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CV at a Glance Dr. Mohammad Asim Siddiqui Professor, Department English, AMU Aligarh. Teaching Experience: Twenty Seven years. International Honours: Short term Fulbright programme (at New York University) June- July 2007. An Essay Titled “Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian, Traditional or Modern: Food as a Marker of Identity,” is on the prescribed reading list of Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania: Food in the Islamic Middle East: History, Memory, Identity; www.sas.upenn.edu/mec/sites/www.sas.upenn.edu.mec/files/NELC2352012. pdf Teaching/ Lectures Outside AMU: Taught Literary Criticism and Theory at University of Kashmir, Srinagar for a semester in 2013. Have Lectured in Refresher courses at Lucknow University, CCU Meerut, and Open University Kota. Areas of Interest: 19 th century American Fiction, Literary Theory (Structuralism, Cultural studies, Film studies)

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CV at a Glance

Dr. Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

Professor,

Department English, AMU Aligarh.

Teaching Experience: Twenty Seven years.

International Honours:

Short term Fulbright programme (at New York University) June- July 2007.

An Essay Titled “Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian, Traditional or Modern:

Food as a Marker of Identity,” is on the prescribed reading list of

Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of

Pennsylvania: Food in the Islamic Middle East: History, Memory,

Identity;

www.sas.upenn.edu/mec/sites/www.sas.upenn.edu.mec/files/NELC2352012.

pdf

Teaching/ Lectures Outside AMU:

Taught Literary Criticism and Theory at University of Kashmir, Srinagar for

a semester in 2013.

Have Lectured in Refresher courses at Lucknow University, CCU Meerut,

and Open University Kota.

Areas of Interest:

19th century American Fiction, Literary Theory

(Structuralism, Cultural studies, Film studies)

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Research Guided:

Ph. D. awarded: Seven

P. G. Dissertation Projects: Fifteen (Approximately)

Supervising Research scholars for the award of Ph. D.: Four

Subjects Teaching Currently:

Literary Theory

Fiction (Hawthorne, Marquez, Kundera,)

ELT (Teaching of Literature)

Research Methodology Publications:

Books (Edited): Three

Research papers: Forty Five

Book Reviews: Twelve

Articles in National Dailies: Six

Magazine Articles: Two

Administrative Experience:

Member of the Public Relations Committee AMU, Aligarh.

Worked as Assistant Superintendent of Examinations from 2000 to 2006, 2008.

Worked as Deputy Director of Career Planning Center, AMU, in 1998

Elected member of the Academic Council of AMU (2010-2012)

Presentation/ Participation in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc. Last

Three years only.

Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc.: Eleven

Membership of Academic Bodies

Life Member of Indian Association of Canadian Studies, American Studies

Research Centre.

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Curriculum vitae

Dr Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

Professor,

Department English A M U Aligarh-

U.P.

Email: [email protected]

Institutional e-mail: [email protected] .

Mobile: +919897897888

Website:www.mohammadasimsiddiquiamu.wordpress.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1998 Post-graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English IFLU Hyderabad

1995 Post-graduate Certificate in the Teaching of English IFLU Hyderabad

(PGCTE)

1991 Ph. D. (Topic: Mark Twain as a Reformer and Thinker) AMU Aligarh

1987 M. Phil (Topic: Social Criticism in Mark Twain’s Travel Books) AMU Aligarh

1984 M. A. AMU Aligarh

1982 B.A (Hons.) AMU Aligarh

1979 Intermediate U.P. Board

1977 High School U.P. Board

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Total Teaching Experience: 27 Years (approx.) at the Aligarh Muslim

University, Aligarh, India.

Courses Taught

Contemporary Literary Theory.

American Literature

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Teaching of Literature.

Grammar, Old and New

English in Electronic Media.

Translation and Interpretation Skills Research Methodology

Teaching Outside the Department:

Taught Literary Criticism and Theory at University of Kashmir, Srinagar for

a semester in 2013.

I have been associated with the teaching, research and the designing of courses

in the Centre for Women’s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Courses taught there include “Women and Literature”, “Feminist Theory” and

“Women and Media”.

Have Lectured in Refresher courses at Lucknow University, CCU Meerut, and

Open University Kota Guiding Research

No of Ph. Ds awarded 5+2 = 7

M A (ELT) Dissertations supervised: 15 approximately.

Publications:

(a). Books

Criticism and Counter Criticism (with Abdur Raheem Kidwai) New Delhi:

Viva Books, 2013.

The Holy and the Unholy: Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s Fiction.

Edited (with Abdur Raheem Kidwai) New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2011.

Tradition and Modernity: Essays on Indian writing in English. Edited (with

Farhatullah Khan) Aligarh: Dept of English, 2003

(b). Published Papers in Journals (28)

"The Joyous, the Joyless and the Arty in Hanif Kureishi's Select Stories"

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Journal of English Literature and Language 7: 2 December 2013, pp. 1- 13.

“The Canon, the Language, the Pedagogy, the Politics: Evolution of the

Concept of Literature”.Journal of the Faculty of Arts.7:1-2(2012-2014) PP

62—107.

“Saadat Hasan Manto’s Poetics of Resistance”. Social Scientist 40(11-12)

Nov-Dec 2012 pp.17-29.

www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/23338867?uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=

4 &sid=21104201701721

Sahityaitihaas Lekhan Ki Samasyaaon Par Kuch Notes, Wartmaan ; March

2014, pp.58-59

Pakistan Ke Uttar Upniveshik Upanyaas, (in Hindi) Kala Sankaye Shodh

Patrika,AMU,Aligarh 2010-2011

“Anatomy of Failure and Success in Select Stories of Hanif Kureishi”, Journal

of English Literature and Language 6.1(June 2012):1—12.

“Race, Class and Gender Intersectionality in Some Select Stories of Hanif

Kureishi”. Journal of English Literature and Language 5.2 (December

2011):14-20.

“To Sir with Love:Professor Maqbool Hasan Khan” Tahzibul Akhlaq

Special Number 5.June, 2013.pp.183-92

“Have Indians Failed Feminism?” Women and Society 1(2011): 48- 61.

“Perspectives on Parent-Child Relationship in Hanif Kureishi’s Gabriel’S Gift.

Journal of Children’s Literature 5 (2011): 29- 38.

“Construction of Identity in Hanif Kureishi: The Buddha of Suburbia”. Journal

of English Literature and Language 4.1(June 2010): 1- 17.

“Pursuing Politics: A Perspective on the Recent Pakistani Writing in English”.

Journal of English Literature and Language 4.2 (December 2010): 14- 21.

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“Makifng Sense of His Inbetweenness: Hanif Kureishi’s Appropriation of His

Family Narratives”. Aligarh Journal of English Studies 30 (2010): 83- 98.

“Freedom and Responsibility: Making Sense of Hanif Kureishi’s Intimacy”.

Journal of Literature and Language Vol. III (Dec 2009), No.2

“Feminism in India: Challenges and Obstacles.” Re-markings 8. 2 (Sept.

2009): 18- 25.

“Perceptions of Muslim/ Islamic Identity in Popular Hindi Cinema”. Third

Frame: Literature, Culture and Society 2.1 (Jan-March 2009): 142- 154.

“On Translator’s Notes and Prefaces”. Journal of English Literature and

Language 2.2 (December 2008): 50- 56.

“Multiplicity of Perspectives in Qurratulain Hyder’s My Temples Too”.

Journal of the Faculty of Arts. 5. 1- 2 (Jan. 2007-Dec. 2008) 25- 32.

“Loot Dressed up in a Fascinating Garb: An Appraisal of Imperial Lust for

Land and Profit in Mark Twain’s Following the Equator and Select Short Pieces”.

Journal of Objective Studies 19-20. 1&2 (2007, 2008): 169- 181.

ISSN 0971- 3220.

“Victims of History, Culture and Gender: Women in A Thousand Splendid

Suns”. Aligarh Journal of English Studies 29 (2007): 70- 86.

“Mark Twain’s Treatment of Religion in His Select Works” Journal of English

Literature and Language 1. 1& 2 (2007): 37- 46.

“Gender Consciousness in Literature Education: A Reappraisal”.Women and

Society (2006): 60- 64.

“Notes on Mark Twain’s Theory of Realism”. Journal of the Faculty of Arts

4.1- 2 (Jan. 2005- Dec. 2006): 44- 54.

“Mark Twain’s Spiritual Dilemma: A Perspective on His Later Writing”.

Aligarh Journal of English Studies 28 (2006): 80- 102.

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“Imperial Attitudes in W. Somerset Maugham’s Up at the Villa”. Aligarh

Journal of English Studies 27 (2005): 61- 71.

“Representation of Arab World in Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad”.

Studies on Islam 2.2 (July 2005): 38- 46.

“Politicising Literature and Migrant Identity: A Reading of Hanif Kureishi’s

The Black Album”. Journal of the Faculty of Arts 3.1-2(Jan-Dec. 2004): 106-

117.

“Author as Narrator: Notes on Milan Kundera’s Narrative Technique in Life is

Elsewhere”. Aligarh Journal of English Studies 26 (2004): 65- 79.

“An Image of the Other: The Indian in the Scarlet Letter”. Aligarh Journal of

English Studies 24 (2002): 117- 123.

(C). Book Chapters (16)

“Using Your Smartphone to Enhance Reading Capability” in New Directions in

Higher Education. Ed. A.R. Kidwai. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2014.

“Strategies of Academic Writing” in New Directions in Higher Education

“Mapping the Field of English Studies in India” in Criticism and Counter

Criticism Eds Mohammad Asim Siddiqui and Abdur Raheem Kidwai. New

Delhi: Viva Books, 2013. pp xi—xx.

“Through the Eyes of the Aligarh Journal of English Studies: Moments in the

Narrative of Literary Criticism at Aligarh” in Criticism and Counter Criticism.

pp 253—271.

“Asloob Ahmad Ansari as a Literary Critic” in Criticism and Counter Criticism.

pp 272—290.

“Masoodul Hasan’s Writings in English: A Bibliographic Essay” in Criticism

and Counter Criticism. pp 291—298.

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“Transcreating History: A Reassessment of River of Fire” in Qurratulain Hyder

and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of her Legacy ed.

Rakhshanda Jalil. New Delhi: Aakar Books, 2011. pp 229-240.

“The Political or the Social?: Qaisra Shahraz and the Present Pakistani Writing

in English” in The Holy and the Unholy: Critical Essays on Qaisra Shahraz’s

Fiction. Edited (with Abdur Raheem Kidwai) New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2011.

pp. 183-204

“Introduction”. The Holy and the Unholy: Critical Essays on Qaisra

Shahraz’s Fiction. pp. xv-xxi (full reference cited above)

“Articulating Anger and Hurt in post 9/11 Pakistani English Fiction” in

Proceedings of the Third National English Conference on New Directions in

Comparative Literature. Hyderabad: Department of English, Maulana Azad

National Urdu University, 2011.

“Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian, Tradition or Modern: Food as a Marker of

Identity” in The Writer’s Feast: Food and the Cultures of Representation.eds

Supriya Chaudhuri and Rimi B. Chatterjee. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan,

2011.pp 19-30.

“Indian English Fiction and Indian Literary Criticism after1980: Some

Perspectives” in Indian Writing in English: Shifting Paradigms.eds Veena

Sharma, Karmjit Kaur and Manjit Kaur. GNK College for Women: Ludhiana,

2008.

“Suffering of women and the Question of Plural Identity: Amitava Kumar’s

Reading of the Politics of Faith in Husband of a Fanatic” in Behind the Veil

.ed A R Kidwai. APH: New Delhi (2007).ISBN 81-313-0150-8

“The Wretched of the Earth: A Representation of the Life of Weavers of

Banaras; in Abdul Bismillah’s Jhini Jhini Bini Chadaria”in Muslim

Artisans,Craftsmen and Traders: Issues in Entrepreneurship. Ed. Abdul

Waheed. New Delhi: Icon Publications, 2006. pp. 159-167.

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“Present Critical Scene in India” (with Farhat Ullah Khan) in Tradition and

Modernity ed. Farhat Ullah Khan and Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. Aligarh:

Department of English, 2003.pp.1-14.

“Manto ke Afsaano Main Sheriyat” (in Urdu) ed Qazi Afzal Husain Saadat

Hasan Manto: Ek Sadi Baad (after a century), published by Centre of Advanced

Studies, Department of Urdu, AMU, Aligarh.

(d). Book Reviews:

Release and Other Stories by Rakhshanda Jalil, New Delhi Harper Collins

Publishers India, - A joint venture with India Today Group, 2011.

Miniskirts, Mothers and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land By

Christine A. Mallouhi, Monarch Books, ISBN: 08-25460-51-4

http://www.futureislam.com/20060105/reviews/asim/miniskirts_mothers.asp

From the Land of Five Rivers; Kothe Kharak Singh: a Story of Three

Generations; By Ram Sarup Ankhi Translated by Avtar Singh Judge. Sahitya

Akademi, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 507, volume xxxv number 4 April 2011;

http://www.thebookreviewindia.org/articles/archives-389/2011/april/4/fromthe-

land-of-five-rivers.html

Afsana/ Kahani Across Borders; New Urdu Writings From India and Pakistan;

Edited by Rakhshanda Jalil; Tranquebar, New Delhi, 2013, pp. 317, volume

xxxviii number 8 August 2014;

http://www.thebookreviewindia.org/articles/archives-

3631/2014/august/8/afsanakahani-across-borders.html

The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith; By Irshad

Manji, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 0-312-32700-5;

http://www.futureislam.com/20050701/review/md_asim/The_Trouble_with_Isl

am.asp

The Challenge of Islam: Encounters in Interfaith Dialogue; By Douglas Pratt,

Ashgate, Hampshire, England, 2005, ISBN: O-7546-5123-1;

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http://www.futureislam.com/20051101/review/asim/the_challenge_of_islam.as

p

Islam without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists; By Raymond William Baker, Harvard

University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England 2003 ISBN: 0-675-

01203-8; http://www.futureislam.com/20060109/reviews/asim/islam_without_fear.asp

The Idea of Pakistan By Stephen Philip Cohen. Brookings Institution Press,

Washington, D. C.

http://www.futureislam.com/20070701/reviews/asim/The%20Idea%20of%20P

akistan.asp

Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia. Edited by Shahram

Akbarzadeh & Samina Yasmeen UNSW Press (University of New South Wales

Press Ltd).2005 ISBN 0-86840 679-1;

http://www.futureislam.com/20070301/reviews/asim/Islam_and_the_West_Re

flections_from_Australia.asp

Indonesia's Struggle: Jemaah Islamiyah and the Soul of Islam

By Greg Barton University of New South Wales Press Ltd Sydney, 2004

ISBN: 0868407593;

http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/reviews/asim/Jemaah_Islamiyah_and_t

he_Soul_of_Islam.asp

Literary Orientalism A Companion; A. R. Kidwai. Viva Books Private Limited.

New Delhi. Journal of Literature and Language Vol.(3), No. 2.

September, 2009. pp 97- 100.

Shaw and Iqbal. By Samina Khan. The Vedic Path, ISBN 09701443. 2013.

(e). Articles in National Dailies

The phenomenology of the handshake; The Hindu Open Page. September 14, 2014. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-phenomenology-ofthe-handshake/article6408279.ece

Waging war for clean water. The Hindu; August 23,

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2014;http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/wagingwar-for-clean-water/article6343135.ece

Bringing Madarsa students into the Mainstream; The Hindustan Times New

Delhi; 08 Sep. 2014.

Remembering Updike; http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tpmetroplus/remembering-updike/article653766.ece

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; An Enlightened Thinker. The Pioneer. 17th October,

2005.

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; The Indian Express. 17th October, 2005

(f) Magazine Articles

Kothe Kharak Sing:A Review, Contemporary Vibes Chandigarh; ISSN

09751750. January, 2008.

Projection of Muslims’ Image Through the Media; The Aligarh Magazine,

Special Number. 1984.

Link to some of the Articles:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/asloob-ahmad-ansari-obituary http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/When-democracy-becomes-

democrazy/article16742525.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/vocabulary-of-tolerance/article9330871.ece

http://m.rediff.com/movies/column/give-gowariker-credit-for-mohenjo-

daro/20160820.htm http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/ample-room-for-

interpretation/article8737572.ece http://m.ndtv.com/opinion/kohinoor-must-return-a-12-year-old-was-forced-to-

give-it-to-the-british-1398237 http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-connecting-

link/article6485003.ece

http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/aligarh-and-its-shakespeare-wallahs/article8505088.ece

http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/aligarh-goes-beyond-aligarh/article8309888.ece

http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/words-for-all-times/article8253522.ece

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http://m.rediff.com/movies/column/bajirao-mastani-the-grandeur-of-movie-manufactured-history/20151222.htm

http://googleweblight.com/?lite_url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/of-roland-and-readers/article8026018.ece&ei=ci6o1kTe&lc=en-

IN&s=1&m=472&ts=1451011772&sig=ALL1Aj6O6Nkal5mMgE26_tCJxuY2H08k4g

http://m.rediff.com/news/column/heed-the-concerns-of-our-

writers/20151023.htm http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/a-poet-a-

revolutionary/article7586498.ece http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/dusty-images-fresh-memories-of-

tasveer-mahal-in-aligarh-muslim-university/article7389297.ece http://m.rediff.com/movies/special/the-pakistan-that-india-loves/20150507.htm http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-problem-of-

plenty/article7154696.ece/ http://www.muslimissues.com/amu-faculty-presents-talk-on-kashmiri-poet-

agha-shahid/ http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/more-than-a-

meal/article7068374.ece/ http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/we-are-ready/article6908846.ece/ http://www.thestatesman.net/news/97391-a-time-for-soul-searching.html

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/education-to-benefit-all/article6733544.ece#.VKEPM7HwjcY.gmail

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fm.rediff.com%2Fmovies%2Fcolumn%2Fpk-wouldnt-have-understood-the-film-

pk%2F20150105.htm&h=jAQGRKq7W http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/aligarh-muslim-university-

library-access-issue/article6627245.ece#.VHICdc2jpSA.gmail

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Ffriday-review%2Fthe-connecting-link%2Farticle6485003.ece&h=XAQG5Q059

For regular updates : https://www.facebook.com/professorasimsiddiqui/

(g). Interviews

“An Interview with Qaisra Shahraz with an Introduction of Author” Asiatic

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8.1 (Jume 2014) http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL

http://asiatic.iium.edu.my/asiatic/article/Asiatic%208-

1%20pdf%20files/Qaisra.%20interview.pdf

“Interview with Professor Masoodul Hassan”; Criticism and Counter Criticism;

ed. A R Kidwai and M asim Siddiqui. Viva books Private Limited.

New Delhi.

Papers Read at Some Recent Seminars (last two years only):

17—19 March, 2014 “Problematizing the Sacred, the Profane and the Literary”

at a National Seminar on Literature and the Sacred: Legacies, Issues and the

Paths Ahead at University of Kashmir, Srinagar.

25—27 February, 2014 “Consuming Literature, Reinterpreting Identities” in the

International Seminar on Multiple Identities and Social Inclusion at Banaras

Hindu University, Varanasi.

“18—20 March 2013 “Globalisation and the Consumerist Reading of

Literature” in the national seminar held at University of Kashmir, Srinagar

28-29 September 2012 “Select Stories of Manto: A Contrapuntal Reading” in

the International Seminar on Celebrating 100 Years of Manto held at Nehru

Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.

10-12 September 2012 “How to Read Manto” in the International Seminar on

Saadat Hasan Manto: Ek Sadi Baad (after a century), organised by Department

of Urdu, AMU, Aligarh.

29-30 March 2012 “Many a slip between the Cup and the Lip: Pedagogical

Implications of Translation Studies for Hindi/ Urdu Learners” (with Sana Niazi)

in the National Seminar on Issues and Challenges in Translation held at the

Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University.

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23-24 March 2012 “Anxiety of Representation: Recent Muslim Writing from

the Margin” in the National Conference on Writings from the Margins, held at

School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Gautam Buddha University, Greater

Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

6-8 September 2011; “Struggling to be Heard: Emergence of Muslim English

Media in Free India” in the International Conference on Islam and English in

India: Cultural, Literary, Pedagogic, Historical, Political and Philosophical

Encounters” organized by the Department of English, University of

Hyderabad.

11 Feb 2011; “The Feminine Voice in Indian English Fiction and Criticism:

Some Defining Moments”(keynote address) in the National Seminar on The

Feminine Voice in Modern Indian Fiction in English held at NMD College,

Gondia, Maharastra.

Some other Seminars:

9-10 March 2011 “Articulating Anger and Hurt in post 9/11 Pakistani English

Fiction” at The Third National English Conference on “New Directions in

Comparative Literature” hosted by the Department of English, Maulana Azad

National Urdu University, Hyderabad.

28 Feb-3 March 2007 “Perceptions of Muslim Identity in Popular Hindi

Cinema” at the Seminar on “Region, Nation and Ideology in Films” held at

University of Hyderabad.

14-16 Nov.2006 “Food as a Marker of Identity” at the International Seminar on

“Food: Representation, Politics and Ideology” organized by Jadavpur

University, Calcutta

14 July 1995 “New Historicism: An Introduction” at the Scholars Meet,

American Studies Research Center, Hyderabad.

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29—30 Nov. 1994 “The Evolution of Mark Twain’s Religious World-view” at

the Fourth Annual Conference of Mark Twain Society of India held at

Annamalai University.

4 Sept. 1993 “Amerindian Fiction: Themes and Perspectives” at the Scholars

Meet, American Studies Research Center, Hyderabad.

23-24 April 1993 “Mark Twain’s Stance on Imperialism and the Race Question

in His Later Writings” at the Second Annual Conference of Mark Twain Society

of India held at American Studies Research Center, Hyderabad.

21-22 April 1992 “Realism as a Technique in Mark Twain’s Novels” at the

Seminar on Mark Twain, held at Calicut University, Calicut.

15-18 August 1989 Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Conference for the Youth

organized by J N Memorial Fund and Indian Association for Commonwealth

Literature, held at Mysore

7 –9 October 2010 Ram Sarup Ankhi Smirti Kahani Goshthi, organized by

Kahani Punjab, held at Dulhousie(H.P)

6- 8 October 2008 Kahani Goshthi, organized by Kahani Punjab, held at

Dulhousie (H.P)

29 Feb-6 March 1988 International Seminar on the American South,

sponsored by the U.S. Educational Foundation of India, held at American

Studies Research centre, Hyderabad. Refresher and Orientation Courses

Lectures on a very regular basis in different Refresher and Orientation courses

organized by different UGC Academic Staff Colleges of the country. Has

delivered approximately 40 lectures in different subject Refresher Courses in

English, Hindi, Urdu, Women’s Studies and Research Methodology.

19- 20 November Mentorship Program for Alumni of U S Department of State

Exchange Program, organized by U S Embassy, held at New Delhi.

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November,2001 was the coordinator of a refresher course on “the teaching of

EnglishLanguage and Literature: A Contemporary perspective". The course was

meant for college lecturers.

27-29 Oct. 2012Was the convener of a national seminar on Tradition

andModernity: Indian Writing in English, organized by the Dept.of English

Successfully completed the X course on American Civilization organized by

and held American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad (16 August-11

September 1993).

1988 Attended Orientation Course, Academic Staff College, Aligarh

Administrative Work in the University

Member of the Public Relations Committee AMU, Aligarh.

Actively associated with the planning and conduct of Annual Examinations

in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the Aligarh Muslim University,

Aligarh.

Worked as Assistant Superintendent of Examinations from 2000 to 2006,

2008.

Was the in charge of MBBS entrance test at Saifia Arts College Centre,

Bhopal (2012)

Worked as in charge, Time Table and Room Allotment, Faculty of Arts (2000-

2010)

Worked as Academic Guardian at the Coaching and Guidance Centre, AMU.

(1995--

Worked as Deputy Director of Career Planning Center, AMU, in 1998

Has been working as Member-in-Charge Publications Division, AMU

(2012…)

Elected member of the Academic Council of AMU (2010-2012)

Member of the Research Committee of the Department of English

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Member of the Moderation Committee of the Department

Member of the Test Organising Committee of the Department

Worked as English Department Secretary 2004-2010

Was the in charge of the Time Table Committee of the English Department.

Was the in charge of Practice Teaching in the Department of English (1999-

2007)

Worked as in charge, Postgraduate Discussion Group, Department of English.

Worked as in charge, Raleigh Literary Society, Department of English

Have been a member of the Core Committee of the DRS Programme in the

Department of English.

Personal details

Name

Father’s Name

Date of Birth

Religion

Nationality

Occupation

Position

Marital Status

Passport No.

: Dr. Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

: Late. Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad

: June 27, 1963

: Islam

: Indian

: Teaching

: Professor of English

: Married

: G0875112