Name: Rebwar Zainadin Muhammad
Degree: Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in
Date & Place of Birth 06.06.1966
Suleimaniyah, Iraq
Education · B. A in English Language and Literature, graduated from College of Arts, English Department, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, 1989.
· M. A Degree in English Literature, University of Koya 2006.
· PH. D in English literature, University of Sulaimani, 2012
Academic Title Lecturer, and 6 months for promotion to Assistant Professor
Occupational background
2014 up to date Head of Translation Department, School of Languages, University of Sulaimani
2009 -2014 Lecturer (School of Languages- Department of English- University of Sulaimani).
2004-2009 Head of Translation Department, College of Languages, University of Koya,
At the same time –Department Coordinator- in College of Law- Department of Law / evening classes.
Title of the Theses
M. A thesis: Optimism and Pessimism in Saroyan’s The Oyster and the Pearl and Albee’s The Sandbox. Supervised by Dr. Ismail Fahmi
PH. D dissertation: The Image of the Politician in Modern English Drama: An Analytical Study of Shaw’s Geneva, Miller’s The Crucible, and Pinter’s Ashes to Ashes. Supervised by Professor Dr. Munthir Sabi.
Research papers
1. The Protagonist as a Victim and Victimizer in Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, journal of Koya University, issue no. 30 December 2013
2. Violence against Violence in Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, journal of Koya University.Issue no. 31 March 2014
3. The Image of the Convict in Marsha Nrman's Getting Out published in International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature vol. 3 issue 4, April 2015.
International Workshops and Seminars attended
Universities visited
1. American University of Cairo and Cairo University, 2005.
2. Istanbul University 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012.
3. DCU (Dublin City University) and Trinity College in Dublin, 2006
4. American University of Beirut and Beirut Arab University (BAU) in 2010
5. Damascus University in 2010-2011
6. University of Geneva 2010, 2011
7. University of Dakar in Senegal 2010
8. University of Amsterdam2010
9. University of Luxembourg 2011
10. University of Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
Subjects I taught:-
1. Introduction to Literature (First year students) - University of Halabja as a visitor.
2. Novel ( Second year students) University of Human Development as a visitor- (fourth year students ) University of Sulaimani
3. Modern, 18th century, and Victorian Drama. University of Sulaimani ( students of 3rd and 4th years)
4. Literary Criticism ( 4th year students), University of Human Development, and University of Halabja as a visitor
5. Elizabethan Drama & Modern Drama, Postgraduate programme (MA), School of Languages, University of Sulaimani 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.
Activities
1. Course Coordinator 2 years
2. Cultural Committee Member-Faculty of Languages & Humanities 2013
3. A Member of the scientific Committee of English department 2012,2013,2014.
4. Member of the Scientific Committee of School of Languages 2014-2015
5. Member of examining committee for 4 years.
Other Activities
1. MA theses : Member of Examining committee for 3 theses
a. Member of the examining committee to discuss the MA thesis according to the letter numbered 7/12/29 on 26/01/2013
b. Member of the examining committee to discuss the MA thesis according to the letter numbered 7/12/ 569 on 04/05/2013.
c. Member of the examining committee to discuss the MA thesis according to the letter numbered
d. Member of the examining committee to discuss the MA thesis according to the letter numbered, college of Languages, University of Salahaddin.
e. Member of the examining committee to discuss the MA thesis according to the letter numbered 7/12/883 on 04/05/2015. The title is " Materialism in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men by MA candidate "Yousif Muhammad Hussein"
2. Evaluation of Research: 2 MA theses and more than 15 research.
3. Evaluation of Capacity for more than 15 assistant lecturers in Sulaimani, Halabja, and Human Development Universities.
Supervision of Theses
1. Neurotic Anxiety in Sam Shepard's Icarus's Mother, True West, and Fool for Love
2. Domestic Iconography in Eugene O’ Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, and Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind
Languages
Kurdish, Arabic, and English
Computer Skills
Ms Word, Ms Works, Ms Excel, Ms Access…etc.