Skip to main content
  • MY AUS
  • Library
  • Strategic Plan 2020–2025
  • Prospective Students
  • Current Students
  • Faculty / Staff
  • Parents
  • Alumni
S
Home
  • About
  • Programs
    • Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting (English/Arabic/English)
    • Minor in Arabic Language and Literature
    • Minor in English/Arabic Translation
  • Faculty and Research
    • Research
    • Our Faculty
  • Facilities
  • Contact

College of Arts and Sciences Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Arabic and Translation Studies

  • About
  • Programs
    • Master of Arts in Translation and Interpreting (English/Arabic/English)
    • Minor in Arabic Language and Literature
    • Minor in English/Arabic Translation
  • Faculty and Research
    • Research
    • Our Faculty
  • Facilities
  • Contact

Research

CAS  >  Departments  >  Arabic and Translation Studies  >  Faculty and Research  >  Research

The research profile of the Department of Arabic and Translation Studies is diverse. Department faculty members’ research agendas delve into matters central to the field, covering a wide range of interests and specializations.

Arabic Linguistics

  • Arabic corpus linguistics
  • Arabic dialectology
  • Arabic historical linguistics
  • Arabic semantics and pragmatics
  • Teaching Arabic as a foreign language

Arabic Literature

  • Arabic music
  • Classical and modern Arabic poetry in translation
  • Classical Arabic literature and thought
  • Modern Arabic literature
  • Modern Arabic poetry
  • Modernism in Arabic literature
  • Postcolonial literature

Islamic Studies

  • Contemporary readings of the Qur’an
  • Ethics in Muslim traditions
  • Hadith and Sunna both in their historical context and contemporary expression
  • Islam and mass media
  • Islamic jurisprudence
  • Islamic philosophy and kalām
  • Modern Islamic movements
  • Muslim intellectual history
  • Qur'anic studies and exegesis
  • Sufism and classical Arabic Sufi texts

Translation Studies

  • Arabic rhetoric
  • Audiovisual translation
  • Contrastive linguistics and translation
  • Corpus-based translation studies
  • Intercultural communication
  • Localization
  • Machine translation
  • Terminology

 

ABOUT US

  • Accreditation
  • Job Opportunities
  • Leadership
  • Maps and Directions
  • Registrar
  • Safety and Security

APPLY

  • Financial Grants
  • Funding and Assistantships
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Study Abroad
  • Residential Halls

RESOURCES

  • AUS Catalogs
  • Academic Calendar
  • Photo Gallery
  • Discover Sharjah
  • Library
  • FAQ

TOOLS

  • AUS Employee Email
  • AUS Student Email
  • MY AUS

© 2021 American University of Sharjah. All rights reserved.

  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SITEMAP
  • CONTACT US