Curriculum Vitae
ALAN ALI SAEED
CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of English Department, Al-Zahra College for Women, Department of English Language and Literature, Oman.
Assistant/Associate Professor of English, Department of English, College of Languages, University of Sulaimani (on leave).
PERSONAL DETAILS
D.O.B December 9th, 1981
Nationality: British/ Iraqi dual nationality
Tel: +964(0)7701558181
Emails: Alan.Ali.Saeed@gmail.com; alan.asaeed@univsul.edu.iq
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-ali-saeed-6389a427/
Sulaimani University Profile: https://sites.google.com/a/univsul.edu.iq/alan-ali-saeed/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5885-5832
Academia Edu: https://sulaimaniu.academia.edu/AlanAliSaeed
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan-Ali-Saeed
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=_O42e7QAAAAJ
EDUCATION
University of Falmouth, Cornwall, UK https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/ PGCHE (Online Teaching and Learning) Sept. 2020 – June 2021. Awarded 2021.
Brunel University, London, UK http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ PhD entitled 'Liberties and Licences': Gender, Stream of Consciousness and the Philosophy of Henri Bergson and William James in Selected Female Modernist Fiction 1914-1929. (Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2016). Awarded 2016.
Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, http://www.sas.ac.uk/ MA in National and International Literatures in English. (Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2009). Awarded 2009 with Merit.
English Department, University of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, (Oct. 2000 – July 2005). http://univsul.edu.iq/en/ BA in English Language and Literature, College of Languages. Awarded with 65% grade.
Halkawt Preparatory School, in Sulaimani Iraq. Graduated with Baccalaureate (High School Diploma) (Sept. 1996 – Jul. 2000) Awarded: 75 %.
Ph.D. Thesis
Title: 'Liberties and licences': gender, stream of consciousness and the philosophy of Henri Bergson and William James in selected female modernist fiction 1914-1929. Ph.D. Award 2016. Brunel University London.
Director of Studies, Prof. Philip Tew; second supervisor, Prof. Nick Hubble.
External Examiner: Prof. Helen Carr (Goldsmiths College, London University).
Online DOI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13582
TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS
PGCHE (Falmouth University) (Online Teaching and Learning) United Kingdom. Sept. 2020 – June 2021. Awarded 2021.
University Teaching Methods, University of Sulaimani Kurdistan, Iraq (Jul. 2010 – Dec. 2010) Awarded 2010.
PGCHE (Falmouth University) (Online Teaching and Learning) further details
The PGCHE at Falmouth University consisted of two postgraduate modules: Supporting Student Learning and Developing Flexible Learning Environments.
The PGCHE specialised in Online Teaching and Learning and putting the theory into practice.
Assignments: Planning, Delivery and Evaluation of Teaching Practice; Design, implementation and evaluation of a blended or online learning approach; Critical Reflective Journal for the course (https://pictorialthoughts965626275.wordpress.com/posts/); Learning conversations with colleagues via Peer Observation; Critical Reflection on my own Learning during the Course.
OTHER TEACHING RELATED COURSES AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
TESOL Methodology, (Online) (UMBC) University of Maryland, US. (Apr. 2022 – Jun. 2022.) Pass.
Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) awarded by means by the course Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education, Brunel University London. Merit. (Jun. 2014 – Jun. 2015)
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Al-Zahra College for Women, Muscat, Oman. https://www.zcw.edu.om/Departments/Department-of-English-Language-and-Literature.aspx Full-time from September 2023 – present. Department of English Language and literature
Head of Department of English Language and Literature
Courses at BA Hons Level: Shakespeare; Drama 2; Literary Criticism and Theory, and American Literature.
University Of Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. http://univsul.edu.iq/en/ Full-time from Oct, 2010 – Present (on leave from September 2023).
Courses at BA Hons. Level: Introduction to English Literature; Modern Novel, Modern Drama, Postmodern Novel, Literary Criticism (theoretical, historical and Critical Approaches), Victorian to Modern English Literature, English Conversation, Research Methodology, Introduction to Drama, Academic English II, British Literature I and II, Modern Fiction, Critical Theory, Graduation Research Paper, Academic Debate (Critical Thinking and Principles of Communication).
Courses at MA Level: Research Methodology and Writing Process (2017 – 2018), Literary Criticism and Critical Literary Theory (2018 – 2019), Modern English Novel (2019 until end of 2019).
Courses at PhD level: Literary Criticism (2021 – 2022).
BA Dissertations Supervised: 20 dissertations.
MA Thesis (Dissertations) Supervised: 3
1.“Pedagogical Use of Animated Themes in Teaching English Fiction at University Level''
2. “No Escape from Memories: A Psychological Approach to Trauma in Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go”
3. Hyperreal Fragmented Identity: A Socio-Psychological Study in Ellis’ American Psycho and Palahniuk’s Fight Club.
MA Thesis (Dissertations) Examined as Internal Examiner: 3
1.“Diving into the Abyss of Politics: A Socio-Political Study of Koestler's Darkness at Noon and Warren's All the King's Men” Supervisor: Dr. Kawan Othman Arf. February 2020.
2.“Constructing a Feminine Self: A Gynocritical Study of Selected Novels of Chinese American Women Novelists” Supervisor: Dr. Kawan Othman Arf. May 2021.
3.“Deconstructing the Classical Myths: A Postmodern Study of Atwood's The Penelopiad and Toibin's House of Names”. Supervisor: Dr Shokhan Ahmed. May 2023
New staff mentoring (teaching and research): 3 from the English department and 2 from the Arabic department.
Komar University of Science and Technology, Kurdistan, Iraq. https://komar.edu.iq/ Full-time from Sept, 2021 – Sept, 2022.
Courses at BA Hons. Level: Introduction to Literature, British Literature I & II, and Academic English II.
University of Human Development, Kurdistan, Iraq. http://uhd.edu.iq/ Part-time from Oct, 2017 – Jul, 2018.
Course at BA Hons. Level: The Victorian English Novel
Cihan University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. https://sulicihan.edu.krd Part-time from Oct, 2017 – Jul, 2018.
BA Hons. Level: Modern English Literature
Brunel University London http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/graduate-school
Events and Academic Administration Assistant (Nov, 2015 – Sept 2016).
EXTERNAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
External Examining
1.External examiner, MA Thesis at University of Kurdistan, Hawler,
‘A Psychological Comparative Study of Survival from Trauma in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun, Gharbi Mustafa’s When Mountains Weep, Coming of Age in Kurdistan and Tommy Orange’s There There’. Supervisors Dr Joseph Greenwood and Dr Kawan Arif. September 2023.
Journal Editorial Boards and Peer Reviewing
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Literature Studies ( Al-Kindi Centre for Research and Development, UK), (November 2023- ) see https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/ijls/about/editorialTeam;
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
Head of Department of English Language and Literature, Al-Zahra College for Women, Oman (September 2023 to present).
Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for managing and mentoring 4 academic staff in terms of developing their capability in teaching, research and administration; manage the day to day running of the teaching and research aspects of the department; responsible for overall research strategy and the maintenance of high quality teaching and learning within the department; responsible for curriculum planning and development in all areas of the department’s work; leadership of the department’s strategic planning and decision making; developing the course design of the two BA Hons degrees in the department; planning teaching innovations and development for the future; liaising with senior management and the Dean of the College; representing departmental views and needs to faculty level and central university management; representative of the department on college wide governance committees (see below) to ensure cross-departmental parity; enhancing the prestige of the department both nationally and internationally; initiating and developing links with relevant external bodies and other universities; facilitating staff-student consultative committee meeting functions; facilitating the appointment of appropriate departmental co-ordinators and key committees.
Activities: I redesigned for the purposes of Omani QA reaccreditation the following 18 modules in the English degree: Introduction to Fiction; Introduction to Poetry; Novel 1; Drama 1; Romantic & Victorian Literature; Shakespeare; 20th Century Literature; 17th and 18th Century Literature; Literary Criticism; American Literature; Classical Literature; Drama 2; Novel 2; Comparative Literature; Colonial and Postcolonial Literature; Seminar in Literature; Women`s Literature; Creative Writing.
I report to: Dean of the College, Dr. Musallam Ali Al Manni.
Report to me: All academic and administrative staff in the English department.
Member of the College Board, Al-Zahra College (Sept. 2023- ).
Activities: Setting the general policy of the admission in the college; determining rules governing honor students; monitoring the competencies of college staff and their job descriptions; approving renumeration to visiting teachers and external examiners; approving the strategic plan of the college and submitting it to the board of trustees and directors; approving the annual plan of the college and submitting it to the board of trustees and directors; propose tuition fees and other fees charged by the college and submit them to the board of trustees and directors; monitor the administrative and financial regulations and submit them board of trustees and directors; monitor and develop the academic regulations and submit them to the board of trustees and directors; monitor the study plan of the college and follow up its implementation and the conditions for granting academic degrees; monitor and develop the curriculum based on the recommendation of the boards of academic departments; recommending the appointment, promotion, secondment and granting of sabbatical leaves to academic staff members, according to college regulations; supervise the evaluation of the college’s various academic and administrative practices; review the draft annual budget and submit it to the board of trustees to take necessary decisions and act thereon; discussing and approving the results of exams received from the departments; approving the list of graduating students and submitting them to the board of trustees for approval; forming the necessary academic and administrative central committee to improve the functioning of the college; study all topics and proposals referred by members of the College Board.
Member of the College Executive Committee, Al-Zahra College (Sept. 2023- ).
Activities: Ensure strategic planning; monitor and strengthen programs and services; ensure legal and ethical integrity; address all matters affecting college operations; enhance the college’s public standing; study matters referred to it by the college committees and make recommendations on them to the College Board; study matters and topics referred to it by the College Board.
Member of the College Quality Assurance Committee, Al-Zahra College (Sept. 2023- ).
Activities: Preparing the annual work plan for the committee; discussing QA department procedures and forms; contributing to review policies, procedures, and forms and their application; supervising the work of affiliated sub-committees; proposing recommendations to improve overall quality of teaching and learning within the college; preparing institutional accreditation files and documents; studying college board proposals that relate to quality.
Member of the College Academic Promotions Committee, Al-Zahra College (Sept. 2023- ).
Activities: Considering requests for academic promotion referred by departments; preparing a review report evaluating the performance of the applicant for promotion related to teaching performance and community service, according to the mechanism in force in the college, and attaching it to the promotion request; determining the names of the evaluators, communicating with them, and sending them the scientific production; ensuring the applicant fulfils the academic promotion requirements; preparing the committees decision and sending it to the College Board; studying and topics and proposals referred to it by the College Board.
Head of Quality Assurance and Continual Academic Development, College of Languages, English Department, Sulaimani University (September 2022 to September 2023).
Activities: Ensure quality-assurance standards and procedures across the College; manage and support academic quality enhancement through creating effective strategies and structures; review and evaluate both student and teaching staff academic records; assess student’s annual feedback on learning and teaching.
I report to: the Dean of the College, Prof. Dr. Shakhawan Jalal Haji Faraj.
Report to me: Quality Assurance Co-Ordinators for English, Kurdish, Arabic, Persian and Translation.
Responsible for QA and academic development in five language departments (including translation) with over 2,000 students in the college and over eighty staff.
Quality Assurance Coordinator for The English Department, Sulaimani University (Dec, 2016 – Dec, 2019).
Activities: Ensure quality-assurance standards and procedures across the department; manage and support academic quality enhancement; review and evaluate both student and teaching staff academic records; assess student’s annual feedback on learning and teaching.
Reports to: Head of the English Department.
Head of the Exam Committee for The English Department, Sulaimani University (Oct, 2017 – Oct, 2018)
To protect the quality of provisional and final examinations; to establish procedures and instructions within the framework and shaping the results of examinations; to grant an exemption from taking one or more examinations; to safeguard the quality of the exam organization and the examination procedures and maintain standards; to take measures against exam fraud; to employ examiners for organizing examinations and determining the results of these examinations; to award the degree certificate as proof that the student passed the final examination.; creating guidelines for examiners; investigating and imposing penalties for fraud and plagiarism; decision regarding the extension of the validity period of exams.
Reports to: Head of the English Department.
Member of the Exam Committee - for The English Department, Sulaimani University, (Oct, 2018 – Sept. 2023).
Activities: Manage and organise exam halls, teaching staff invigilation and assessment administration; input students’ grades and their academic records; a member shall prepare relevant time tables based on the Examination Time Table; a member shall make the Seating Arrangement; a member shall prepare and display an overall supervision duty list as well as daily supervision duty list on the staff notice; a member shall ensure that adequate stationery, like answer sheets, drawing sheets, charts, graph paper, water jugs etc. are made available.
Member of The Scientific Committee, The English Department, Sulaimani University, (Oct, 2016 – Sept. 2023).
Activities: Following up the promotional reports on the academic department’s lecturers; joint decisions making regarding the scientific integrity of the published articles and printed books authored by the teaching members in the department; developing and motivating the scientific research of the academic department; to ensure continued quality and scientific integrity in publications and research; to support educational, scientific and academic meetings; to give and share advice, to offer all staff consultation on both scientific and professional endeavours.
Teaching Philosophy
I am passionate about teaching my subject and believe good and effective teaching is at the centre of what academics do. Excellent teaching is as much about learning from students as it is anything else. Teaching is not just about imparting information but about giving students the skills to learn for themselves. This kind of teaching is always student-centred and facilitates student learning, not just while you are at university, but for the whole of your life in the future. We remember those teachers at school and university who inspired us and made us feel our lives could be transformed and this memory that helps us when we meet obstacles in later life. I am a qualified and reflective teacher who is conversant with the educational theory that underpins successful practice. In 2020-2021 I studied for a PGCHE in university teaching at the University of Falmouth (UK) where I specialised in blended and online learning. While at Brunel I gained the professional certification of AFHEA from the British Higher Education Academy. I completed TESOL Methodology (online) in 2022 from University of Maryland (UMBC) in 2022. Since qualifying as a UK university teacher, I find myself more interested in pedagogy and education than ever before and how students become successful learners.
Skills
I am a patient, creative person who likes problem solving and helping others. I am a clear communicator with effective interpersonal skills. I understand the core values of teamwork and collaboration, the importance of training and efficient administration. I have considerable knowledge of how students learn and understand pastoral care and how to advise them when dealing with difficulties in university procedures. I have familiarity with academic planning and management and the ability to plan and manage research projects. Evidence of supervising students in thesis work. I am multi-lingual: English and Kurdish (Native Speakers: Reading, Writing and Speaking), and good in Arabic (Reading and Speaking). I believe strongly in the value of lifelong learning and the need to keep reflecting on what you have done in order to move forward to a higher level.
Research Philosophy
I believe strongly in the value of research and in keeping up to date about scholarship in my field within literary studies. I read widely and follow the latest critical developments in Britain, Europe, and the USA. I maintain that research does not finish after your Ph.D. but continues through the whole of your academic career. I also think that good research underpins excellent teaching. In my view, research occurs in many forms: book reviews, interviews; cultural journalism; book chapters as well as traditional academic articles. I also believe that Kurdish researchers should publish internationally as well as locally and engage with the public about our work.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles (Peer-Reviewed)
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Katherine Mansfield’s Alternative Selves in “Bliss” and “The Garden Party’’’. The Scientific Journal of Cihan University Sulaimanyia (SJCUS) Vol 3:2, December 2019, ISSN 2520- 7377 (Online), ISSN 2520- 5102 (Print) available online: https://sj.sulicihan.edu.krd/katherine - Mansfields-alternative-selves-in-bliss-and-the-garden-party/
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Jamesian and Bergsonian Stream of Consciousness in Katherine Mansfield's “Prelude” (1918)’. Sulaimanyia University Journal Sulaimanyia (JZS- B) Vol 20:3, December 2019, ISSN 1813- 0852 (Print), ISSN 2617- 3034 online: https://jzsb.univsul.edu.iq/issues/vol20n3/jzsb-10931
Sher Ali H, Saeed A. 'The Pedagogical Use of Animated Themes in Teaching English Fiction at University Level'. Zanco Journal of Humanity Science (JAHS) Salahaddin University-Erbil. Vol. 24(4): 247 -257. November 2020, ISSN 2412-396X (Online), ISSN 2218-0222 (Print) available online: https://zancojournals.su.edu.krd/index.php/JAHS/article/view/3654
Abdulqadr, K. S., Sharif, R. H., Omer, R. J., Saeed, A. A., & Abdul, Z. K. (2021). 'Disney Classics between Feminism and Victimization of Women: A Historical Analysis'. Technium Social Sciences Journal. Vol. 21:1, July 2021. pp. 833-839. ISSN (online): 2668-7798. Online: https://doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v21i1.3853
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'The Impetus of Love as Creative Evolution: Exploring Henri Bergson's Politics of Love in Katherine Mansfield's “A Cup of Tea''’. Tinakori: Critical Journal of the Katherine Mansfield Society. Issue 5. 2021. pp. 41- 53. ISSN 2514- 6106. (Katherine Mansfield Society, UK) Available online: https://katherinemansfieldsociety.org/publications/tinakori/
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'From Supernatural to Psychological: A Historical Study of the Concept of the 'Fantastic' in Hoffmann’s “The Sandman” and Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart''’. Journal of the University of Human Development (JUHD). Vol. 8 No. 3 (6thJuly 2022) Online: https://journals.uhd.edu.iq/index.php/juhd/article/view/962
Muhammad Ahmad, Shaimaa, & Ali Saeed, Alan. 'When Memories Haunt: A Psychological Approach to Trauma in Hosseini's The Kite Runner'. Journal of Al-Anbar University for Language and Literature, Issue 36, June 2022 pp. 617-631, ISSN: 2073 6614. Online: https://www.iasj.net/iasj/download/ccb57d0e7b9f2820
Sharif, H. R., and A. A. Saeed. “The Fear of Freedom in Hyperreality and Its Adverse Effect on Identity in Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho”. Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 94-100, Online doi:https://doi.org/10.14500/kujhss.v5n1y2022.pp94-100
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Satire in Modernism: A Comparative Study of T.S. Eliot's ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow'. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences (ZJHS), Salahaddin University-Erbil. Vol. 27 No. 2 April 2023) Online: https://zancojournal.su.edu.krd/index.php/JAHS/article/view/388
Interviews/ Conversations
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'A Conversation with Philip Tew: from Critic to Novelist, from Reading London to Writing London', The Literary London Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Autumn 2020): 709. (Literary London Society, UK) Online: http://literarylondon.org/the-literary-london-journal/current-issue/
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'On Expatriatism, Writing and Brief Shining Moments: An Interview with Alesa Lightbourne, author of The Kurdish Bike'. The Bosphorus Review of Books. Issue 26. (May 2021). (Turkey) Online: https://bosphorusreview.com/of-expatriatism-writing-and-brief-shining-moments-an-interview-withalesa-lightbourne-author-ofthe-kurdish-bike
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Literary Podcasting and the Arab World Through Books: An Interview with Ursula Lindsey and Marcia Lynx Qualey', Co-creators of the Bulaq Podcast. The Bosphorus Review of Books. Issue 27. (July 2021). (Turkey) Online: https://bosphorusreview.com/interview-withursula-lindsey-and-marcia-lynx-qualey
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Reflections on Teaching Mrs. Dalloway in Iraqi Kurdistan: An Interview with Steven Barfield: Part I' The Modernist Review. Issue 35. The Transnational. (8th November 2021) (British Association for Modernist Studies). Online: https://modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/reflections-on-teaching-mrs-dalloway-in-iraqi-kurdistan-an-interview-with-steven-barfield-part-1/
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Reflections on Teaching Mrs. Dalloway in Iraqi Kurdistan: An Interview with Steven Barfield: Part 2' The Modernist Review. Issue 36 (6th December 2021) (British Association for Modernist Studies).
Saeed, Alan Ali and Hisên, Rewşen (in conversation). 'Animal Farm in Kurdistan' Orwell Society Journal, 19. pp. 33- 36 (Autumn 2021) (The Orwell Society, UK) Online: https://orwellsociety.com/about-the-society/orwell-society-journal/
Saeed, Alan A. ‘A History of The Slemani International Film Festival: An Interview with Hemn Hussein, Director of Communication for the Festival’. Journal of Festive Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, Feb. 2023, pp. 135-43, doi:10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.125. Online: https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/article/view/125 / https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/issue/view/11
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'An Interview with Gian Sardar, author of Take What You Can Carry: A Novel'. The Bosphorus Review of Books. (September 2023). (Turkey) Online: https://bosphorusreview.com/interview-gian-sardar/
Book Reviews
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Review of ORWELL', ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Journal, Volume 12, Issue 3 (Autumn 2021). (University of Florida, USA) Online: https://imagetextjournal.com/review-of-orwell/
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Review: Temple of Refuge by Sartep Namiq, Bruce Sterling, Matthias Zuber, (illustrator) Felix Mertikat.' The Bosphorus Review of Books. Issue 29. (November 2021). (Turkey) Online: https://bosphorusreview.com/review-temple-of-refuge
Saeed, Alan Ali. 'Review of Adam Guy, The nouveau roman and Writing in Britain After Modernism'. Journal of Literature and Aesthetics. Vol. 31, Issue 1 (2021) pp. 148- 151. ISSN: 2200- 0437 (University of Sydney, Australia) Available as a PDF. Online: https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/LA/article/view/15683
Saeed, Alan Ali. Review of Take What You Can Carry: A Novel, by Gian Sardar. Prairie Schooner, vol. 95 no. 4, 2021, p. 154-155. (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA).Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/psg.2021.0097. Online: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/49348
Ali Saeed, A. (2022). 'Review of Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (5th ed.)’. REFLections, Vol. 29, Issue 1, (2022) pp. 247-249. ISSN 1513- 5934 (print) ISSN 2651- 1479 (online). (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand.) Online: https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/article/view/258955
Ali Saeed, A. ‘Review of Todd Martin (ed.) The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield’. New Academia: An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary Theory. Vol. XII, issue iii, (July 2023) pp.1-4. ISSN 2347-2073 (online) (Barloni Books, India) Online: https://interactionsforum.com/new-academia-volume-xii-2023/new-academia-vol-xii-issue-iii-july-2023
Journalism and Miscellaneous
Barfield, Steven and Saeed, Alan Ali ' "Why must it always be tomato soup?" How a line by Katherine Mansfield launched a literary competition'. Katherine Mansfield Society Newsletter, Issue 41, April 2022, pp. 6-8. (Katherine Mansfield Society) Available online by subscription https://katherinemansfieldsociety.org/publications/newsletter/.
Media
Saeed, A. A. (2021) ‘The Theme of Innocence in Lord of the Flies’ YouTube. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nCuh8W_5xc&ab_channel=AlanSaeedmso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
Saeed, Alan Ali, 'Critical Reflective Journal for PGCHE, Falmouth University, Sept. 2020 – June 2021 [online'] Available at: https://pictorialthoughts965626275.wordpress.com/
Presented Research Seminar Papers
Title: ‘The Story of Pygmalion in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Shaw’s Pygmalion’. Sulaimani University, 2018
Title: ‘Katherine Mansfield and Her Circle’ Birkbeck, University of London hosted by Katherine Mansfield Society Postgraduate Day about. Paper Title: ‘Katherine Mansfield, William James, Henri Bergson and Stream of Consciousness 1918-23’, Nov. 2013.
Title: Jamesian and Bergsonian ‘Stream of Consciousness’ in Katherine Mansfield's ‘Prelude’ ‘Jamesian and Bergsonian ‘Stream of Consciousness’ in Katherine Mansfield's ‘Prelude’ at ‘Researching the Arts’. A Joint conference between Brunel and Westminster at the Antonin Artaud building in Brunel University, June 2014.
Title: Stream of Consciousness and Élan Vital in Katherine Mansfield’s ‘Prelude’ bat Katherine Mansfield and France. International conference organized by the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle in conjunction with the Katherine Mansfield Society, Jun. 2014.
Title: ‘May Sinclair, William James, Henri Bergson and Stream of Consciousness in Mary Olivier: A Life and A Journal of Impressions in Belgium, at May Sinclair Society Introductory Symposium. Sheffield Hallam University. Jul. 2014.
Title: ‘Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim: Gendered Journeys to Alternative Selves from New Zealand to Britain and Europe’, at Crossing the Space Between, 1914 – 1945: The 16th annual conference of the multidisciplinary society. The Space Between: Literature and Culture, 1914 – 1945. Institute of English Studies, University of London. Jul 2014.
Title: ‘What is Academic Writing?’ Brunel University London, 2014
Title: ‘My experiences of Life as a PhD Student’ at Newton Room, Nov. 2014. Brunel Researcher Development Series 1:
Title: What is Academic Writing. Brunel University London, 2014
Title: ‘Critical Reading, Critical Thinking.’ Brunel University London, 2015
Staff Development Activities
Numerous staff development seminars given by other staff at Sulaimani University. We seldom have outside speakers due to funding issues.
I have offered the following seminars to colleagues and students:
1. Active Reading and Note Taking. Sulaimani University, 2019
2. The Elements of Drama. Sulaimani University, 2019
3. What Makes A Good Story? Sulaimani University, 2019
4. Characteristics of Gothic literature. Komar University, 2021
5. Contemporary Literature and Postmodernism. Komar University, 2021
6. Introduction to English Literature. Komar University, 2021
7. Essay Writing. Komar University, 2021
8. Introduction to Literary Theory and Literary Criticism. Komar University, 2021
9. The Art of Podcasting. Sulaimani University, 2022
10. How to Influence and Persuade. Sulaimani University, 2022
11. Management Skills for Researchers. Sulaimani University, 2022
12. Thesis Writing Techniques. Sulaimani University, 2022
13. Research and Open Access Papers. Sulaimani University, 2022
14. Working with your Supervisor. Sulaimani University, 2022
15. Graduate Learning and Teaching Programme. Sulaimani University, 2023
16. Developing Flexible Learning Environments. Sulaimani University, 2023
17. Writing a Review of a Book or Journal Article. Sulaimani University, 2016
18. Essay writing: Common Precepts. Sulaimani University, 2016
19. Interpreting Essay Questions. Sulaimani University, 2016
20. Writing in the First Person / Writing in the Third Person. Sulaimani University, 2016
21. How to Make the Perfect Presentation. Sulaimani University, 2017
22. Fast and Effective Reading. Sulaimani University, 2017
23. Fundamentals of Academic Writing Parts (I, II, III). Sulaimani University, 2017 – 2018
24. Exam Preparation and Revision at Postgraduate Level. Sulaimani University, 2017
25. How do I Write Academically? Sulaimani University, 2018Interpersonal Skills. Sulaimani University, 2018
26. Reflective Writing. Sulaimani University, 2018
Staff Development Courses for Colleagues: English Language at University level for Sulaimani University Teaching Staff (Intermediate and Advanced levels).
I am editor of The Handbook of Literary Academic Learning: A Collection of Practical Guidance, created by the department which aims to give both students and new staff information about literary studies along with creating a digital library for everyone to get benefit.
Additional Qualifications
As PhD student at Brunel: Certificate of Podcasting: A practical workshop, Brunel University London, Feb. 2016; Certificate of VIVA: Preparing for your thesis examination and Viva Voce, Brunel University London, Oct 2015; Certificate of How to Influence & Persuade, Brunel University London, Oct. 2014; Certificate of How to Make the Perfect Presentation, Brunel University London, Oct. 2014; Certificate of Recognition of a high score within the School of Arts for the Research Student Conference, Brunel University London, March 2014.; Certificate of Management Skills for Researchers, Brunel University London, Feb. 2014; Certificate of Thesis Writing Workshop, Brunel University London, Feb. 2013; Certificate of Theses and Open Access Papers, Brunel University London, Feb. 2013; Certificate of Researcher Development Series 2, Brunel University London, Nov. 2012; Certificate of Job Applications and CV Writing for Researchers, Brunel University London, Oct. 2012; Certificate of Working with your Supervisor as part of the skills training and development programme, Brunel University London, Nov 2011; Certificate of Early-Stage Research Module, Brunel University London, Nov. 2011; Certificate of Elsevier Author Seminar, Brunel University London, Oct. 2011.
Academic IELTS, International House - London, 2007.
Certificate of Medicine Counter Assistants, accredited by The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2009.
Certificate in Cambridge Proficiency; Certificate in English Language Skills. Harrow College, Middlesex - London, 2003.
Certificate in Computer Literacy: Microsoft word, Microsoft excels, and Internet Engine Explorer - Sulaimani University, Iraq 2002.
VOLUNTARY WORK EXPERIENCE
Administered and arranged seminars at Research and Master Levels, Brunel University London, 2015 – 2016; worked voluntarily at Brunel University London as an event organizer together with running at interdisciplinary conferences, 2015 ; worked at Sulaimani University in Iraqi Kurdistan as an academic directorial administrator, 2010.
Research Assistant at Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Office in London, carrying out research on a range of political and economic issues related to the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. I contributed to the organisation of events and conferences to promote the Kurdistan Region as an investment-friendly region and economy. Attended relevant think tanks and parliamentary meetings and seminars and reporting it back to the KRG, 2009
Media Administration and Broadcasting experience at the British Museum in the Broadcasting Department in London, 2007.
Work experience in the Careers Group, University of London, as an event organizer and porter supervisor.
Data Entry at the Careers Group Office in the University of London, 2007-2009
Translation work and other work with rwfilms.co.uk - an organization that produces factual films in the United Kingdom and the International Market in the area of humanities, 2002-2009.
Interpreting for various Agencies including: Lexicon Linguistics, Alpha and Lion-bridge, from Kurdish to English language and vice versa within the United Kingdom as a freelance interpreter, 2002-2009.
Professional Memberships (while studying in Britain)
Member of the May Sinclair Society, May 2015; Member of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, June 2015; Member of the Dorothy Richardson Society, January 2014; Member of The Space Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945, May 2014; Member of the Katherine Mansfield Society, June 2013; Member of the British Association for Modernist Studies, January 2013.
Personal / Interests and Activities
My main interests include watching films and documentaries, physical training, and socialising with friends. Following developments in Kurdish culture and politics and in the middle east more generally. I enjoy keeping up-to-date with the latest information about the world of technology. Reading various biographies, modern literature and fiction of both British and International origin.
