Dr Otared Haidar
Position:
University Instructor in Arabic
Faculty / College Address:
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Research Interests:
- Arabic and Comparative literature, Literary Theory and Media
Current Projects:
- Migrant Literature and Literary Exile
- The Narratives of the Arab Renaissance
Courses Taught:
- Modern Media Arabic
- Arabic text
- Media: Culture and Society
- Arabic Prose
Recent Publications:
Books:
- The Prose Poem and the Shi’r Journal: A Comparative Study of Literature, Literary Theory and Journalism. (Reading UK, 2008) Ithaca Press, England. See link:
http://www.ithacapress.co.uk/epages/es109086.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es109086_es120187592164/Products/9780863723292 - Right of Return (London 2003) co-editor and translator, Joint British Parliamentary Middle East Councils and University of Oxford.
Articles:
- Khalil Mutran and Early Calls for Innovation and Modernity, The Journal of Arabic Literature, the Union of Arab Writers, Damascus, Winter, 2011.
- “Al-adab bayna inshigalatihi al-jamaliyya wa mahammatihi al-ijtima’iyya wa al-siyasiyya”,“Literature between Aesthetic Preoccupations and Socio-Political Tasks”, Mokarabat Journal Published by Damascus Centre for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies, Vol. 14-15, October 2010. See the link:
http://www.mokarabat.com/index.m14-15.htm - The Arab American Poets: Between Land of Liberty and Literary Exile, Aram Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2009), Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford. See link:
http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=issue&journal_code=ARAM&issue=0&vol=21 - A-‘Arab wa al-Taba’iyya al-Thaqafiyya fi Mandhur al-Naqd al-Thaqafi al-Hadith”, “Arabs and Cultural Dependency in the Light of Modern Cultural Studies”, Mokrabat, Winter 2006, available at:
http://www.mokarabat.com/index.mok10.htm - “Al-Thaqafa bayna al-Mu’assasat al-Thaqafiyya wa al-Jama’at al-Thaqafiyya: Culture between Cultural Institutions and Cultural Groups”, in Mukarabat, Winter 2005, available at:
http://www.mokarabat.com/mokarabat5.htm - “Arabs and Europe: Early Grounds of Cultural Encounters”, (Forthcoming), the Journal of Semitic Studies, Manchester University.
- “The poetics the Iraqi War: Between Discursive Conflicts and Diasporic Discourse” Acta Orientalia Journal (Forthcoming).
- The Visual Narratives of the High Renaissance: From Aleppo’s Circle to New York Pen-Club (Forthcoming), Aram Journal, Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, University of Oxford.
- The Prose Poem: A Cross-Cultural Discourse of Modernity, Comparative Study, (Forthcoming), Jusur Journal, The Syrian Public Organization of Book, Damascus.
Further Info:
- Member of the Teaching and Research Staff of the Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
- Member of the British Association of Writers (Pen)
- Editor of the journal Mokarabat
