Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Dr. Asma Hussein
Assistant Professor
Major: ُEnglish Language and Literature
Department: Languages Department
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Email:
Extention: 2445
Profiles:
COURSES TAUGHT
- American Literature 1
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Shakespeare
- Theories of Literary Criticism
ACADEMIC RANKS
| Rank | University | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | Jordan | 2024 |
| Lecturer | Ada und Theodor Lessing Vhs Hannover | Germany | 2018 |
| Lecturer | Georg-August-University Göttingen | Germany | 2021 |
| Lecturer | Masaryk University | Czech Republic | 2012 |
QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Specialization | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ماجستير | Masaryk University | English Language and Literature | جمهورية التشيك | January / 2012 |
| دكتوراة | Masaryk University | Literatures in English | جمهورية التشيك | November / 2017 |
| بكالوريوس | Jordan University | English Language and Literature | الأردن | June / 2006 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Job Title | Institute | Time Period |
|---|---|---|
| assitant professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | October / 2024 - January / Present |
| assitant professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | October / 2024 - January / Present |
| lecturer | Georg-August-University Göttingen (Germany) | April / 2021 - March / 2023 |
| teaching assitant | Ada und Theodor Lessing Vhs Hannover (Germany) | October / 2018 - September / 2020 |
| teaching assitant | Masaryk University (Czech Republic) | September / 2012 - November / 2017 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Postcolonial studies - Postmodernist studies - Anglophone Caribbean Literature
RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS
- Asma Hussein (2025) “The Limits of the Postcolonial Theory in the Caribbean Context: “Nearing Forty” as a Case Study” International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES), 1, 25, 2025, 1-16
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
| Conference Title | Type of Participation | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Horizons in Language, Literature and Translation Studies | Paper/Poster | Amman/Jordan | April / 2024 |
| Competing Memories: The Politics of Remembering: Enslavement, Emancipation and Indentureship in the Caribbean | Paper/Poster | Bonn (Germany) | March / 2023 |
| Postcolonial Narrations 2022: Postcolonial Matters of Life and Death. | Paper/Poster | Bonn (Germany) | October / 2022 |
| The 10th Brno International Conference of English, American and Canadian Studies: Creating, Shaping, Signifying | Paper/Poster | Brno (Czech Republic) | February / 2015 |
| From Theory to Practice: Seventh Annual International Conference on Anglophone Studies | Paper/Poster | Zlin (Czech Republic) | September / 2015 |
THESIS SUPERVISION
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Evolution of Rage in Jean Rhys’s Novels | Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany | 2022 |
| The Puzzle of Pericles: The Play versus the Novel. (Haraštová, Helena) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2017 |
| The World of Vincentio Saviolo. (Jana Vytopilová) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2017 |
| Translating (Ir)reversible Binomials: A Corpus Study. (Tomáš Herlík) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2016 |
| Social Class and Language Use in Jamaica (Ladislav Miština ) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2016 |
| Childhood in Anglophone Caribbean Literature (Alena Brychtová ) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2016 |
| Aboriginals under the White Supremacy (Eliška Procházková) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2015 |
| “Civilizing the Savage”: 19th Century Indian Boarding Schools (Denisa Krásná) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2015 |
| Requiem for a Dream: A Comparative Analysis of the Novel and the Film Adaptation (Kateřina Vykydalová ) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2015 |
| YouTube Comedians: Performance in the Digital Era (Vojtěch Vokurka) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2015 |
| John Milton’s Paradise Lost: Satan – The Hero and the Antagonist (Adam Funiok) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2015 |
| Representation of Anglophone Literatures in the Czech Journal Lumír in 1895-1914 (Barbora Suchánková) | Masaryk University/Czech Republic | 2014 |
