Tarek Shamma
Graduate Director; Professor
Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Comparative Literature
Background
Prior to joining 黑料视频, Tarek Shamma taught at universities in Syria, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. His research interests include translation and culture, history of translation, Arabic literature and cultural representation.
He is the author of Translation and the Manipulation of Difference: Arabic Literature in Nineteenth-Century England (St. Jerome/Routledge, 2009). His most recent publications include Anthology of Arabic Discourse on Translation (Routledge, 2022; also published in Arabic by Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Qatar); 鈥淯niversal Wisdom, Islamic Law: Translation Discourse in Classical Arabic,鈥 in The Routledge Handbook of Translation History (Routledge, 2021); and 鈥淚n Search of Universal Laws: Averroes鈥 Interpretation of Aristotle鈥檚 Poetics,鈥 in World Literature: Premises and Problems (SUNY Press, 2021).
Select Publications
- Anthology of Arabic Discourse on Translation. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Coauthor Myriam Salama-Carr.
- (in Arabic)兀賳孬賵賱賵噩賷丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞. 丕賱賲乇賰夭 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賱賱兀亘丨丕孬 賵丿乇丕爻丞 丕賱爻賷丕爻丕鬲. 丕賱丿賵丨丞貙 賯胤乇. [Arabic Translation Anthology]. Doha, Qatar: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies], 2022. Coauthor Myriam Salama-Carr
- 鈥淭he Arabic Tradition鈥. In Routledge Handbook on the History of Translation Studies, Anne O鈥機onnor (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 2024.
- 鈥淚n Search of Universal Laws: Averroes鈥 Interpretation of Aristotle鈥檚 Poetics.鈥 In World Literature: Premises and Problems, Luiza Moreira (ed.). Albany: SUNY Press, 2021. 9-28
- 鈥淲omen and Slaves: Gender Politics in the Arabian Nights.鈥 Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies 31(2), 2017. 239鈥260
Education
- PhD, MA, 黑料视频
- BA, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
Research Interests
- Translation and Culture
- Orientalism and Postcolonial Studies
- Cultural Studies
- The Arabian Nights
- The Bible in Islamic Cultures
Awards
- Faculty Fellowship, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), 黑料视频. Spring 2021.
- Subvention Award by Harpur College, 黑料视频. May 2019-June 2020.
- Three-year grant by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) for the project 鈥淎nthology of Arabic Discourse on Translation.鈥 2015-2019 (extended for one year).