CV of Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai, AMU, Aligarh 1. Residence Address and Contact No. 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 Contact No. : 09927340410 2. Office Address and Contact No. Address (Work): Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh–202001(UP) INDIA E-mail : [email protected]Tel No. (Off) : 0091 571 240 0991 Mobile : 0091 992 734 0410 3. Academic Qualifications and Appointments MA, M.Phil, Ph.D in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University 2 nd 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 Director, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University since 2001 Professor, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University from 1997. Reader/Lecturer Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University from 1978 to 1997. 4. Scholarships and Fellowships Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of English, University of Leicester (from 1 st January 2012 to 31 December 2016) Commonwealth Fellowship, Department of English, University of Leicester, UK (October 2005- March 2006) University Merit Fellowship as Research Scholar, Department of English, AMU, Aligarh (1977-1978)
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CV of Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai, AMU, Aligarh 1. Residence Address and Contact No.
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
Contact No. : 09927340410
2. Office Address and Contact No.
Address (Work): Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Aligarh
5. Major Fields of Scholarly or Professional Interest English Literature
English Language Teaching
Staff Development (In-Service Professional Development of University/College
Teachers)
Academic Writing and Journal Editing
Translation (English/Urdu and Urdu/English)
Ph.D. Supervision
Syllabus Designing
English Translations of the Quran
6. Books
1. Criticism and Counter Criticism, Edited by Abdur Raheem Kidwai and Asim Siddiqui, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2012.
2. The Holy and the Unholy: Edited by Abdur Raheem Kidwai and Asim Siddiqui Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s Novels, Delhi, Sarup & Sons, 2011.
3. Literary Orientalism: A Companion, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2009.
4. Behind the Veil: Representation of Muslim Woman in Indian Writings in English 1950-2000. APH, New Delhi 2007 (Edited Volume).
5. Stranger than Fiction: Image of Islam/Muslims in English Fiction, APH, New Delhi, 2000 (Edited Volume).
6. The Crescent and the Cross: Image of the Orient in English Literature, Aligarh Muslim University, 1997.
7. Orientalism in Lord Byron’s Turkish Tales, US/Canada, Lewiston, Mellen University Press, 1995
8. 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.
9. What is in the Quran? Message of the Quran in Simple English, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2013.
10. National Integration Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2012.
11. Empowerment of Indian Muslims: Perspectives, Planning and Road Ahead. Edited Volume. Editors: A. R. Kidwai and Asmer Beg. New Delhi, Concept Publishing Company, 2012.
12. Translating the Untranslatable: A Critical Guide to 60 English Translations of the Quran, New Delhi, Sarup Publishers, 2011.
13. Higher Education: Issues and Challenges, Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2010.
14. Essential Teachings of the Quran Leicester, Islamic Foundation, UK. 2007. Also
published by Jaico, Mumbai, 2006.
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15. 365 Sayings of Prophet Muhammad, published by Jaico, Mumbai, 2008
16. Bibliography of the Translations of the Meaning of the Glorious Quran into English1649-2002. Madina, Saudi Arabia, King Fahad Quran Printing Complex, 2007.
17. Bibliojarafia Tarjumat Ma‘ani al-Quran al-Karim. Arabic version of the above broughtout by the same publisher in 2008.
18. Daily Wisdom: Selections from the Quran. Leicester, Islamic Foundation, UK. 2011
19. Daily Wisdom: Selections from the Hadith. Leicester, Islamic Foundation, UK. 2010
20. Daily Wisdom: Selections from Prayers and Supplications. Leicester, Islamic Foundation, UK. 2013
21. From Darkness into Faith: Like and Works of Mawlana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Springs, South Africa, Ahsan Publication, 2013, 304 pages.
22. 365 Sayings of the Quran, published by Jaico, Mumbai, 2014
23. New Directions in Higher Education, Edited Volume, New Delhi, Viva Books, 2014.
24. 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.
25. Mustashreqeen Aur Angrezi Tarajim-e-Quran (Professor Abdur Raheem Qidwai ke Mazameen). Edited by Professor Akhtarul Wasey. New Delhi. Al-Balagh Publication, 2015.
26. Blessed Names and Attributes of Allah, Leicester, UK, Kube Publication, 2016, 123 pages, ISBN:9781847740878
27. Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad, Leicester, UK, Kube Publication, 2016, 109 pages, ISBN:9781847740885.
7. Lectures
Delivered lectures on Literary Orientalism at the Universities of Mauritius, Oxford,
Sunderland and Leicester.
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 JIM, 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.
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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.
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.
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.
Chaired a session of the National Seminar on Sir Syed on 01 October 2012 organized by
Idara Tahzibul Akhlaq, AMU Aligarh.
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.
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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.
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.
Delivered Presidential Address at the National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Teacher
Education” at al-Barakat Institute of Education, Aligarh on 2 February 2013.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
Delivered lectures at the Workshop on Humanities at the UGC HRDC, University of
Kashmir on 07 and 08 September 2015.
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
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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.
Delivered the Convocation Address at the New College, Chennai on 30 March 2016
8. Articles Around 210 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,
Aligarh Journal of English Studies and other periodicals.
8.1 Articles, Reviews and Notes on English Literature
Articles:
1. “New Perspectives in Non-Native Literature in English.” Maulana Azad Journal of the
English Language and Literature (MAJELL) Hyderabad. 2:2, September 2010, 23-61.
2. ”A ‘Gorgeous Fabric’: Authentic Images of India and the Orient in the Works of
British Romantic Women Poets” in Literature and Authenticity, 1780-1900: Essays in
Honour of Vincent Newey. Edited by Ashley Chantler et al. Ashgate, London, 2011, 91-
107
3. “Samples of the Finest Orientalism: Image of the Orient in Lord Byron’s ‘Turkish
Tales’”. The Aligarh Critical Miscellany. Aligarh. 9:1, 1996, 65-84.
4. “Oriental Heroines in Lord Byron’s ‘Turkish Tales’”. The Aligarh Journal of English
Studies. Aligarh. 20:1, 1998, 51-77.
5. “Recontextualization of Muslim Society and Modernity in Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy
Woman” in The Holy and the Unholy. New Delhi, Sarup, 2011, 80-105.
6. “Too wide apart our faith has been”: William Wordsworth’s Orientalism” in Criticism
and Counter Criticism. New Delhi, Viva Books, 2013, 33-42.
7. “(Un) Veiling (Dis) Honour: Image of Muslim Woman in the post-Independence
Indian Writings in English”, in Behind the Veil: Representation of Muslim Women in
Indian Writings in English 1950-2000. New Delhi, APH, 2007, 38-53.
8. “Image of Islam and Muslims in English Literature – I” in The Muslim World League
Journal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 24:10 (Feb 1997), 37-41.
9. “Image of Islam and Muslims in English Literature – II” in The Muslim World League
Journal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 24:11 (March 1997), 41-45.
10. “Image of Islam and Muslims in English Literature – III” in The Muslim World League
Journal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 24:12 (April 1997), 45-48.
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11. “Imagining Another Pakistan: Muqaddastan: Perception of Muslims in Balwant
Gargi’s Purple Moonlight” in Behind the Veil: Representation of Muslim Women in Indian
Writings in English 1950-2000. New Delhi, APH, 2007, 54-60.
12. “Pulp Fiction or Hate Literature” in Stranger Than Fiction: Images of Islam and Muslims
in English Fiction, New Delhi, APH, 2000, 86-98.
13. “(Mis) Representation of the Other: Islam/Muslims in a New Subfields of English
Literary Studies”, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK in Vol. 36:2, 2016, pp. 6-18.
Notes:
14. “The Outline of Coleridge’s and Southey’s ‘Mohammed’”. Notes and Queries. Oxford,
238:1, March 1993, 38-39.
15. “Leigh Hunt’s ‘Abraham and the Fire-Worshipper’: A Possible Source”. Notes and
Queries. Oxford. 241:1, March 1996, 38-39.
16. “Byron’s Allusion to Zuleika: A Note”. The Byron Journal. London. 19, 1991, 149-150.
Reviews:
17. “Urdu Language and Literature: A Bibliography of Sources in European Languages”,
by Shabana Mahmud. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 16:3 Spring 1996, 40-
41.
18. “English and Islam: Creative Encounters 96”, ed. Jalal Uddin Khan and Adrian E.
Hare. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 20:4 Summer 2000, 42-45.
19. “Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque”, by
Mohja Kahf. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 20:4 Summer 2000, 42-45.
20. “The Sultan’s Court: European Fantasies of the East”, by Alain Grosrichard. Muslim
World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 22:1 October – December 2001, 33-35.
21. “Images of Turkey in Western Literature”, by Kamil Aydin. Muslim World Book
Review, Leicester, UK, 22:1 October – December 2001, 33-35.
22. “Unfolding the Orient”, eds. Paul and Janet Starkey. Muslim World Book Review,
Leicester, UK, 22:3 April - June 2002, 24-25.
23. “Interpreting the Orient”, eds. Paul and Janet Starkey. Muslim World Book Review,
Leicester, UK, 22:3 April - June 2002, 24-25.
24. “Image and Representation: Stories of Muslim Lives in India”, ed. Mushirul Hasan
and M. Asaduddin. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 22:4 July - September
2002, 42-45.
25. “Arabian Mirrors and Western Soothsayers: Nineteenth Century Literary Approaches
to Arab-Islamic History”, by Muhammad A. Al-Dami. Muslim World Book Review,
Leicester, UK, 24: 3 Spring 2004, 59-61.
26. “In Pursuit of Arabia”, by Rashid Shaz. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 24: 3
Spring 2004, 59-61.
27. “Byron and Women [and men].” Edited by Peter Cochran. Cambridge. The Byron
Journal. London, 40:1, 2012, 65-66.
28. “Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: The Turkish Embassy Letters.” Edited by Malcolm
Jack. The Byron Journal. London. 22, 1994, 106-107.
29. “Islam and Romantic Orientalism: Literary Encounters with the Orient.” Edited by
Mohammed Sharafuddin and “British Romantic Writers and the East: Anxieties of
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Empire”. By Nigel Leask. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. The Byron Journal.
London. 23, 1995, 94-96.
30. “Robert Southey: Poetical Works 1793-1810”, edited by Lynda Pratt. The Byron
Journal. London. 32:2, 2004, 159-161.
31. “Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English”, by Amin Malak. Muslim World
Book Review, Leicester, UK, 27: 1 Autumn 2006, 66-67.
32. “New Turkes: Dramatizing Islam and the Ottomans in Early Modern England”, by
Matthew Dimmock. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 27: 1 Autumn 2006, 67-
68.
33. “The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West”, edited by
Yuriko Yamanaka and Tetsuo Nishio. Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 27: 1
Autumn 2006, 68-69.
34. “Fables of The East: Selected Tales 1662-1785”, edited by Ros Ballaster. Muslim World
Book Review, Leicester, UK, 27: 1 Autumn 2006, 70-71.
35. 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.
36. The Prophet Muhammad in French and English Literature 1650 to the Present. Insights,
Islamabad, Pakistan by Ahmad Gunny. 2:4, 2010, 143-151.
37. Naji B.N. Ouijan: A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron’s Oriental Tales. Islamic
By Safir Akhtar, Insights, Islamabad, 3:2-3 (2011) pp. 257-266.
Orientalism in Lord Byron’s Turkish Tales:
By Bernard Beatty, Byron Journal, London, 25 (1997), 112.
By Peter Cocharn in Byron and Orientalism. Edited by Peter Cochran. Cambridge,
Scholars Press, 2006, 79-81.
Literary Orientalism: A Companion:
By Imtiaz Hasnain, Summerhill IAAS Review, 16:2 (Winter 2010), 72-74.
By M.S. Kushwaha, Dialogue: A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation. Lucknow, 6:1
(2010), 95.
By Imtiaz Hasnain, Language in India, USA. Online Journal, September 2010.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqi, Journal of English Language and Literature, Jalandhar,
Punjab, India. 3:2 (December 2009), 97-100.
By Geoffery Nash, Byron Journal, London. 37:2 (2009), 189-190.
Jalwa-i Danish-i Friang:
By Editor, Conference Gazette, Aligarh, 10:12 (December 2011), 32-4.
By Hasanuddin Ahmad, Musnif, Hyderabad, 29 December 2011.
By Muhammad Jabir Zaman, Aaj Kal, New Delhi, December 2011, 45.
By Safir Akhtar in Fikr-wa-Nazar, Islamabad, Pakistan, 49:1 (July-September 2011) 113-
120.
By Umair al-Siddiq, in Maarif, Azamgarh, 189:6 (June 2012) 479.
By Mahmudul Hasan Allahabid in Urdu Book Review 18: 207-209 (Jan- March 2013) 29-
34.
By Hasanuddin Ahmad in Iqbal Review. 20:2 (November 2011).
Translating the Untranslatable: A Critical Guide to 60 English Translations of the
Quran:
By Masoodul Hasan, Hamdard Islamicus, Karachi, Pakistan, 35: 1 (January – March
2012), 97-100.
By Syed Salman Nadvi, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 32:2 (2012), 34-35.
Intikhab Iqtibasat- Quran Majid:
By Editor. Conference Gazette. Aligarh, 11: (January 2012), 31.
What is in the Quran:
By Tauseef Ahmad Parray, Kashmir Images, Sringar, May 2013.
By Tauseef Ahmad Parray, al-Bayan, Malaysia 11:1 (June 2013), 106-108.
By Abdur Rasheed Siddiqi, Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK, 33:4 (Summer
2013), 20-22.
Tauseef Ahmad Parray, “Presenting the Message of the Quran in Simple English" in
Kashmir Reader, Srinagar, 01 March 2015, pp. 1-3.
By Zafrul Islam, Ulum al-Quran, Aligarh, 29:1 (January – June 2014) pp.144-146.
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Islam wa Asr Jadid Special Issue January-March 2013 (containing my articles in Urdu
on English translations of the Quran)
Review by Sultan Ahmad Islahi in Ilm wa Adab Aligarh 8:2 (April – June 2014), pp. 79-
80.
Review by Raziul Islam Nadwi in Tahqiqat-i Islam, Aligarh 33:4 (October – December
2014), p. 115.
Article on my Urdu book on the Quran and the Orientalists published in Tehzibul
Akhlaq, 34:5 May 2015 entitled, Dr. Ziauddin Falahi “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.
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.
Empowerment of Indian Muslims: Perspectives, Planning and Road Ahead
By Faiza Abbasi, Muslim World Book Review. 33: 1 (2013), 45.
9. Professional Activities
Two Major Research Projects by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India on English Literature.
Delivered lectures on Literary Orientalism at the Universities of Mauritius, Oxford, Sunderland and Leicester.
18 Ph.D. students in English awarded Ph.D. degrees (until 2016) under my Research Supervision.
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, Jamia Millia Islamia, University of Sagar, 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, Indore, Agra, Rohilkhand, Raipur, Kerala, Allahabad and Garhwal Universities
Delivered lectures as Resource Person (English) at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, MANUU, Hyderabad, BPS Women’s University, Sonepat Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Gorakhpur Universities.
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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 external expert for the evaluation of the published work by the faculty of
Princess Nora University, Saudi Arabia.
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 External Member of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi.
10. Forthcoming Publications
Books:
Belonging and Believing: A Volume of Critical Essays on Muslim British Fiction. Co-edited with M. Asim Siddiqui. Viva Books, Delhi.
Orientalism in English Literature: Image of Islam and Muslims. Viva Books, Delhi.
The Crescent in the West: Representation of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in English Literature. Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Muslim Renaissance Man of India – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. A Bicentenary Commemorative Volume. Edited Volume, Viva Books, Delhi.
Articles:
“Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall” in the Volume edited by Geoffrey Nash, University of Sunderland, to be published by Brill, Leiden.
“Asloob Ahmad Ansari” in Tehzibul Akhlaq, AMU, Aligarh
Reviews:
o The Quran. Tr. by M. H. Shakir and Ed. by Yasin T. Al-Jibouri in the Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK.
o The Gracious Quran. Tr. by Zaki Ahmad Hammad in the Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK.
o Meaning of the Noble Quran. Tr. by Aftab Alam Khan in the Muslim World Book Review, Leicester, UK.