Date: Monday March 9, 2015
Time: 3:30pm
Place: Folwell 113
The emphasis on discourse analysis and representation in the study of modern Arabic literature has meant that the crucial element of literary aesthetics has frequently been overlooked. Taking the "Nakba" or "Catastrophe" of 1948 as a starting point, this talk will elucidate this neglected fild, emphasizing the manner in which historical and political exigencies have shaped Arabic literary aesthetics, and Palestinian writing in particular.
Dr. Joseph R. Farag is Lecturer in Middle Eastern Literary
Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, where he also completed his PhD in
2013. In 2013-2014 Dr. Farag was a EUME Post- Doctoral Fellow of the Forum
Transregionale Studien in Berlin and was affiliated with the Friedrich Schlegel
Graduate School for Literary Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Dr. Farag's background
is in political science and global studies, and he holds Masters degrees in
Near and Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS, University of London, and Cultural
Analysis and Social Theory from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo,
Ontario. His research centers on the intersection of history, politics, and
cultural production in the Arab world with particular focus on the Palestinian
context.
Joseph R. Farag is applying for the tenure-track position in
South Asian Literatures and Cultures in the Department of Asian Languages &
Literatures.
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