Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
Name: Sayed Sadek Awadallah Ahmed
Date of Birth: 9-23-2993
Place of Birth: Aswan, Egypt
Nationality: Egyptian
Marital Status: married
Current Position: Professor of English
Chairperson of the English Dept., Faculty of Arts, Port Said University (3125-to date)
Director of the Foreign Languages and Translation Centre, Port Said University (3126- 3122)
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Phone Number: 113 122 512 46 479
Educational Background:
3112-3115 Ph. D. Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, English Department
Major: English Literature and Criticism
Specialization: American Poetry
Dissertation: “Emily Dickinson and Anne Sexton as Confessional Poets:
A Comparative Study.”
2999-2999 M. A. Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, English Department.
Major: English Literature and Criticism
Specialization: American Poetry
Thesis: A Study of the American Confessional Poets with Special
Reference to Anne Sexton
2992-2995 B. A. Assiut University, Sohag Faculty of Arts, English Department Major: English Language and Literature
Professional Experience: 3129-present: Professor of English, Port Said University, Egypt. 3125-3129: Associate Professor of English, Port Said University, Egypt. 3117-3125 Assistant Prof. of English Literature and Criticism, Taif University, K. S. A. I designed and taught courses in Modern English Poetry, Victorian Poetry, Metaphysical Poetry, World Literature, Modern Drama, Modern Novel, 29th Century American Literature, 31th Century American Literature, Renaissance English Literature, Literary Criticism, and Advanced Writing. I did some translation work of many courses in different colleges 3115-3117 Assistant Prof. of English Literature and Criticism, Suez Canal University, Egypt. I designed and taught courses in Contemporary English Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Translation, and essay writing. I also did translation work related to abstracts of M. A. and Ph. D. theses. 3111-3117 Lecturer of English Language and Literature, Misr University for Science and Technology, Egypt (seconded) designed and taught courses in Modern Criticism, Practical Criticism, and Translation from Arabic to English and vice-versa. 3116 Assist. Prof. of English, Al-Madinah High Institute of Business administration, Egypt. (seconded) I designed and taught a course in business management. 3115 Assist. Prof. Of English, Faculty of Specific Education, Suez Canal University, Egypt. (seconded) I taught a course in translation of mass media texts. 3113-3114 Part-time Lecturer, Port Said Faculty of Physical Education, Suez Canal University, Egypt. I designed and taught two courses in sports and champions. 3112 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt.
I taught an ESP course
2999-3111 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt.
I taught an ESP course
3111 Part-time Lecturer, The High Institute of Tourism, 7 October City, Egypt.
I taught an ESP course
2995-2999 Teacher of English, Ministry of Education, Egypt.
I taught secondary school and preparatory school courses
Courses Attended
3119 Teaching Skills and E-Learning, Taif University.
3119 Research Skills in the Light of Informatics and Technology, Taif University.
3119 Strategies and Methods of Students Evaluation, Taif University.
3119 Principles of Course Design and Development, Taif University.
3115 Enhancing Youth Promotion Skills, Suez Canal University.
3114 A Course in the Preparation of University Staff Members, Cairo University.
Professional Conferences attended:
3116 Ain Shams University Symposium of TEFL
3115 EgyptESOL Forum of TESOL
2995-2997-2992-3111-3113-3116-3123-3125-3127-3122 Cairo University International Symposium of Comparative Literature
3114-3116 Minia University International Symposium of Comparative
Literature
3127 October 7 University International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation
3122 Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ein Shams University Conference on Linguistics, Literature, and Translation
3122 CDELT International Conference on Green Teaching: An Eco-Centric English in the Digital Age, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Publications:
3129 “From Weeping to Healing: South African Poetics of Transformation,”: Wadi el Nile Journal For Studies and Researches in Humanities, Social Studies, and Education, Cairo University, Egypt.
3122 “Apemanship in Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino,” Green Teaching: An Eco-Centric English in the Digital Age, CDELT Occasional Papers, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
3122 “Challenging Mental Genocide by Native American Poet Joy Harjo,” The 25th International Symposium on Comparative Literature: Writing Across Borders, Dept. of English, Cairo University, Egypt.
3129 “Niyi Osundare: The Voice of the People,” Wadi el Nile Journal For Studies and Researches in Humanities, Social Studies, and Education, Cairo University, Egypt. 3127 “Honoring African Women in Mugo’s My Mother’s Song and Other Poems,” The 24th International Symposium on Comparative Literature: Voices of/From Africa, Dept. of English, Cairo University, Egypt.
3126 “Animal Symbolism in Indian American Poetry,” European Scientific
Journal
3125 “The Struggle of African Women in Selected Works by Ngugi wa
Thiongo,” European Scientific Journal
3124 “Grandmothers Were My Tribal Gods: An Ecofeminist Reading of Linda
Hogan's The Book of Medicines,” International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL)
3124 The Homeland as a Lost Paradise: Poatcolonial Aspects in Selected
Poems by Tanure Ojaide, European Scientific Journal
3123 Resisting Universal Dictatorship in Ngugi’s Wizard of the Crow
Cairo University International Symposium of Comparative Literature
3122 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Coleridge's "The Ancient
Mariner" and Poe's "The Raven." Fikr Wa Ibdaa, Ain Shams University,
Egypt
Theses and Dissertations Examined:
3126 “Religious Syncretism: A Strategy of Reshaping the Native African and Caribbean Identities in Some Works by Indigenous Playwrights ” An M. A. Thesis by Rachel Raafat Submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Minia University, Egypt.
3127 “ Kleptokracy and The Policy of Resistance in Ngugi wa Thiongo’s Petals of Blood, Devil on the Cross, Matigari, and Wizard of the Crow,” A Ph. D. Dissertation by Noha Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Alsun, Minia University, Egypt.
3127 “Existentialism in Selected Works by Toni Morrison,” An M. A. Thesis by Azeemah El Afifi submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation Misr University for Science and Technology (in collaboration with Ein Shams University), Egypt.
3129 "Elizabeth Bishop and Adrienne Rich as Idiosyncratic, Feminist American Poets" A Ph. D. Dissertation by Ghada Tosson Abd Al-Latif Submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Beni Suef University, Egypt.
3129 “Selected Novels by J. M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer: A Comparative Study” An M. A. Thesis by Marwa Hassan Al Firt Submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Tanta University, Egypt.
3122 “ A Post-Colonial Reading of Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and The Translator by Leila Aboulela” An M. A. Thesis by Norhan Abdelrahman Hassanien Elkott submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation Misr University for Science and Technology (in collaboration with Ein Shams University), Egypt.
3122 “A Marxist Reading of the Dystopian Society in the Hunger Games Trilogy” An M. A. Thesis by Amira Adel El Sayed submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation Misr University for Science and Technology (in collaboration with Ein Shams University), Egypt.
3129 “Cultural Manipulation of English Texts in Arabic Translation: A Case Study of Shakespeare and Shelley” A Ph. D. Dissertation by Hesham Sayed Abdelnasser, Faculty of Arts, Minia University, Egypt.
3129 “Dismantling the Master’s House: A Reading of Mythology and History in Lucille Clifton’s Poetry,” An M. A. Thesis by Heba Rady Mohamed, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt.
3129 “A Freudian Psychoanalytic Reading of Sharp Objects and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn,” An M. A. Thesis by Yasmin Mostafa Ahmed Abdallah submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation Misr University for Science and Technology (in collaboration with Ein Shams University), Egypt.
3129 “Depression and Suicide in All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven and My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga,” An M. A. Thesis by Dina Mostafa Ahmed Abdallah submitted to the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation Misr University for Science and Technology (in collaboration with Ein Shams University), Egypt.
3129 “Modes of Traumatic Syndrome Between Destruction and Survival in Selected Novels by Amy Tan and Jhumpa Lahiri: A Psychoanalytical Comparative Study,” A Ph. D. Dissertation by Zeinab AbdelSameea’ Monir, Faculty of Arts, Fayoum University, Egypt.
3129 “Rendering Linguistic Deviation into English in Three Translations of the Qur’an: A Study of Selected Examples,” An M. A. Thesis by Reem Mustafa Abdullah AbdulWahab, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt.
Theses and Dissertations Supervised:
2. "Visual Poetry and Hermeneutics: An Attempt at Establishing the New Genre and Possibilities," a PHD dissertation by Mahmoud Moawad Sokkar (In progress).
3. "Ecology in the Poetry of Sarah Maguire, John Burnside and Paul Muldoon: A Comparative Study," a PHD Dissertation by Muhammad Kamel Abd El-Daem, Port Said University, Egypt.
4. "Prosody of English and Arabic Poetry: An Interdisciplinary Contrastive Study of Theory and Practice," a PHD Dissertation by Mursi Hassan, Port Said University, Egypt.
5. "Some Translation Problems of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic in Selected Works by Tawfique Al-Hakim and Their Suggested Solutions," an M.A. Thesis by Sarah Hamido (In progress).
6. “A Stylistic Analysis of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout as a Social Satire” an M.A. Thesis by Helmi Muhammad Fathi, Port Said University, Egypt.
7. “Arberry's and Abd Haleem's Semantic and Communicative Approaches to Quranic Translation” an M.A. Thesis by Dina Ali Abdel-Samea (In progress).
9. “The Impact of Interlanguage and Interference on English as a Second Language Learners: A Phonological Error Analysis-Based Study” an M.A. Thesis by Salma El- Gabry (In progress).
2. “Connotation and Denotation in The Simpsons: A Semiotic Study” an M.A. Thesis by Heba El-Maghrabi, Port Said University, Egypt.
9. “Different Aspects of Manipulation in Selected Translations of Ibn Fadlan's "Risalah": A Cultural and Critical Discursive Approach” a PHD Dissertation by Waleed Radwan (In progress).
21. “Rendering Cognitive Metaphors into Arabic in FitzGerald's The Great Gatsby” an M.A. Thesis by Yusra Mehina (In progress).
22. “Strategies of Translating Metaphor in Naguib Mahfouz's Zuqaq al-Midaq (Midaq Alley)” an M.A. Thesis by Ahmed Galal (In progress).
23. “Iconoclasm in Selected Short Stories of Alice Monroe” an M.A. Thesis by Reham Yaseen (In progress).
Membership in Promotion Committees:
2. Dr M.M. Ateya, lecturer of English Literature, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
3. Dr. Muhammad Awad Al-Dawoody, lecturer of English Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
4. Dr Muhammad Al-Sawy, lecturer of French, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
5. Dr Reham Nagy, lecturer of French, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
6. Dr Eman Sameer, lecturer of French, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
7. Dr Huda Nour-eddin, lecturer of French, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University.
Other Memberships:
-Member of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities accredited to re-authorize the B. A. program of the Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation, MUST University for Science and Translation, 3129
-Member of the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Port Said University, Egypt.(3129-to date)
-Member of the Organizing Committee, the International Conference of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Languages and Translation, October 7 University, 3129
-Member of the examining Panel for evaluating research projects by students of the Higher Institute of Specific Studies (Languages and Translation Branch), 3122
- Member of the Editorial Board of Wadi el Nile Journal For Studies and Researches in Humanities, Social Studies, and Education, Cairo University. (June 3129-to date)