Nasir Jamal Khattak/5 of 8
NASIR JAMAL KHATTAK, PhD (Amherst)
Department of English & Applied Linguistics
University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PAKISTAN
@nasirjkhattak
Phone: +92 91 9222016
Fax: +92 91 9218090
EDUCATION
2005 Post-doc University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
2001 PhD University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Dissertation: Gulliver’s Travels: a Journey through the Unconscious
1988 MA University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Major: English Literature; Minor: English Language
1984 BA University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Major: English Literature; Minor: English Language
1982 FSc B.I.S.E. Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Major: Pre-Medical; Minor: English
1980 SSC B.I.S.E. Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov 2014 to date Chairman
Dept of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar
Oct 2010-Oct 2014 Vice Chancellor
Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat 26000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Mar 2009 to date Professor
Dept of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar
2014 to date Member, Board of Directors, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department Endowment Fund
Mar 2012-Oct 2014 Chairperson
Executive Vice Chancellors’ Committee, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Feb 2013 to date Member
HEC Representative on the Syndicate of Islamia College,
Peshawar
Jan 2011-Oct 2014 Member
HEC Representative on the Syndicate of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
Jan 2011-Oct 2014 Member
Selection Board, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
Nov 2012-Oct 2014 Member
Selection Board, University of Malakand, Malakand
Oct 2012-Oct 2014 Member
Selection Board, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan
Mar 2012 to date Member
United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) Board
Mar 2012-Mar 2015 Member
Senate, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan
Apr 2012 to date Member
Academic Council, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan
Mar 2009-Mar 2012 Member
Syndicate, University of Peshawar
Mar 2009-Mar 2012 Member
Senate, University of Peshawar
May 2007-May 2009 Member
Syndicate, University of Peshawar
May 2007-May 2009 Member
Senate University of Peshawar
Jul 2008-Jul 2011 Chancellor/Governor’s Nominee
Syndicate, Hazara University, Mansehra
Jul 2008-Jul 2011 Member
Senate, Hazara University, Mansehra
Jul 2007-Jul 2010 Chairman
Dept of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar
May 2007-May 2010 Member
National Committee on English, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
Aug 2006 to date Member
National Committee on Development of Social Sciences and Humanities in Pakistan, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad
May 2006-Oct 2010 Editor
The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Peshawar
Aug 2001 to date Member
Fulbright Alumni, Pakistan
Sept 1998-May 2001 Member
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS), USA
Sept 1999-May 2001 Member
Modern Language Association of America (MLA), New York, USA
Aug 2001-Feb 2005 Editor
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peshawar
Sept 1998-May 2001 Free Lance Translator and Interpreter
442 Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 2005-Oct 2010 University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Major British Prose Writers This course focuses on major fiction and non-fiction prose writers, with special reference to their style, technique, and their contribution to the development of English prose. We also do a close reading of the text to explore the possibilities of how a written text can be interpreted from various points of view.
Major British Poets This MA course focuses on major British poets whose text is closely read and analyzed from literary and philosophical points of view. We also pay close attention to how the spirit of their ages influenced the poets and how it translates into their work.
Jan 2004-Jan 2005 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Seminar in Literary Studies A seminar level course in which we study genres of literature to see how writers in different ages have made use of the different elements of those genres. We also pay a close attention to how texts appeal to readers on a variety of levels.
Major British Writers This course includes writers from the 18th and 19th centuries with particular emphasis on texts that address the issues of identity. Through a close textual reading, class discussions, and lectures we also determine how writers from different ages deal with the same issues in different manners due to the social, political, economic, and religious environment of their respective age.
Society and Literature An honors level course that focuses on the relationship between society and literature. Through weekly responses we explore how writers from different social backgrounds address almost similar issues and themes. The course is also geared towards how far literature impacts society or/and vice versa.
Aug 2001–Jan 2004 &
August 2005 to date University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
British Prose Writers As above
Major British Poets As above
Modern Critical Trends This is an MPhil/PhD course in which we study different philosophical, psychological, and literary discourses concentrating on the question of identity, self, and the ‘other.’ Through readings of writers like Hegel, Jung, Bakhtin, Armstrong, and others we critically analyze literary texts and see how poets, playwrights, and novelists deal with the same issues that face philosophers and psychologists.
Shakespeare Studies A seminar level course for MPhil/PhD students in which we study Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which he wrote them. Through a close textual reading, discussions and written responses we explore how Shakespeare develops his characters, and how he himself matures as a playwright during the course of writing plays.
Romantic Aesthetics An MPhil/PhD course which focuses on the political and philosophical undercurrents that lead to the revival of Romanticism by the turn of the 18th century in England with reference to the French Revolution and its impact on the English academia in particular and the English society in general.
Female Narratives A PhD course that looks at domestic narratives for women or/and by the women writers of the 18th century England. Through seminars and discussions we concentrate on how there is a gradual and consistent change in “desire,” “desirability,” and “femaleness.” We also look at how these narratives are a means to the empowerment of woman.
Research Methodology Co-taught this MPhil/PhD course designed to help students learn research skills, styles of documentation, generating and developing ideas, and helping them with their analytical thinking.
Sept 1998–May 2001 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
College Writing This mandatory course focuses on understanding the process of writing and on the development of critical and analytical thinking. Through various exercises and peer reviews and responses we look into the possibility of‘re-visioning’ writing.
Junior Writing This course concentrates on helping students learn the contemporary and professional skills of how to communicate with their peers and colleagues in their specialized fields. We read specialized texts to help students understand, improve, and use professional jargon. The course also aims at preparing students for job market by helping them prepare resumes, personal statements, official letters, memos and well-researched presentations in the class.
Aug 1996–Aug 1998 Fulbright Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Worked towards the completion of my PhD course work and attended several seminars and various courses during my residency at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Oct 1988–Aug 1996 University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
British Prose Writers See above
British Playwrights This course traces the development of English drama and concentrates on some of the well-known playwrights of the English literary tradition. We do a close reading of the text and analyze them with reference to the ancient and classical playwrights of Greece and Rome.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
PhDs/MPhils Supervised:
2008 PhD Muhammad Ismail Wali Dissertation: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s Syzygy of Meaning”
2011 PhD Syed Zahid Ali Shah Dissertation: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: A Journey towards Individuation"
2012 PhD Mushtaq Ur Rehman Dissertation: "The Synthesizing Wordsworth: A Jungian Reading"
2013 PhD Samina Ashfaq Dissertation: "Jane Austen’s Novels: A Narrative of Ethical, Social and Sexual Power Politics"
2013 MPhil Atteq-ur-Rahman Thesis: "Gulliver's Identity: A Jungian Reading of the Character of Lemuel Gulliver"
Publications (of last Five Years only)
1. “Love, Infatuation and Compromise in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, XXIII, No. 3 (2015). Pp. 109-117.
2. “Of Life and Happiness: Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, XXIII, No. 2 (2015). Pp. 9-18.
3. “The Mariner/Wedding-Guest Paradigm of Ambivalence: An Overview of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences,” Volume XXIII, No 1 (2015). Pp. 33-40.
4. “Who is this Guy? The Mariner in Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXIII, No. 1 (2015). Pp. 95-104.
5. “Dilemma of Class Classification in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” PUTAJ: Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 21, No 1 (June 2014). Pp. 33-40.
6. “Self-Realization and Social Harmony in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXII, No. 2 (2014). Pp.1-6.
7. “Santiago: A Lopsided Character in The Old Man and the Sea,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXII, No. 2 (2014). Pp. 7-20.
8. “The Shamming Self: The Mariner’s Persona in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXII, No. 1 (2014). Pp. 95-108.
9. “Threadbare Morality and the New World in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXII, No. 1 (2014). Pp: 1-10.
10. "The Fear of Alienation in Pride & Prejudice," The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (2013). Pp. 1-16.
11. "Wordsworth's Poetry: Integrating the Anima/Animus," International Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jun-Aug 2012). Pp. 1-14.
PROJECTS/ACADEMIC LINKS
Apr 2008-Aug 2010 Project Coordinator
The first ever project in the history of the Dept of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar worth Rs. 5.7 million. The project aimed at helping the undergraduate students from the Tribal Areas studying in the University of Peshawar with proficiency in English.
Mar 2007-Nov 2011 Project Director
Established an academic link between American University, Washington DC and University of Peshawar under which SIX faculty members of the University of Peshawar will proceed to American University for their PhD in the fields of Human Rights, Gender Studies, and Journalism. The project was worth US $ 2,355,347.00 (PKR 252,022,129.00; two hundred fifty-two million, twenty-two thousand one hundred twenty-nine).
May 2008 Established Supported Open Learning Centre in the Dept of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar in collaboration with the British Council. The Centre provides services to the on and off-campus communities including governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The project was worth PKR 8,514,500.00 (Eight million five hundred fourteen thousand five hundred only).
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
2008-09 Fulbright Visiting Specialist
Selected to visit five to six universities in the US where I will give lectures to students and faculty.
2006 Invited to read a paper at Fulbright Review Conference (March 6-8, 2006) at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2005 Invited-Post-Doctoral Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA for the second time.
2004 Invited-Post-Doctoral Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
2004 Nominated for the Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
2000 Certificate of Appreciation for Demonstrating Excellence in Teaching, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
1999–2000 Nominated for the Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
1996–2001 Fulbright Fellow
Was awarded a pre-doctoral Fulbright fellowship in 1996 to study at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
CREATIVE WRITING AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
1. “Campus Unrest,” The Dawn (January 13, 2008)
2. “Of Vice Chancellors and their Term,” The Dawn (November 4, 2007)
3. “Don’t Fix it if it Ain’t Broke” The Dawn (September 23, 2007).
4. “The Flip Side” The News (April 30, 2006).
5. Wrote the script and narrated it for GTZ/BEFARe’s documentary, “Educating the Vulnerable and Disadvantaged: A Brief Introduction to the Non-formal Education Programme of BEFARe,” GTZ/DFID, Peshawar
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
1. “Pashtuns in Modern Times: A Psychological Perspective,” Peace in Region. November 14-16 (2008) Kabul (Afghanistan).
2. “Changing Faces of Identity: An Analysis of Three Contemporary American Writers,” Fulbright Review Conference, (March 6-8, 2006) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. “Globalization and the Issue of Identity: New Trends in Contemporary English Literature,” Globalization and Trends in Contemporary Literature, (August 2-5, 2005) University of Peshawar.
4. “Dr. Faustus’ Flaw is his Middle Class Background,” Conversation in the Community: Annual Conference, (May 1998) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
5. “A Critique of Daud Kamal’s Translation of Faiz,” Pakistani Literature in English” (May 1990) University of Karachi.
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS GIVEN
1. “Modernism & Postmodernism in Pakistani Context,” Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar, Nov 01, 2008.
2. “Conduct Manuals: The Power of an Agenda-Driven Text,” Area Study Centre: Russia, China & Central Asia, University of Peshawar, May 30, 2005.
3. “English Language Teaching: Myths and Realities,” Senior Alumni Association of Islamia College Peshawar at National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, Mar 09, 2005.
4. Resource Person, “College Teachers’ Training Programme,” Frontier Education Foundation Academy at IER, University of Peshawar (Jun 11-12, 2004).
5. “English Language as a Medium of Communication,” Frontier Education Foundation Academy, Kohat (Dec 15-18, 2003).
6. “Woman: ‘In-herself,’ ‘for-herself,’ ‘for-the other,’” Gender Studies Centre, University of Peshawar (Jun 19 & 20, 2003).
7. “Business Communication Skills,” National Bank of Pakistan Staff College Peshawar (Mar 18, and Apr 08, 2003).
8. “'I' and 'You': Lack of Tolerance as a Basic Human Problem,” Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Peshawar (Mar 03, 2003).
9. “Writing His Story: Man’s View of Woman,” Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar (Nov 25, 2002).
LANGUAGES
Pashto
English
Urdu
Spanish