The Curriculum Vitae of
Mahmoud K. Kharbutli
Professor since 1996
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PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth:Jan. 1, 1941
Place of Birth:Acre
Nationality:Jordanian
Marital Status:Married with five children
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English LiteratureJan. 1984
University:University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
Minor:Literary Criticism
Dissertation:The Rhetoric of Difference: The Implications of a Mode of
Conceptual Thought in Victorian Literature
M.A. in English LiteratureFeb. 1969
University:American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Thesis:Fear and Anxiety in Hemingway's Short Stories
Diploma/M.A. in Education1967
University:Lebanese University, Lebanon
Thesis:Stoicism in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
License in English Language and Literature1965
University:Lebanese University, Lebanon
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011- present: Professor of English literature and literary criticism, World
Islamic University for Science and Education (WISE).
2009- 2011: Professor of English literature and literary criticism, Yarmouk
University.
2007-2009 : On loan to Higher Education Accreditation Commission (HEAC),
Vice-President
2006-2007:Professor of English literature and literary criticism,
Yarmouk University.
2005-2006:Visiting Professor, Al-Isra Private University.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
1999-2005:Professor of English literature and literary criticism,
Yarmouk University
1998-1999:Visiting professor, Jordan University of Science & Technology
1989-1996Associate professor of English literature and literary criticism, Yarmouk University.
1991-1992:Visiting Professor, Philadelphia University, Amman.
Chairman, English Department.
1984-1989:Assistant professor of English literature and literary criticism,
Yarmouk University.
1980-1984:T.A. University of Wisconsin – Madison (English and Arabic courses).
1976-1979:Instructor, Yarmouk University.
1959-1975:High school teacher of English literature, philosophy and psychology
and of several subjects at UNRWA schools( Lebanon).
COURSES TAUGHT
All undergraduate and graduate literature courses at Yarmouk University; literature and language courses at JUST and Philadelphia; literature and language courses at University of Wisconsin – Madison; and English language and literature, philosophy and psychology at high school level in Lebanon.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nineteenth Century English Literature
Romanticism
Feminism
Fiction
Critical Theory
Educational problems in Literature
Modernism
Postmodernism
ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
I have supervised over twenty MA theses and served on over thirty five MA and Ph.D. examination committees. I have evaluated dozens of research papers submitted for publication and/or promotion in Jordan and the Gulf Area and served on more than twenty committees on department and university levels at Yarmouk and elsewhere. Following is a list that reveals part of my academic / administrative experience:
1- 2012-2-13: Vice-president, WISE.
2- 2011-2012: Dean of Higher Studies
3- 2007-2009: Vice-president, Higher Education Accreditation Commission (HEAC).
4- 2005-2007: Member, Accreditation Council, (MOHE).
5- 2005-2006: English language advisor, German-Jordanian University, Jordan. .
6- 2005-2006: Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Al – Isra Private University, Jordan.
7- 2004-2005: Member, committee for developing and upgrading accreditation criteria for the humanities, (MOHE). 2004-2005.
8- 1990-1991: Chairman of the English Department, Philadelphia University.
9- English language curriculum committee of Al-Quds Open University.
10- English language committee at the Faculty of Education at Yarmouk.
11- Member, English Placement Test, Yarmouk. Three Years.
12- Member, the Advisory Board of IJAES (International Journal of Arabic – English Studies).
13- Member, Editorial Board of Abhath, academic journal at Yarmouk University. Three years.
14- Director of Yarmouk University Model School, 1988-91, 1996-97.
15- Secretary, Board of Directors, Yarmouk University Model School.
In my capacity as administrator, I have been chairman or member of a score of
committees on university level, and as a member of English departments I have served on more than thirty committees.
HONORS AND AWARDS
1-Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
2-Citations of excellent teaching at UW – Madison.
3-Member of Phi Kappa Phi.
4-Superior rating by Yarmouk University students as shown by the reports documented by the Center for Educational Research and Development.
5-Superior rating by University of Wisconsin students.
6-Biographical record included in world biography publications and sought by others.
7-Financial awards from Lebanese University for superior performance.
CONFERENCES
1- 2013: Conference in Bruneion university management
2- 2013: Conference in Baku on secularism, "Moderation in Islam."
3- 2010:International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and translation. Paper presented: "Identity: What? Where? How?"
4- 1994: Conference on Critical Terminology (in Arabic), Yarmouk University, Paper presented: "The Problematics of the Death of the Author
5- 1994:First International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Yarmouk University.
6- 1987: Third English Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, organizing committee. Paper presented: "Conrad's Victory: Probing the Mysteries of Heyst's Actions".
7- 1986: Second English Literature Conference, Yarmouk University. Paper presented: "Locke and Wordsworth
8- 1985 First English Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, Organizing Committee.
And many others at Philadelphia University and University of Jordan.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND TRANSLATIONS
1-"Jane Austen", Arab Encyclopedia, Damascus.
2-"This Time Tomorrow", a one-act play by NgugiWaThionga, translated into Arabic and published in Foreign Culture, Iraq, No.2, 1988.
3-Translation of two chapters of D.C. Muecke, The Compass of Irony (co-translator) published in Foreign Literatures, Damascus, 1997- 1998.
PUBLICATIONS
1. " 'Dover Beach': The Development of a Tragic Hero," Abhath Al Yarmouk, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1986.
2. "A Phenomenological Reading of Joyce's 'Araby'," Abhath Al Yarmouk, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1987.
3. "The Significance of the Frame in Heart of Darkness," Arab Journal for the Humanities, Vol. 8, No. 31, 1988.
4. "The Treatment of Women in Heart of Darkness", Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American Letters, Vol. 17, 1987.
5. "Pride and Prejudice: A Jacobin or Anti-Jacobin Novel?" Al Mustansiryah Literary Review, Iraq.
6. "Locke and Wordsworth," Forum For Modern Language Studies, U.K., Vol. 25, No. 3, 1989.
7. "Conrad's Victory: Probing the Mystery of Heyst's Actions," Arab Journal for the Humanities, Vol. 9, No. 35, 1989.
8. "The Translation of Metaphor," (co-author), Al-Abhath (AUB), Vol. 36, 1988.
9. " 'Meeting at Night' and 'Parting at Morning': A Stylistic Approach," Damascus University Journal, Vol. 9, No. 33-34, 1993.
10. "The Implications of Intuitive – Affective Stylistics: The Order of Things," Abhath Al Yarmouk, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1993.
11. " 'The Lady of Shalott': A Reconsideration," Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 7, 1995.
12. "The Dream and the Nightmare: The Discourse on Science Continues in Three English Novels, 1897-1907," Dirasat, University of Jordan, Vol. 22, No. 4, 1995.
13. "Marlow's Victory in Heart of Darkness," Forum for Modern Language Studies, U.K., Vol. 31, No. 4, 1995.
14. "The World as Desire: The Thematic Undertones of Point of View in Pride and Prejudice," Damascus University Journal.
15. "The Impact of Culture on Reading in a Foreign Language and Literature," (co-author). Interface (Brussels), Vol. 9, No. 2, 1995.
16. "The Uncanny in Modern Arabic Short Story," (co-author). Al- Abhath (AUB), Vol. 43, 1995.
17. "The Drama of Critical Discourse: the Case of Richard II" Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Qatar), Vol. 18, 1995.
18. إشكالية موت المؤلف"، الآداب. جامعة قسنطينة العدد (4) سنة 1997"
19. " 'Arnold's Humanism in the Context of His Thought and Development," Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Qatar), Vol. 21, 1998.
20. "The Problematics of Teaching English Literature in the Arab World: The Need for Revision," Dirasat, University of Jordan, (Special Issue), 1999.
21. "Narrative Form and Content: Intimations of Authorial Presence", IJAES, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2000.
22. عرض لمقالة ميشيل فوكو "ما هو المؤلف" أفكار (وزارة الثقافة الأردنية) العدد 141، 2000.
23. موت المؤلف" أفكار، العدد 148، 2000"
24. "The Woman Question in The Secret Agent: Conrad's Humanism," Dirasat (UOJ), Vol.38, No.1, Feb. 2011.
CREATIVE WRITING
-Three published collections of short stories in Arabic.
-A novel in Arabic is forthcoming.