
AMU Aligarh
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Commemorative Volumes presented to me:
1. Mujahid-e-Ilm-o-Amal: Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai by Farooq
Argali, Farid Book Depot (Pvt.) Ltd. New Delhi
2. Danish-e-Rahbeen: Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai edited by
Mohd Haris Bin Mansoor, Brown Books, Aligarh, ISBN:
978-81-935334-4-4.
3. Bridging The Divide: Essays on Language and Literature, and
Islamic Studies: A Commemorative Volume in honour of Professor
Abdur Raheem Kidwai edited by Faiza Abbasi and Sujan Mondal, Viva
New Delhi, Viva Books, 2018, IBSN: 978-93-87153-63-9
4. The Contributions of Abdur Raheem Kidwai to Quranic Studies
by Abdul Kader Choughley, Viva New Delhi, Viva Books, 2019, IBSN:
978-93-88653-97-8.
5. Tafhim-i Iqbal Danish Firang ki Roshni mein Professor Abdur
Raheem Kidwai’s Jalwa-i Danish ke Hawale Se (Urdu) Edited by
Professor Saghir Ifrahim, Former Chairman, Dept of Urdu, Aligarh
Muslim University, Aligarh, Brown Books, 2019,
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