CV
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Name: Anas Abdulrazak Maktabi
Date of Birth: 4/1/1966
Place of Birth: Aleppo, Syria.
Marital Status: Married.
Email address: maktabi@ksu.edu.sa
Education
2001 Ph.D in English Literature, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
United States of America. Dissertation title : "The Representation
of Islam and Muslims in Eighteenth-century British Fiction."
1995 MA in English, California State University, Long Beach, United
States of America.
1988 BA in English Language and Literature, University of Aleppo,
Syria.
1984 High School Degree, Scientific Branch, Aleppo, Syria.
Work Experience
1989-1993 Worked as a teaching assistant at Aleppo University and
taught English in the colleges of Natural Sciences,
Economics, Agriculture, Arts and Humanities (both
Arabic and English Literature).
Fall 2000 Worked as a Graduate Assistant in the English Department,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
2000-2001 Worked as a translator at the translation Center, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.
Spring 2001 Taught an Arabic course for American students at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.
2002-2005 Taught at Al-Assad Academy for Military Engineering.
2002-2005 Taught at the Police School in Aleppo.
2001-2006 Worked as an Assistant Professor at Aleppo University English Department and taught the following courses:
Introduction to the Novel, Novel until 1800, Novel in the
Modern age, Classical literature, Introduction to Poetry,
Introduction to Drama, Drama in the Modern Age, Short
Story, Reading Comprehension, Composition, History of
Literature and Thought, and Translation.
2001-2006 Taught at the Institutes of Languages, Aleppo University,
the following courses: TOEFL, Pre-TOEFL,
Conversation, IELTS, and General Courses.
2003-2006 Taught English at Al-Mamoun Private University for
Science and Technology.
Oct.2006-2013 Taught English as an assistant professor at Riyadh
Community College, King Saud University.
2013-2014 Worked as a Coordinator of English at the
Deanship of Preparatory Year at King Saud Univ.
2014-present working as an assistant professor at the English Department, College of Arts, King Saud Univ.
Awards
1988 Ranked Top One in the graduating class of 1988 containing
around 500 students.
1993 Received the American Scholarship "Fulbright" to study
for the MA degree at California State University, Long
Beach, USA.
Languages
Arabic: Native language.
English: Excellent.
French: Beginner.
Administrative Positions
2004-2006 Member of the English Department Council, Aleppo univ.
2006-2013 Council member of the Department of Arts&Education at
Riyadh Community College , King Saud University.
Conferences
Spring 2000 Read a paper entitled "Colonial Issues under Investigation"
organized by EGO (English Graduate Office) at IUP.
Translation
2011 Translated a book entitled “Islam in European Thought” for the Translation Center and published by King
Saud University Press.
2014 Translated a book entitled “Critical Theory Today” for
the Translation Center at KSU and published by King Saud University Press.
2015 Translated a book entitled “Psychodermatology:The Psychological Impact of Skin Disorders” for
the Translation Center at KSU and published by King Saud University Press.
2016 Translated a book entitled “The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims” for
the Translation Center at KSU and published by King Saud University Press.
Public Lectures
Fall 2012 Presented my translated book “Islam in European thought”
at King Salman Library, KSU, as part of the activities sponsored by the Translation Center with the
cooperation of the Deanship of Library Affairs. A video of the lecture can be found on YouTube.