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News and Activities
| Dr Anderson Araujo (June, 2010), "'Pictures and Voices': Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas as Anti-archive," published in a collection of scholarly essays by Peter Lang. |
Dr. Anderson Araujo's latest article, "'Pictures and Voices': Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas as Anti-archive," was published in June in a collection of scholarly essays entitled Rewriting Texts, Remaking Images: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Ed. Leslie Boldt, et al. New York: Peter Lang). The articles examines Woolf's Three Guineas of 1938 by applying the term "archive" with its double meaning of record and institution.
Dr. Araujo places the views expressed in the book into the broader context of Woolf's consideration of Fascism and patriarchy as merely manifestations of a fundamental flaw in Judeo-Christian civilization.
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Language Major Sarah Kassas |
has published a chapter entitled, Investigating Student Perceptions and Use of Technology in the ESL Classroom, in Computers in ELT published by TESOL Arabia, 2010. The chapter is co-authored by Dr. Cindy Gunn. |
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The Dept. of English Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Cindy Gunn presenting: “ Exploring MATESOL’s Student ‘Resistance’ to Reflection” |
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
2:00pm
Hall B (Main G42)
Of her presentation, Dr. Gunn writes: “Many Teacher Training programs, including MATESOL programs, encourage their trainees to be reflective practitioners. The MATESOL program at The American University of Sharjah (AUS) is no exception and offers the students many opportunities for reflection. This paper discusses my experience with one cohort’s reaction to being asked to reflect on their own teaching and learning in the final course of the program, Practicum in TESOL. Unlike other cohorts, several students in the class were showing what seemed on the surface to me as resistance to keeping a reflective journal and to examining their beliefs about teaching in learning in their lesson plans. Rather than deduct grades and otherwise force students into reflecting as per the course objective and assignments, I decided to conduct an Exploratory Practice investigation of this situation and search for a greater understanding of the students’ reactions and apparent resistance to the reflective assignments I gave them.” |
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The AUS Dept of English Seminar Series in cooperation with McGrudy's Education Division & Emirates Airline Festival of Literature present Visiting Author D.J. Taylor
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Thursday , March 11, 2010
10:00am
Hall B (Main G42)
D.J. Taylor is the author of seven novels, including English Settlement (1996), winner of a Grinzane Cavour prize, Kept (2006) and, most recently, Ask Alice (2009). His new novel, At the Chime of a City Clock appears in spring 2010.
His non-fiction includes Orwell: The Life (2003), winner of the Whitbread Prize for Biography, and Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940. |
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Dr. Wiliam Haney 16th book entiltled Utopia and Consciousness has just been accepted for publication by Rodopi Press
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The book argues that human civilization will never achieve utopia unless humans reach a state of pure consciousness in which they will use their full mental potential and avoid making blunders in life that would undermine the possibility of a utopia.This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing their opposing theories of language, consciousness and meaning. |
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Student Wins Fourth Prize in Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Awards for Excellent English Research Paper |
Nearly all students at AUS take ENG 204 Advanced Academic Writing as part of their General Education requirements. As the culmination of the course they are required to write a research paper. Vidya Diwakar, a sophomore majoring in International Studies, entered her grade A paper in the Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Awards for ENG 204 research paper and has won fourth prize. The award will be presented at a ceremony on February 10, 2010 at 7:00pm, in Lecture Hall A.
Research projects are evaluated according to 1) completeness of application; 2) depth of research/investigation; 3) communication and presentation; and 4) creativity
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Vidya’s research paper is entitled ‘Social Psychology: A Study of the Situational Causes of Certain Kinds of Institutionalized Violence’. Her faculty sponsor is her ENG 204 instructor, Dr Peter Crompton.
Dr Crompton comments:
“I am delighted that the judges found a library-based research paper worthy of this award. Institutionalized violence is an important topic, seldom tackled in its own right. Vidya’s paper was creative in synthesizing perspectives on her topic from social psychology, literature, and recent history.”
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International Conference on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
"Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives" |
December 17-19, 2009
To be held at the American University of Sharjah, UAE
The American University of Sharjah and Zayed University, two of the leading institutions in the Gulf region, are happy to announce a joint conference on Bilingualism and Bilingual education in the Middle East. The theme of the conference is: Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives
For more information please visit the website |
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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST IN MEDICAL SETTINGS: CULTURAL ISSUES
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Presenter: Dr. Rana Raddawi
Department of English
College of Arts and Sciences
Wednesday 18th November
LIB 011 - 4 - 5 pm
The purpose of this presentation is to shed light on linguistic and cultural challenges, which today’s healthcare providers and patients in a multicultural setting are facing. These communication barriers stem from the lack of cultural and linguistic competency of both healthcare givers and patients. The United Arab Emirates and the United States will be used as examples. Some solutions to these problems will be provided with focus on the importance of cultural competency in medical settings and its impact on patient satisfaction, cost efficiency, and improved healthcare and research outcomes.
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Department of English Organizes a Reception for its Majors |
The Department of English welcomes its students, faculty and staff to a friendly, informal reception on Thursday, October 29th from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Our gathering will be held in the rotunda of the Language Building. We look forward to all English majors, minors, and the editorial board of Realms attending. Sweet and savory refreshments will be served! |
English Department Students Win Prizes for their Research Projects
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- 2009-2010, Vidya Diwakar, a sophomore majoring in International Studies, entered her grade A paper in theresearch paper and has won fourth prize. The award will be presented at a ceremony on February 10, 2010 at 7:00pm, in Lecture Hall A.
- 2007-2008, Lamiyah Bahrainwalla received honorable mention in the Sharjah Islamic Bank Student Research Awards for her research project, a study of Jhumpa Lahiri. She has now submitted the essay for consideration in a collection on Lahiri edited by Lavinia Shankar of Bates College.
- 2005-2006, Ayla Qadeer received honorable mention In the Sharjah Islamic Banks Student Research Awards for her research project on Raymond Carver.
- 2004-2005, Nausheen Shafiq received honorable mention in the Sharjah Islamic Banks Student Research Awards or her research project, a study of Herman Melville’s Moby- Dick.
- 2003-2004, Ella Van Wyk won first place in the Sharjah Islamic Bank Student Research Awards for her illustrations and commentary on Dante’s Divine Comedy.
- 2003-2004, Abeer Fahim won third place in the Sharjah Islamic Bank Student Research Awards for her research project on Emily Bronte.
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