Research Associate Assistant

Uzma Abid Ansari

GF*, Block **, PHA Apartments (D-Type), G-11/4

Islamabad +923*********

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I am an enthusiastic early career Assistant Professor/ Senior Lecturer successfully contributing to Humanities curriculum development and delivery. My field of expertise in the Humanities is Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, critique of Modernity, and Decoloniality/Decolonial Studies. I am driven to contribute to program outcomes by facilitating engagement and supporting learning objectives. I also have a background in academic advisement and extensive background in academic research, and public lectures.

SKILLS

Expert in: Thesis Supervision, Student Advisement, Academic Research, Adult education, Course Development, Academic Advisement, Lecturing, Public Speaking, Conference/ Workshop organization, Curriculum Development, LMS.

Languages: English (Near native proficiency)

Urdu (Excellent)

Pashto (Intermediate)

Arabic (Reading Level)

French (Reading Level)

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor Sep 2020 - Present

National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad

●Teaching Graduate courses: Contemporary Genre Fiction (PhD), City Literature (MS/M.Phil), Postmodern American Literature (MS/MPhil), Modern Fiction, Postmodern Fiction

●Contribution in planning appropriate and engaging lessons for both classroom and distance learning applications.

●Collaborating with colleagues on curriculum revision, evaluation of course syllabi and lesson plans for Graduate Studies in Humanities curriculum.

●Evaluating and supervising student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.

●Contributing to campus activities to promote positive university image.

●Establishing research agenda in City literature and Popular/Genre Fiction to publish in peer-reviewed journals.

●Performing research to serve as basis for academic writing for publication.

●Building strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.

●Facilitating academic and community collaborations to increase number of community-engaged research proposal submissions to extramural funders.

●Establishing research agenda for Humanities research in Decolniality to publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Teaching/ Research Associate Aug 2010 - Jun 2020

International Islamic University, Islamabad

●Taught Under-Graduate courses: Postcolonial Fiction, Popular Fiction, Modern Fiction, Islam and Modern Western Thought, Western Philosophy

●Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.

●Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

●Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

●Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.

●Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.

●Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

●Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.

●Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.

●Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and Modern Literature Sep 2012 - Jun 2019

University of Amsterdam, ASCA, Amsterdam

Title of dissertation: Orhan Pamuk’s City and the Turkish Republic: An engagement with the Nation State

https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=5c4fad51-ce4d-422e-a1a8-1ed14c3d475f

Promoter: Prof. Dr. Carrol Clarkson

Co- Promoter: Dr. Rudolph Glitz

M.Phil in Comparative Literature Sep 2008 - Jun 2011

International Islamic University, Islamabad

Title of thesis: The Role of Creative Minorities in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red and Snow

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Abid Masud

Co- Supervisor: Dr. Modassir Ali

Masters Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

International Islamic University, Islamabad

B.A. Honours Sep 2003 - Jun 2006

International Islamic University, Islamabad

ACHIEVEMENTS

Amsterdam School of Cultural Studies (ASCA) Finishing Fellowship, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Jun 2016

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

Uzma Abid Ansari “The Taming of the Tribal Within Pakistani Narratives of Progress, Conflict and Romance.” Book chapter in the Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing, edited by Aroosa Kanwal and Saiyma Aslam, (Routledge: Oxon, 2019)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Uzma Abid Ansari “Race and Economic Control: Instituting the Colonial Matrix of Power in the Pre-history of Pakistan”. Journal of Research in Humanities 58:02 (2022):1-21

Uzma Abid Ansari “The Musealisation of Istanbul in Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence”. Journal of Contemporary Poetics 01: 2 (2020):1-19

BOOK REVIEWS

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s “What Is Right With Islam?” Islamic studies Vol. 49, 3 (January 2010), pp. 417-420

Tim Wallace-Murphy’s “What Islam Did For Us: Understanding Islam's Contribution to Western Civilization” Islamic Studies Vol. 46, No. 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 588-591

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS

2022 Moderator for Panel Discussion on “Representations of Heterotopia in Literary and Visual Texts”, part of the One Day International Conference on the Spatial Turn in Literature and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), NUML (December 19, 2022)

2022 “The Significance of Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach towards Dismantling Eurocentric Methodologies in English Studies and Humanities Research”

International Training Workshop for PhD Supervisors (Present and Prospective) in English Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Punjab (March 25-26, 2022)

2022 “Aesthetics or Politics? Literature in the Contemporary Times”

Panelist in a Literary Talk Show organized by the English Literary Society (UGS), NUML (March 10, 2022)

2022 “Intercultural Competence”

Resource Person in English Works! NUML, Technology Workshop (February 25, 2022)

2021 “Orhan Pamuk’s Construction of a Counter-Signifying Regime: A Literary Practice in Decoloniality”

Emerging Trends in the Arts and Humanities, Virtual International Conference (June 15-16, 2021)

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Punjab

2021 “Decolonizing Humanities in Pakistan: Theoretical and Institutional Dimensions”

Indigenizing Knowledge Forum of Punjab University. Webinar, Jan 16, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rn9Ho5XG9E

2016 “Monochromic Memories: Modernising Istanbul in the Young Republic.”

Transparency/Opacity, ASCA Workshop, University of Amsterdam

2015 “Palimpsesting the City and the Spectral Subject.”

Cities Seminar, The Cities Project, ASCA, University of Amsterdam

2014 “Remembering the Ottoman City.”

The Stadtkolloquium Workshop: Urban Imaginations, University College London (UCL)

2014 “A Reading of The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy through the lens of Sara Ahmad’s concept of ‘affective economy.’”

The Theory Seminar, ASCA, University of Amsterdam

2010 “Reading Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes in light of Third Wave Feminism.”

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