Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Mohamed Hedi Trabelsi
E-mail: mhtrabelsi@gmail.com
Academic Rank: Professor
Department: Arabic language and Literature
Specialization: Literary Criticism and Modern Methodologies
Minor specialization: Stylistics
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Assistant
/
Assistant
professor/Lecturer /
Faculty of Arts - Manouba University
1972-2006
professor
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
B.A. in Arabic language
1964-1967
Tunis University
Diploma (M.A.) postgraduate studies in Arabic
1968-1969
University of Lyon 2, France
Tunis University
Doctorat d'Etat "state doctorate",
1971-1979
3.2 Courses Taught
Level
Literary Issues
PhD
Research Methods in Language and Literature
PhD
Critical Terminology
M.A.
Stylistics
M.A.
Critical Literary Issues
M.A.
Literary criticism
B.A.
Readings in Contemporary Literary Arts
B.A.
Comparative Literature
B.A.
Introduction to the history of literature and criticism
B.A.
Literature and Society
Arabic Language Requirement
Language Skills (2)
B.A.
B.A.
B.A.
4. Research
4.1 Research Interests
Literary criticism
Modern methodology in language and literature
Stylistics
Comparative literature
Cross- Cultural Studies
4.2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
1.The Poem "Horiyat Almawj" (wave Mermaid) of Mustafa Khurayyif: A Rhythmic Analysis, (Proceedings of The
3rd International Conference on Modern Critique Methodologies Poetic Text: Applied Readings, held at Sultan
Qaboos University, 16-18 March 2015), Al-Intishar al-Arabi publication, Beirut, Libanon, 2016.
2.Poetry in Rhyme: Old text and Contemporary Standpoint, (Proceedings of The 2 The 2nd International
Conference on Arabic Language and Literature Conference: "A Contemporary Vision", held at Sultan Qaboos
University, 2 - 3 December 2012), Sultan Qaboos University Publication, 2014.
3.Complimentary studied in Hamzani’s baghdadi maqama, Total (full of spikes) in honor of Dr. Joseph Bakkar, i.
Dar Sader, Beirut 2014.
4.Manji Chemli pioneer of comparative literature, the total honored, Tunisia 2012
5.Arabic culture and the Nobel Prize for Literature, Journal of cultural life, Tunis 2012
4.3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
1. The 3rd International Conference on Modern Critique Methodologies Poetic Text: Applied Readings, held at
Sultan Qaboos University, 16-18 March 2015.
2.The 2 The 2nd International Conference on Arabic Language and Literature Conference: "A Contemporary
Vision", held at Sultan Qaboos University, 2 - 3 December 2012
3.Conference on the Arabic Language, King Saud University, Riyadh, 2013.
4.4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
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1.Al-Maskut 'Anhu (The Untold Story), Mahmoud al-Kindi, (PhD thesis), Arabic Language & Literature Department,
College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, 2015.
2.Ibn Rashiq’s Biography: Criticism, Poetry and creativity, Mariam Fawzia al-Fahdi, (PhD thesis).
3.Irony in the poetry of Ahmad Matar,Maiam al- Ghaferi,( PhD thesis).
4.Prose poem in the Arabic Gulf, Mubarak Al Jabiri, (PhD thesis).
5. Omani Letters, Khamis al-Mundhiri, (PhD thesis).
5. Awards
The Ministry of Culture, Tunisia Award, for editing manuscript of Abdul Karim al-Qaysi Andalusian's Collection of
Poems, it was the first version, published 1988.
6. Community Service
6.1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
A Published book, which contains a series of public lectures presented at Sultan Qaboos University, and the
Omani community, Library Carthage Publication, Tunisia, 2015.
I chaired several seminars in Omani cultural and literary centers, in Muscat, Rustaq, Sohar and Salalah.
6.2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
A Permanent membership of Honor, at Tunis University Annals (a refreed academic Journal), as I have been
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for twenty years. (since 1985).
A Member of Scientific Promotion Committee, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University.
A member of Scientific Promotion Committee, Ministry of Higher Education, since 2012.
Member of the scientific conferences committee, the Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Sultan Qaboos
University.
A permanent member of the Postgraduate Studies Committee, the Department of Arabic Language & Literature,
Sultan Qaboos University.
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