Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Mounira Hejaiej
E-mail: mhejaiej@squ.edu.om
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: English
Specialization: Literature
Minor specialization: Folklore, French Language
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
Sultan Qaboos University
2005-2016
Assistant Professor
Rustaq College of Education
2003-2005
Associate Professor
1998-2003
Carthage Higher
Associate Professor
Institute of Languages
1997-1998
Berkeley, USA
Visitng Professor
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
1993
Ph.D
in
African
Literature
London University (SOAS)
1985
MA in Linguistics
University of Tunis I
Teacher Training college, Tunisia
1980
BA in English Language & Literature
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
World Literature
Advanced Level
Modern Arabic Literature
Advanced Level
Travel Literature
Advanced Level
American Women's Autobiographies
Advanced Level
Children's Literature
Advanced Level
Film & Fiction in a comparative perspective
Advanced Level
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
Folkore, Comparative Literature, Film Studies
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
"Beyond Khanjars and burq'a: Textual representations of Oman," in the Journal of the College of Art and
Social Sciences (Spring 2016)
“The motif of the Patient Wife in Muslim and Western Literature and Folklore. Perdue Comparative
Literature and Culture, Volume 12 . Issue 1, March 2010. 53-65
“Gendered Narrative Practice in Arab Women’s Folklore" Phobe, Vol. No 12, 2004. 53-63.
Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis, Quartet Books,
.
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
Journal of Human Science conference ( Barcelona 2015)
Comparative Literature and Culture ( USA 2009)
Humanities Conference ( Hawai 2010)
Tourism Conference (SQU 2013)
Children's Literature ( Berkeley 2007)
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
Ph. D Thesis With Pr Clive Holes, “A Sociolinguistic Study of Tunisian Folk Songs, Catherine, Stanley,
University of Oxford, Oriental Institute, 2008
MA Thesis: Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Blues Story”, Zhili Saida, University of Carthage,
Tunisia, 2006
MA Thesis : “Politics of Violence in Zora Neal Hurtston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Alice
Walker’s Color Purple”; Mejri Karima, University of Carthage, Tunisia, 2004
MA: “Border Lines in Fatma Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass”, Nadia Gharbi, University of Carthage, 2003
5. Awards
Ph.D Award 1987
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
Workshop Seminar on How to Read Movies (Oman Film Society2016)
Workshop Seminar on World Literature (SQU 2014)
Lecture on Resistance in Tunisian Cinema ( Omani Film Society, Seminars Series, 2013)
Script Writing (Oman Film Society 2012)
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
College Curriculum Development
Post-Graduate
Research
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