Tarek Shamma
Graduate Director, Undergraduate Director; Professor
Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Comparative Literature
Background
Prior to joining 勛圖腦瞳扦, 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); Universal Wisdom, Islamic Law: Translation Discourse in Classical Arabic, in The Routledge Handbook of Translation History (Routledge, 2021); and In Search of Universal Laws: Averroes Interpretation of Aristotles Poetics, 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)堧堳堿塈 塈堛堭堿堜 塈媢堭堥堜. 塈堭堬 塈媢堭堥 堧堥堶塈堳 堹堭塈堻堜 塈堻塈堻塈堛. 塈堹堶堜 媟堭. [Arabic Translation Anthology]. Doha, Qatar: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies], 2022. Coauthor Myriam Salama-Carr
- The Arabic Tradition. In Routledge Handbook on the History of Translation Studies, Anne OConnor (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 2024.
- In Search of Universal Laws: Averroes Interpretation of Aristotles Poetics. In World Literature: Premises and Problems, Luiza Moreira (ed.). Albany: SUNY Press, 2021. 9-28
- Women and Slaves: Gender Politics in the Arabian Nights. Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies 31(2), 2017. 239260
Education
- PhD, MA, 勛圖腦瞳扦
- 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), 勛圖腦瞳扦. Spring 2021.
- Subvention Award by Harpur College, 勛圖腦瞳扦. May 2019-June 2020.
- Three-year grant by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) for the project Anthology of Arabic Discourse on Translation. 2015-2019 (extended for one year).