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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Modern Arabic literature in translation, modern Arabic poetry, modern Arabic prose, Arabic literary heritage

Research areas

women’s literary salons in Arabic, English, French, and Persian, classical and modern Arabic poetry in translation, postcolonial literature, women’s literary production in eighteenth-and nineteenth- century France, and women’s biographies.

Education

PhD (double), Arabic and Comparative Literature, Indiana University, USA. (April 22, 2008).
MA, Comparative Literature, Manouba University, Tunisia, 2000.
BA, English Language and Literature, Manouba University,Tunisia, 1998.

Professional experience

2008-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah, UAE.
2006-2008: Lector, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, CT, USA.
2005-2006: Lecturer, Department of Asian and African Languages and Literatures, Duke University, NC, USA.
2002-2005: Associate Instructor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Bloomington, Indiana University, USA.
2000-2002: Assistante, Department of English, Manouba University, Tunisia.

Memberships

Middle East Studies Association, American Comparative Literature Association, Modern Arabic Language Association

Contact

bkhaldi@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2582

Dr. Boutheina Khaldi

Associate Professor
PhD, Indiana University, USA

Boutheina Khaldi has taught at a number of renowned institutions, including Yale University and Duke University. She has co-edited three books: Al-Adab al-‘Arabi al-Hadith: Mukhtarat, Turath al-‘Arab al-Ma‘rifi, and Al-Wafi fi Turath al-‘Arab al-Thaqafi. She has presented her research at a number of national and international conferences in the USA and abroad. Her research interests include women’s literary salons in Arabic, English, French and Persian; classical and modern Arabic poetry in translation; postcolonial literature; women’s literary production in 18th- and 19th- century France; and women’s biographies.

Publications

Al-Wafi fi Turath al-‘Arab al-Thaqafi (co-edited). Beirut: al-Markaz al-Thaqafi al-‘Arabi, 2010.
Al-Adab al-‘Arabi al-Hadith: Mukhtarat (co-edited). Beirut: al-Markaz al-Thaqafi al-‘Arabi, 2010.
Turath al-‘Arab al-Ma‘rifi (co-edited). Beirut: al-Markaz al-Thaqafi al-‘Arabi, 2010.
“Microcosming the Nahdah: Mayy Ziyadah’s Salon as a Hybrid Space” (Spring 2011: JAL 41: 3): 1-41.
Epistolarity in a Nahdah Climate: The Role of Mayy Ziyadah’s Letter Writing” (Spring 2009: JAL 40:1), 1-34.
“Rashid Boudjedra,” 20th Century Arab Writers, Vol. 346 in the Dictionary of Literary Bibliography (DLB) edited by Majd Yaser al-Mallah and Coeli Fitzpatrick. Gale: Cengage Learning, 2008. Invited.
“Assia Djebar,” 20th Century Arab Writers, Vol. 346 in the Dictionary of Literary Bibliography (DLB) edited by Majd Yaser al-Mallah and Coeli Fitzpatrick. Gale: Cengage Learning, 2008. Invited.

Conference Presentations

?Arabic Poetry in a Digital Age,? Nov 21, 2010. MESA, San Diego, CA.
?Is there a Cold War Poetics? A Reading in Cold War Arabic Poetry,? Sept, 2010. University of Texas at Austin. Texas.
?Teaching the Imperatives of Love in Arabic,? May 8, 2010. Columbia University, New York (Invited).
?Living. Outside, Living Inside: Women's Journeys in Memory,? Nov 22, 2009. MESA, Boston.
?Engaging the Public Sphere: Mayy Ziyadah?s Salon as an Arab Nahdah Model,? March 26, 2009. ACLA , Harvard University, MA.
?Teaching Arabic through Film,? May 28, 2009. The New School for General, New York (Invited).
?Female Imagery in Khalil Hawi?s Poetry,? June 7, 2007. AUB, Lebanon (Invited).
?How to Teach al- Maqamat,? May 26, 2005. Stanford University, CA.

Awards and Honors

2008, 2009: Faculty Travel Grant, American University of Sharjah.
2008 (November): Seed Grant Award for Research, American University of Sharjah.
2007 (October) Travel Grant for Participation in MESA annual conference, Center for Language Study, Yale University.
2005 (April) Best Arabic Instructor Award. Indiana University.
2004 (April) Amin Zaki Scholarship for the best Arabic graduate student, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Indiana University.

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