Dr. Ahmed S. M. Mohammed

 

 

 

Personal Information

Date of Birth:  Oct. 15 1959.

Home Address:  Assiut, Egypt.

Work Address:  Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email:  ahmsab@hotmail.com

Marital Status: Married

Military Service: Completed.

 

 

Qualifications:

1- B.A. Degree  in English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag Regional Campus, Assiut University, May, 1982.

2- M. A. Degree in English Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag Regional Campus, Assiut University, 1990.

M. A. Thesis:  “Technical Innovations in William Golding’s Novels.”

3- Ph.D. Degree:   in English Literature ( Drama ), Faculty of  Arts, Qena Regional Campus, Assiut University, 1994. (Joint-Supervision program between Assiut University and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA.)

Dissertation Title:    “Social Visions in Selected Plays by lady Augusta Gregory and Paul Vincent Carroll.”

 

 

Academic Positions:

1- Demonstrator, Department of English, Faculty of Education,  Assiut University, from Dec. 1985 to Aug.1990

2- Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Assiut University, from Sept. 1990 to March 1994

3- Lecturer, Department of English, Faculty of Education,  Assiut University from April 1994 – to May 1996.

4- Lecturer, Department of English, Faculty of arts, Assiut University, May 1996 till present.

 

 

Administrative Positions:

1- Director, Centre for Translation and Linguistic Research, Assiut University from July, 2005 till now.

http://www.aun.edu.eg/translation_center/center/people.htm

2- Member of the administrative Team of the Faculty of Arts Unit for Quality Assurance.

http://www.aun.edu.eg/fac_arts/a_art/html/r2.htm

3- Coordinator of the English Program (Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Education), Assiut University.

4- Executive supervisor, Faculty and Leadership Developing Program (FLDP), Assiut University, from Jan 2006 Now.

5- Member of the Assiut University Pathways to Higher Education Team of Trainer.

6- Supervisor of translations of documentary material concerned with the Assiut University conferences (oral and written).

 

 

Memberships and participations:

1- Active Member in WATA (World Arab Translators Association).

2- Member in TranslatorsCafe.Com.

Dr_ahmed59.TranslatorsCafe.com

 

 

Missions and Scholarships:

 - Seconded to work at the English Department, Faculty of Education for Girls, Al-Baha University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from Oct 1st 1996 to August 31st 2004.

- Joint Supervision Scholarship from  Nov. 1991 to Oct. 1993 at the Department of English,  Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.

 

 

Conferences and Meetings:

- Participated and presented a paper at the Second International Conference, “Language Culture and Literature: An Integrated Schema”: Faculty of Al Alsun, Minia University, 14 – 16 March 2005.

 

 

Training Programs:

- Attended Five training programs, FLDP Centre, Assiut university from  Jan. 2005 to May 2007.

- Attended five (TOT) programs sponsored by: Assiut University (AUQAAC), (FLDP),and (HEEPF), South Valley University, and Pathways to Higher Education (PHE)

- Participated in several training programs, both as trainer and executive Supervisor.

 

 

Students Activities:

-  Member of the Students Union of Assiut University 1979-1980.

-  Ideal Student for the academic year 1980-1981 and represented the Faculty of Arts, Sohag, Assiut University in the Student Exchange Program in the visit to Fussen, West Germany from Aug. 1981 to Sept. 1981.

 

 

Academic Research and Papers Published:

-  Noel Coward’s Modern Comedy of Manners: A Study of Hay Fever and Private Lives. Philology, XXXVII, Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University, Jan. 2002.

- The Chekhovian Influence on Lillian Hellman: A Study of the Cherry Orchard and Autumn Garden, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, 2002.

- The Concept of Cruelty in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and A Delicate Balance, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, 2004.

-  “From Despair to Faith: A Study of the Spiritual and Sacred Values in Christopher Fry’s The Lady’s Not for Burning and A Boy with a Cart, Special Issue of the Journal of Faculty of Al Alsun, Minia University, March 2005.

- The Sense of Loneliness and Frustration in William Inge’s Come Back Little Sheba, and Picnic, Pharos, Journal of ESP Centre, Alexandria  University, Spring, 2005.

 

 

Master’s and Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised:

Supervising 3 Master’s Theses (2 of them have already been granted the M. A. Degree, and one in progress) and 2 Doctoral Dissertations in the filed of English Literature (Drama and theatrical arts).

 

 

Current Research Interests (Papers in Progress) :

I am currently interested in research topics on experimental drama and the field of Semiotics and the Dramatic Texts, Studies on Communication systems, Ethnicity, and Gender Studies. More specifically, I am interested in the dramatic works of English, Canadian and American dramatist:

David  Mamet,

Mac Wellman,

Shelagh Delaney,

Djanet Sears.