Résumé

1. Name Surname: Visam MANSUR

2. Date of Birth: 18-11-1955

3. Title: Professor

4. Higher Education: Degree Field University Year Undergraduate English Language and Literature Kuwait 1978 M.A. Information Science and Librarianship Manchester 1979 Ph.D. English Literature Hacettepe 1988 Associate English Literature ASU 1998 Professor Full Professor English Literature Fatih 2008

4.1 Certificates Certificate Institution Date "Prevention and Intervention in Child NATO Advanced Study Institute - 2003 Maltreatment: Development and West University of Timisoara, Assessment of Programs" Romania

"Dynamics of Speech Production and NATO Advanced Study Institute - Il 2002 Perception", Ciocco, Italy

1 "Literacy Acquisition, Assessment, & NATO Advanced Study Institute - Il 2001 Intervention: The Role of Phonology, Ciocco, Italy Orthography, and Morphology",

"Supporting Learning in Computer NATO Advanced Study Institute - 1994 Environments: Cognitive, Practical and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Pedagogic Issues", UK

"Automating Instructional Design: NATO Advanced Study Institute - 1993 Computer-Based Development and Agder College of Engineering, Delivery Tools" Grimstad, Norway

"Contemporary British Theatre and Drama British Council Summer School - 1987 Methods in English Teaching" London University, UK

"Interaction and the Individual in the British Council Summer School - 1984 Classroom" Exeter University, UK

"Methods of Teaching English as a University of Jordan & the British 1984 Foreign Language" Council, Amman, Jordan

“Summer School in English Language and New College, Oxford University, UK 1977 Literature”

5. Academic Titles Title Field University Year

Assistant Professor English Literature EMU, ASU 1991 Associate Professor English Literature ASU, DEU, FU 1997 Full Professor English Literature FU, BU 2008

6. M.A & Ph. D. Theses Supervised 6.1. M.A. Theses 2016 1. ORUCU, BURAK, (2016). Dystopia in Contemporary British Drama, -Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

2010

2 1. KARARTI PINAR, (2010). The notion of identity in the works of Shafak, -Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

2009 2. IPSIRLI AHMET, (2009). The image of Jerusalem in the nineteenth century travel books, Fatih University-Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

3.ÇELIK ILKNUR, (2009). The effects of culturally constructed gender roles on individuals: The case of masculinity in the plays of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Sam Shepard, Fatih University- Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

4. SEZGIN KÖMÜRCÜ ELIF, (2009). The notion of identity in Orhan Pamuk's The New Life, Fatih University-Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

5. ÇELIK BANU, (2009). Doris Lessing: In pursuit of identity and love, Fatih University-Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

6. MERTOGLU BANU, (2009). A quest for the self: Toni Morrison's search for African-American women's cultural identity, Fatih University-Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

2004 7. KOÇ CENGIZ, (2004). Virginia Woolf & the emergence of European feminism, Fatih University- Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature

8. KILIÇARSLAN MEHMET AKIF, (2004). Collective consciousness in the writings of John Steinbeck, Fatih University-Institute of Social Sciences-Department of English Language and Literature 6.2. Ph. D. Dissertations 7. Publications 7.1. Articles in International Refereed Journals 1. Mansur, V. (2015) Sufism Parodied in Orhan Pamuk’s the New Life, Beykent University Social Science Journal, , 8(2), 70-74 2. Mansur, V. (2015) Coyness and Power in Marvell’s ‘to his Coy Mistress’, Beykent University Social Science Journal, Turkey, 8 (1), 32-36 3. Mansur, V. (2010) Entropy in Sahar Khalifeh’s the Sunflower, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, Turkey, 2 (1), 32-51 4. Mansur, V. (2008) The Taming of Romeo. The Explicator, U.S.A., 66 (4), 206-208 5. Mansur, V. (2008) The Female Force in Shaw’s Man and Superman. Cumhuriyet University Journalr, Turkey.,32 (1), 189-196 6. Mansur, V. (2008) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: an Allusion to Abbasid Organised Crime. Global Crime, UK., 9 (1), 08-19 7. Mansur, V. (2007) So Much Depends Upon a Strong Woman. The Journal of , Turkey, 9 (1), 205-211 8. Mansur, V. (2007) "The Violence of the Archive", English Language Notes, U.S.A., 45 (1), 41- 45 9. Mansur, V. (2007) “The Confiscated Dreams: Occupation and the City in Khalifeh’s Writings", Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Turkey, 6 (3&4), 60-71 10. Mansur, V. (2007) The Brain, Heart, Rectum: Humor, Literary Theory and Terror, The Arabesques Review, Algeria, 2 (4), 15-20 11. Mansur, V. (2007) Humor, Literary Theory and Terror, Nebula, Australia, 4 (4), 146-50 12. Mansur, V. (2007) Conflict Management in Islam: The Qur’an on Struggle, War and Terror, Muslim Public Affairs Journal, U.S.A., Winter 2007, 57-65

3 13. Mansur, V. (2007) Review of David M. Friedman, A Mind of Its Own, The Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (JMMS), U.S.A. 1 (1), 103-104 14. Mansur, V. (2006) The Power of Simulation in Miller’s The Crucible, Journalof Cukurova University, Turkey, 15 (2), 283-294 15. Mansur, V. (2006) Donne’s the Flee, The Explicator, U.S.A., 65 (1), 07-09 16. Mansur, V. (2006) al-Shanfara's Lamiyyatu'l Arab and the Horrors of Desert Traveling, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, Turkey, 45 (2), 45-57 17. Mansur, V. (2006) Occupation and the City: a Reading in Sahar Khalifeh’s the Sunflower, The Arabesques Review, Algeria, 2, (3), 45-60 18. Mansur, V. (2006) The Coming of the Anti-Penelope and Ulysses: The Collapse of Gender Stereotypes in the Zahir. Civilacademy, Turkey, 4 (1), 19-22 19. Mansur, V. (2006) The Postmodern Penelope: Coelho’s The Zahir and the Metamorphosis in Gender Relations. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Turkey, 5 (1&2), 92- 96 20. Mansur, V. (2005) Hands on Marxism: Marxist Literary Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, Turkey, 3 (2), 39-43 21. Mansur, V. (2005) The Reality Beyond the Hyperbolic Accentuation of the Self in ash- Shanfara's 'Lamiyyatu'l Arab'. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, U.S.A., 64 (4), 257-269 22. Mansur, V. (2005) Review of the Story of V: Opening Pandora’s Box. Sexuality and Culture, U.S.A., 9 (3), 81-83 23. Mansur, V. (2005) Hands on Feminism: Literary Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, Turkey, 3 (1), 35-41 24. Mansur, V. (2005) Gender Ambivalence in Donne’s ‘Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’. English Language Notes, U.S.A., 42 (4), 19-23 25. Mansur, V. (2004) Teaching Literary Theory without Opaqueness. Academic Exchange Quarterly, U.S.A., 8 (1), 299-303 26. Mansur, V. (2004) Hands on Post/Colonialism: Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, Turkey, 2 (3), 43-48 27. Mansur, V. (2003) The Heuristic Approach to Teaching Literary Theory. The Journal of Sakarya University, Turkey, 5 (1-2), 208-215 28. Mansur, V. (2003) Democracy in the Arab Countries. Texts, Turkey, ll (2), 11-17 29. Mansur, V. (2002) Turn Students into Hyperlinks: A Way of Involving Students in Decoding Difficult Texts. Modern English Teacher, U.K., 11(3), 36-38 30. Mansur, V. (2002) Theories of Reading and Interpretation: A Reading of the First 21 Lines of the Stage Direction in Osborne's Look Back in Anger. The Journal of Sakarya University, Turkey 1 (1), 23-30 31. Mansur, V. (2002) MacDiarmid’s In the Fall. The Explicator, U.S.A., 61 (1), 45-46 32. Mansur, V. (2002) Human Hyperlinks: An Activity of Empowering the Student in the English Literature class. TESL Reporter, U.S.A., 35 (1), 31-35 33. Mansur, V. (2001) To Sin is Human: The Metamorphosis of the Subject in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. The Journal of Sakarya University, Turkey, 1 (2), 62-68 34. Mansur, V. (2000) Pessimism in Pinter's Drama: A Philosophical Perspective. Forum Modernes Theater, Germany, 15,174-177 35. Mansur, V. (2000) Crusoe: A Simulacrum of the Last Puritan Mind. The Journal of Sakarya University, Turkey, 2, 46-51 36. Mansur, V. (1999) Appreciating Poetry. English Teaching Forum, U.S.A, 37 (4), 28-29 37. Mansur, V. (1998) Tragedy and the Search for Identity: Sophocles and Pinter. Forum Modernes Theater, Germany, 11, 65-74 38. Mansur, V. (1998) Teaching Drama via Trials. English Teaching Forum, U.S.A, 36 (3), 38-39 39. Mansur, V. (1995) Hermeneutics and Deconstruction at Work: Teaching English Poetry to Non-native University Students. TESL Reporter, U.S.A., 28(1), 32-36 40. Mansur, V. (1995) Classroom Graffiti. Modern English Teacher, U.K, 4 (2), 46-7 41. Mansur, V. (1994) The use of L1 in the L2 classroom. TESOL Journal, U.SA., 3 (2), 44 42. Mansur, V. (1994) In Support of Cultural Studies. Literature Matters [official newsletter of the British Council], U.K., 15, 9 43. Mansur, V. (1994) Cyprus: Anemone and Myrtle. Akroterion, South Africa, 38, 142-145

4 44. Mansur, V. (1994) Books: An Essential Element. Reading Today, U.S.A., 11 (6), 20 45. Mansur, V. (1993) Towards Developmental ELT Supervision. English Teaching Forum, U.S.A., 31 (3), 48-50 46. Mansur, V. (1992) Literature and Furniture: Teaching Literature by Analogy. Cross Currents, Japan, 19 (2), 186-188

7.2 International Conference Proceedings 1. Mansur, V. (2006) "Islam and Conflict Management: The Qur’anic Truth about Struggle, War and Terror", 2nd International conference of the Asian Philosophical Association: the Rise of Asian Community and the Dialogue between Past and Future of the World. Pusan, Korea 2. Mansur, V. (2002) Teaching English in a Simulated Web Environment, 1st International Symposium on Modern Approaches, Methods and ELT Problems, SDU, Isparta, Turkey 3. Mansur, V. (2001) A Reading of the First 21 Lines of the Stage Direction in Osborne's Look Back in Anger and the Theories of Reading. Proceedings of Second Malaysia International Conference on Language, Literatures and Cultures, MPU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4. Mansur, V. (1999) Integration of Cooperative Learning Techniques in Teacher Training Programmes. Proceedings of the Symposium on Contemporary Approaches to Teacher Training, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir

7.3 International book or chapter in an international volume 1. Mansur, Visam. (2016) “Foreword.” Penelope’s Daughters. By Barbara Dell’Abate-Celebi. Nebraska: Zea Books, pp.9-10. 2. Mansur, V. (2014) The Breast in Literature, in Merrill Smith, (Ed.) The Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield publishers. pp.149-152 3. Mansur, V. (2011) Film Making and Language Learning, in Azamat Akbarov, (Ed.) Language for Specific Purposes in Theory and Practice. New Castle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.184-190 4. Mansur, V. (2010) Desert traveling in al-Shanfara's Lamiyyatu'l Arab, in Jean-François Kosta- Théfaine, (Ed.), Travels and Travelogues in the Middle Ages. New York: AMS Press. pp.231-53 5. Mansur, V. (2009) the Desert as Catalysis: a Reading of the Persona of al-Shanfara's Lamiyyatu'l Arab, in Joshua Parker et all, (Eds.), Metamorphosis and Place. New Castle Upon Tyne:Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp208-218 6. Mansur, V. (2009) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: an Allusion to Abbasid Organised Crime, in Mark Galeoti, (Ed.) GlobalOrganised Crime. London: Francis & Tailor. pp.12-24 7. Mansur, V. (2008) Coelho and John Barth: Towards Tolerance to Female Perfidy, in Grzegorz Gazda, Irena Hübner, Jarosław Płuciennik, (Eds.), Dyskursy i przestrzenie (nie) tolerancji. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Poland pp. 32-46 8. Mansur, V. (2008) Ejaculation, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Sex, Love and Culture. Vol. 4. New Jersey: Greenwood. pp.67-68 9. Mansur, V. (2007) Adultery in Islam, Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions. New York: ABC- Clio. pp.32-33 10. Mansur, V. (2002) Evil in Alan Ayckbourn Drama, in Judi Upton-Ward (Ed.), New Millenium Perspectives in the Humanities. Brigham Young University, U.S.A., pp.135-140 11. Mansur, V. (1999) Top 10 Grammar, in D. J. Short, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways in Teaching Secondary ESL, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 47-8 12. Mansur, V. (1999) Give me a Word That…, in Makhan L. Tickoo, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways in Using Communicative Games in Language Teaching, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL,pp.103-4 13. Mansur, V. (1998) Assess the Assessors, in J. D Brown (Ed.) TESOL New Ways of Classroom Assessment, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 132-4 14. Mansur, V. (1997) It Takes My Speech Away, in T. Boswood, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways of Using Computers in Language Teaching, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 168-9

5 15. Mansur, V. (1997) Take Your Vorpal Sword in Hand and Write, in M. L. Lewis, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways in Teaching Adults, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 88-89 16. Mansur, V. (1996) Append a Scene, in V. Whiteson, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways of Using Drama and Literature in Language Teaching, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 114-15 17. Mansur, V. (1996) Play-write and Learn English, in V. Whiteson, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways of Using Drama and Literature in Language Teaching, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, p. 116 18. Mansur, V., etal (1995) Automating the Production of Instructional Material, in R. D. Tennyson, and A. E. Barron (Eds) Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools.(NATO Asi Series, Series F, Vol. 140 ) Berlin: Springer, pp.547-57 19. Mansur, V. (1995) Words, Words, Wordsworth, in R. White, (Ed.) TESOL New Ways in Teaching Writing Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 199-200. 20. Mansur, V. (1994) My Partner Said, in K. M. Bailey, and L. Savage (Eds), TESOL New Ways in Teaching Speaking Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: TESOL, pp. 65-6. 7.4 Articles national refereed journals 1. Mansur, V (2005). Hands on Marxism Marxist Literary Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, 3(2), 39-42. 2. Mansur, V (2005). Hands on Feminism Literary Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, 3(1), 35-42. 3. Mansur, V (2004). Hands on Post Colonialism Theory for Beginners. Civilacademy, 2(3), 43-48. 7.5 National Conference Proceedings 7.6 Other publications 8. Projects 9. Administrative Duties 1. Feb. 2017-(to date) Beykent University Senate Member. 2. Sept. 2013 – (to date) Chairperson, Dept. of English Literature, Beykent University, . 3. Sept. 2013 – (to date) Faculty Executive Board Member-Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 4. Sept. 2013 – (to date) Erasmus Coordinator, Department of English language and Literature. 5. July 2008 – Aug. 2010) Chairperson, Dept. of English Literature, Fatih University, Istanbul.

10. Membership to Scientific Institutions 11. Awards 1. 2009, The Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) Award of YTL 2400 for Academic Publication in the Explicator. 2. 2009, University Award of YTL 5000 for Academic Publication in The Explicator. 3. 2008 TIKA Grant to Participate in the 3rd International Conference of the Asian Philosophical Association in Almaty/Kazakhstan 4. 2008, University Award of YTL 1000 for Academic Publication in Cumhuriyet University Journal. 5. 2008, University grant to participate in “Crime and Punishment” conference, Leon, Spain 6. 2008, University Award of YTL 450 for Academic Publication in Sakarya University Journal. 7. 2008, University Award of YTL 3600 for Academic Publication in English Language Notes. 8. 2007, The Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) Award of YTL 2400 for Academic Publication in English Language Notes. 9. 2007, University Award of YTL 300 for Academic Publication in Muslim Public Affairs Journal. 10. 2007, University Award of YTL 300 for Academic Publication in Cukurova University Journal. 11. 2007, University grant to participate in “Literature, Culture and Tolerence” conference, Lodz, Poland 12. 2007, The Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) Award of YTL 2000 for Academic Publication in the Explicator. 13. 2007, University Award of YTL 1200 for Academic Publication in the Explicator.

6 14. 2007, University Award of YTL 600 for Academic Publication in Alternatives. 15. 2006, University grant to participate in “the 2nd International conference of the Asian Philosophical Association: the Rise of Asian Community and the Dialogue between Past and Future of the World”. Pusan National University , Korea. 16. 2006, University grant to participate in “The Plurality of Interpretation”. The University of Reims, Reims, France. 17. 2006, University Award of $600 for Academic Publication in English Language Notes. 18. 2006, University Award of $600 for Academic Publication in Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 19. 2005, University Award of $600 for Academic Publication in Forum Modernes Theater. 20. 2005, AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures grant to participate in Workshop lV on Urban Futures: The City and Literature. London University, U.K. 21. 2005, University grant to participate in Workshop lV on Urban Futures: The City and Literature. London University, U.K. 22. 2003, NATO grant to participate in Advanced Study Institute on "Prevention and Intervention in Child Maltreatment: Development and Assessment of Programs", West University of Timisoara, Romania. 23. 2003, The Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) travel grant to participate in the 2003-NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Prevention and Intervention in Child Maltreatment: Development and Assessment of Programs", West University of Timisoara, Romania. 24. 2003, University Award of $600 for Academic Publication in the Explicator. 25. 2002, University grant to participate in 1st International Symposium on Modern Approaches, Methods and ELT Problems, SDU, Isparta, Turkey 26. 2002, NATO grant to participate in Advanced Study Institute on "Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception", Il Ciocco, Italy 27. 2001, University grant to participate in Second Malaysia International Conference on Language, Literatures and Cultures, MPU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 28. 2001, NATO grant to participate in Advanced Study Institute on "Literacy Acquisition, Assessment, & Intervention: The Role of Phonology, Orthography, and Morphology", Il Ciocco, Italy 29. 1994, NATO grant to participate in Advanced Study Institute "Supporting Learning in Computer Environments: Cognitive, Practical and Pedagogic Issues", Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 30. 1993, Eastern Mediterranean University grant to participate in IATEFL Conference at University College of Swansea, UK 31. 1993, NAO grant to participate in Advanced Study Institute "Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools", Agder College of Engineering, Grimstad, Norway 32. 1992, Eastern Mediterranean University grant to participate in ELT Conference at Middle East Technical University, , Turkey 33. 1987, British Council of Ankara grant to attend summer school on drama at University of London, UK 34. 1985-1988, Jordanian Ministry of Education Scholarship, doctorate studies at , Ankara, Turkey 35. 1984, British council of Amman grant to attend "Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language", University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 36. 1984, British Council of Amman grant, summer school, “Interaction and the Individual in the Classroom", Exeter University, UK 37. 1978-1979, British Council of Amman grant, postgraduate studies at Manchester Polytechnic, UK 38. 1977, Kuwait University grant, summer school in literature at Oxford University, Oxford, UK 39. 1974 -1978, Jordan Ministry of Education Scholarship, undergraduate studies at Kuwait University

7 12. Undergraduate and graduate courses given in the past two years: Weekly hours Number Academic Semester Course Title of Year Theore Practical tical Students Contemporary English Drama 3 40 Shakespeare 3 40 The Romantics 3 40 Fall Film Studies -MA 3 12 Women Studies -MA 3 12 2015-2016 Introduction to Literature 3 70 2016-2017 Literary Theory -MA 3 12 Postmodern Drama-MA 3 12 Classics from World Literature 3 40 Spring Introduction to Drama 3 45 Introduction to Poetry ll 3 60 Contemporary English Poetry 3 40

13. Contact Information

Address: Department of English Language and Literature, Beykent University, Avalon, Beylikduzu, ISTANBUL

E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]

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