البيانات الشخصية:
الإسم: محمد أحمد شرف الدين

ملخص:
استاذ الأدب الانجليزي والمقارن والترجمة بقسم اللغة الانجليزية كلية الآداب. لي اهتمام واسع بالاداب العربية والعالمية وشاركت في العديد من المؤتمرات العالمية في مجال الأدب المقارن والعلاقة بين الشرق والغرب.

التعليم:
جامعة يورك-انجلترا 1988 الدكتوراة تخصص أدب انجليزي-شعر العصر الرومانسي
جامعة كنساس-الولايات المتحدة الاميركية 1983 الماجستير تخصص أدب انجليزي وامريكي
جامعة صنعاء-اليمن 1979 الليسانس تخصص أدب انجليزي

الخبرات:
خبرة في مجال التدريس للمواد التالية:
Islamic Mystical Poetry
Romantic Orientalism
English Literature in the Modern World
Comparative Literature
19th Century American Literature
Modern Arabic Novel
Arabic Poetry of the Classical Age
British Metaphysical Poetry
British Romantic Poetry
Modern British and American Poetry
English and American Novel: 18th & 19th Century
Translation: Practical and Literary
Orientalism in Literature
Modern Arabic Fiction in English
Islamic Literature
Middle Eastern Culture and Literature.

المؤتمرات والورش: تم المشاركة في المؤتمرات التالية:

• “Orientalism and Metaphysics” a Public Lecture at the Department of English, University of Minnesota, November 17, 2017.
• “The Mystical Orientalism of Washington Irving,” a Public Lecture at the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota on April 12, 2017.
• “The 17th and 18th Centuries: The Age of Intellectual Liberalism in Yemen” a paper presented at Middlebury College on May 12, 2016. (http://www.middlebury.edu/international/rcga/events/node/490854).
• “The Imaginative Orientalism of Washington Irving” a paper presented at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies on May 9, 2016 (http://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/imaginative-orientalism-washington-irving).
• “Poetry and the Culture of Tolerance” a paper presented at the MESA Conference November 21-24, 2015.
• “Poetry and Tribalism in Yemen” at the MESA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 2014
• “Orientalism and the Apocalypse” Public lecture at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, December 3, 2014.
• “Yemeni Poetry of the Arab Spring,” Public lecture at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, October 10, 2013.
• “The Spiritual End of McCarthy’s The Road” The Cormac McCarthy Society Conference 2009, The CAPITAL Centre, University of Warwick, June 28th – July 1st 2009
• “Islamic Orientalism in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu” at The World and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Conference, York, UK, 1-2 April 2008.
• “Poetry as History” at the University of Harvard, November 20, 2008 (http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/1159)
• “Orientalism in English Romantic Literature” at the International Conference on Nation and Identity in 19th and 20th Century English Literature (20-21 September 2007), Murcia, Spain.
• “Romantic Millenarianism and Modern Fantasy Literature” at the Middle East Studies Association (20th November 2006.
• “Islam, Millenarianism, and Harry Potter” at the Middle East Studies Association (20th November 2006.
• Special Interview with the Arlington Community Television ACT, the Weekly News, on Modern Arabic History and Culture, July 23, 2003.
• Mystical Interpretation of the Koran: Fareedudin Attar’s “Conference of the Birds” at the Middle East Studies Association Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, November 8, 2003.
• “Why Democracy and why now?” at the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy 4th Annual Conference, Washington, DC – May 16-17, 2003.
• “Islam and the Culture of the Middle East,” A series of talks at Itasca Community College, Itasca, Minnesota, January 23-24, 2002
• “Looking for Peace” and other poems, Poetry Reading at Al-Hewar Center Seventh Establishment Anniversary, January 27, 2002.
• Poetry Reading at the Fulbright International Conference, Washington, D.C. April 3-6, 2002.
• “Islam and Visions of the Future Politics in the Middle East” a Public Lecture at Drew University, New Jersey, April 8, 2002.
• Islam, Literature and Politics,” Sarah Lawrence College, New York, April 9, 2002.
• “Orientalism in Reverse: George Sale’s Translation of the Koran” at the MESA Conference (2002)
• “Romantic Orientalism in 19th Century Politics: the Example of Thomas Moore,” Department of English Graduate Seminars, University of George Washington, Washington, D.C. October 26, 2001
• “Islam and the West: Positive Encounters” at Al-Hewar Center, Washington, DC, November 28, 2001
• “The Reception of Islam and Arabic Culture in English and American Literature in the 19th Century” at The George Washington University Seminar in the Human Sciences, December 7, 2001
• “Positive Orientalism: Women’s Hidden Voices” at the International Conference on Women’s Challenges in 21st Century, 12-14 September ‏1999‏
• “Islam and the Crisis of Politics” a Public Lecture at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 17, 1999
• Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, “Islam and Spirituality,” November 17, 1999
• Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, “The Future of Arabic Culture and Literature,” November 19, 1999
• Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC, “Islam and the Future of Culture,” November 19, 1999
• “George Sale’s Translation of the Koran: Orientalism in Reverse” at the MESA International Conference, Washington D.C. November 20, 1999
• “Culture and Communication Development” at the Symposium on Translation of Terminologies in the Social Sciences, University of Sana’a, 1998
• “William Beckford and the Journey Eastward” at the Wordsworth International Conference, Grasmere, England 1996
• “Culture and Peace in the Middle East” at Fulbright Alumni Annual Conference, St. Catherine College, St. Paul Minnesota 1994
• “The Orientalism of Lord Byron” at The Wordsworth International Conference, Grasmere, England 1993
• “Robert Southey and the East” at The Wordsworth International Conference, Grasmere, England 1991

البحوث والأوراق العلمية:

• “Poetry and the Culture of Tolerance” (Forthcoming) Journal of the Yemeni Academy for Higher Studies (Forthcoming 2021)
• “Memoirs of Yemen 1959-1971,” a Semi-autobiographical book (Forthcoming) Cairo: Madbouli, 2021.
• “Rasselas in America: A Review Article of Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project” in The Faculty of Arts Journal, Sana’a University (Feb 2019).
• “Avicenna’s Philosophy of Education” in the Science Education Conference Proceedings Book, Kuwait University April 2016.
• “Classical Poetry and Prose: From Ancient Times until the Present” in Middle East in Focus: Yemen, Ed. Steven Caton (ABC-CLIO, 2013).
• “Reforming Zeidism in Yemen,” in al-Massar, Vol. 17 (2005), pp. 28-37.
• “Religious Militancy and Universal Peace: A Muslim’s Perspective” in al-Massar, Vol. 9 (3003), pp. 14-25.
• “Translation as a Tool for Language Learning” in Culture Journal (Yemen), 2 (2000).
• “Islam and postmodernism: Akbar Ahmed’s vision of Islamic Adventism” in Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 4, Issue 6, 1995
• Islam and Romantic Orientalism (London: I. B. Tauris, 1994).
• Book Review of Bernard Haykel’s Revival and Reform In Islam in Al Massar 3 (2006), pp. 3-14.
• Q&A Live Discussion with Professor Mohammed Sharafuddin hosted by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) July 26, 2006
• Islam and Romantic Orientalism (IB Tauris, 1994).