VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 AMMAN 005792

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TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO
SUBJECT: VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES


1. THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. HAKAM AL HADIDI,
PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY
AND DR. MARWAN OBEIDAT, DEAN OF STUDENTS AFFAIRS, THE
HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER 11-
22, 2003.


2. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DR. AL HADIDI FOLLOWS:

PREFIX: DR.
F-NAME: HAKAM
M-NAME: FAREQ
L-NAME: AL-HADIDI
M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 150459
M-CITY: ZARQA 13115
M-CNTRY: JORDAN
M-PHONE: (962-6) 553-3433
M-EMAIL: HHADIDI@HU.EDU.JO
GENDER: M
DOB: 08/09/1950
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: SALT
BIRTH-CNTRY: JORDAN
CITIZ-CNTRY: JORDAN
DEPART-POST: OCTOBER 11
RETURN-POST: OCTOBER 22
RES-CNTRY: JORDAN
START MEMO POSITION: PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY

END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:

END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
-1975-1978: INTERNSHIP, GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND RESIDENT IN
INTERNAL MEDICINE. SALT AND AL-BASHEER HOSPITAL, MINISTRY OF
HEALTH, JORDAN.
-1979-1983: SENIOR HOUSE OFFICER IN GENERAL
MEDICINE IN VARIOUS LONDON HOSPITALS, UK.
-1984-1987: POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, PHARMACOLOGY AND
ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL
SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, LONDON, UK
-1988-1995: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / DEPARTMENT OF
PHARMACOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE JUST, JORDAN.
-1995-MAY 2000: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR /DEPARTMENT OF
PHARMACOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, JUST, JORDAN.
-1992-1994: CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY,
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, JUST, JORDAN.
-JAN.-SEP. 1994: ASSISTANT DEAN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, JUST
-SEP. 94-SEP.96: VICE-DEAN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, JUST
-SEP. 96-JUNE 97: VISITING SCIENTIST, DEPARTMENT OF CANCER
RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE,
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRONDHEIM,
NORWAY.
-JUL. 97-JAN. 98: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL
GENETICS, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY.
-MAY 22. 2000: PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY, FACULTY OF
MEDICINE, JUST, JORDAN.
-SEP.1998- SEP. 2001: VICE DEAN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE,
JUST, JORDAN.
-SEP. 2001- SEP. 2002: DEAN, FACULTY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,
JUST.
-SEP. 2002-DEC. 2002: VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTING PRESIDENT THE
HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY.

END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
-MD, KHARKOV MEDICAL INSTITUTE, (1975)
-PROFESSIONAL AND LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENT BOARD (PLAB) LONDON,
UK (1979).
-SCHOLARSHIP FOR PH.D. DEGREE IN CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY FROM
YARMOUK UNIVERSITY 1984.
-PH.D., CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL
SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (1987).

END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:

HAKAM AL-HADIDI IS PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY AND PRESIDENT
OF THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY, JORDAN, AND HE IS A MEMBER OF
THE HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL. HE EARNED HIS PH.D. IN
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON IN 1987.
DR.AL-HADIDI'S VISIT TO THE U.S. WOULD ENABLE HIM TO SEEK
SUPPORT FROM U.S. UNIVERSITIES TO ESTABLISH AMERICAN STUDIES
CENTER AT HIS UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE AMERICAN
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION TO JORDANIAN STUDENTS. HIS VISIT
SUPPORTS MPP OBJECTIVES ON PROMOTING TOLERANCE, MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY AND VALUES.


3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DR. OBEIDAT FOLLOWS:

PREFIX: DR.
F-NAME: MARWAN
M-NAME: M.
L-NAME: OBEIDAT
M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 150459
M-CITY: ZARQA 13115
M-CNTRY: JORDAN
M-PHONE: (962-6) 551-0173
M-EMAIL: OBEIDAT@HU.EDU.JO
GENDER: M
DOB: 06/14/1956
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: IRBID
BIRTH-CNTRY: JORDAN
CITIZ-CNTRY: JORDAN
RES-CNTRY: JORDAN
DEPART-POST: OCTOBER 11
RETURN-POST: OCTOBER 22
START MEMO POSITION: DEAN, STUDENTS AFFAIR, THE HASHEMITE
UNIVERSITY

END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:

END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
-THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 2000
-THE UNIVERSITY OF QATAR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 1998 - 2000
-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 1992
-1998
-YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 1991-1992
-YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 1986-1991
-YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, FULL-TIME LECTURER, 1981-1982
-INDIANA UNIVERSITY, TEACHING ASSOCIATE, 1984-1985

END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
-PH.D., AMERICAN LITERATURE/ STUDIES, INDIANA UNIVERSITY,
BLOOMINGTON, USA, 1986
-M.A., AMERICAN LITERATURE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON,
1984
-M.A., ENGLISH LITERATURE, WARWICK UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, 1981
-B.A., ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF
JORDAN, 1979

END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:

END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS:
AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ORIENTALISM. (BERLIN: KLAUS
SCHWARTZ VERLAG GMBH, 1998).
OBEIDAT, MARWAN M. "AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THE ARAB
WORLD: THE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES." IN AMERICAN STUDIES AT
THE MILLENNIUM: ETHNICITY, CULTURE &LITERATURE, ED. LENA M.
KOSKI (TURKU, FINLAND: UNIVERSITY OF TURKU PRESS, 2001): 147-

156.
"ARABIC AND THE WEST." THE MUSLIM WORLD, NO. 2 (1998): 185-

196. (USA).
"THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: A BARRIER OR A
BRIDGE TO UNDERSTANDING?" JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES OF
TURKEY, NO. 4 (1996):37-44. (BILKENT UNIVERSITY, TURKEY).
"DONNE AND JONSON: TOWARDS A COMPARISON OF THE VERSE
EPISTLES." FACULTY OF ARTS JOURNAL, NO. 15 (1993): 16-36.
(SANA'A UNIVERSITY, YEMEN).
"EVIL IS THE NATURE OF MANKIND: THE ENIGMA OF SIN AND GUILT
IN FOUR OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S SHORT STORIES." ABHATH AL-
YARMOUK 14, NO. 1 (1996): 41-66. (JORDAN).
"GEORGE HENRY MILES'S MOHAMMED: AMERICA'S FIRST PLAY ON THE
ARABIAN PROPHET." ISLAMIC QUARTERLY 35, NO. 4 (1991):254-

262. (ENGLAND).
"I WOULD PREFER NOT TO: NEGATIVE LANGUAGE AND THE NEGATIVE
CHARACTER IN HERMAN MELVILLE'S 'BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER'."
TO APPEAR IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (USA).
"THE IMAGE OF ISLAM IN WHITTIER'S POETRY." THE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC AND ARABIC STUDIES 1, NO. 2
(1984) : 31-40. (USA).
INITIATION AND REDEMPTION IN WILLIAM FAULKNER'S THE REIVERS,
WITH PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO LUCIUS PRIEST." ABHATH AL-
YARMOUK 10, NO. 1 (1992): 9-20. (JORDAN).
"THE INNOCENT EYE: "MARK TWAIN'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE MUSLIM
ORIENT AS A TRAVELER." ISLAMIC STUDIES 29, NO. 2 (1990):
195-201. (PAKISTAN).
"IN SEARCH OF THE ORIENT: THE MUSLIM EAST ON THE
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERARY SCENE." THE INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC AND ARABIC STUDIES 3, NO. 1 (1986): 43-

49. (USA).
"JOHN ROSS BROWN: AN EXAMPLE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN
RESIDENTIAL ORIENTALISM." AL-FIKR AL-ARABI 51, NO. 1
(1988): 199-206. (IN ARABIC). (LEBANON).
"LANGUAGE VS. LITERATURE IN DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH IN THE
ARAB WORLD." THE ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM 35, NO. 1 (1997):
30-37. (USA).
"LAURIE DEVINE'S THE NILE : AN EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN LITERARY
NEO-ORIENTALISM." HAMDARD ISLAMICUS 26, NO. 3 (1993): 147-

152. (PAKISTAN).
"LURED BY THE EXOTIC LEVANT: THE MUSLIM EAST TO THE
AMERICAN TRAVELER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY." ISLAMIC
QUARTERLY 31, NO. 3 (1987): 168-93. (ENGLAND).
"MEN WITHOUT WOMEN : NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S FICTIONAL COUPLES
AND THE PROBLEM OF MATRIMONIAL SEPARATION." THE JOURNAL OF
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 13, NO. 2 (1997): 1-27 (UAE).
"THE MUSLIM ORIENT ON THE AMEIRCAN LITERARY SCENE : A
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE." AMERICAN STUDIES INTERNATIONAL XXVI,
NO. 2 (1988) : 25-36. (USA).
"NAMES AND NAMINGS : THE SYMBOLIC AND THEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE
OF NAMES IN THREE MODERN AMERICAN SHORT STORIES." AL-
BALQA': AMMAN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL 2, NO. 2 (1994) : 11-34.
(JORDAN).
"ON NON-NATIVE GROUNDS : THE PLACE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE IN
THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM OF THE ARAB WORLD UNIVERSITIES."
AMERICAN STUDIES INTERNATIONAL 34, NO. 1 (1996) : 18-30.
(USA).
"OBSERVATIONS IN THE EAST: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN
TRAVEL ACCOUNTS OF THE MUSLIM NEAR ORIENT BEFORE 1900." DER
ISLAM 68, NO. 1 (1991) : 115-126. (GERMANY).
"THE PROBLEM OF REVEREND GAIL HIGHTOWER: SACRIFICE AND
COMMUNAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN WILLIAM FAULKNER'S LIGHT IN
AUGUST." ABHATH AL-YARMOUK 7, NO. 2 (1989): 7-21.
(JORDAN).
"PROSPECTS FOR AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE ARAB WORLD : PRESENT
AND FUTURE." AMERICAN STUDIES INTERNATIONAL 35, NO. 2
(1997) : 77-87. (USA).
"RALPH WALDO EMERSON AND THE MUSLIM ORIENT." THE MUSLIM
WORLD LXVIII, NO. 2 (1988): 132-145. (USA).
"A REFLECTION ON AND ANALYSIS OF WESTERN LITERARY SOURCES
ON ISLAM." THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC AND ARABIC
STUDIES 2, NO. 2 (1985) : 47-67. (USA).
"ROYALL TYLER'S THE ALGERINE CAPTIVE : AN EXAMPLE OF
AMERICA'S EARLY LITERARY AWARENESS OF THE MUSLIM NEAR EAST."
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC SOCIAL SCIENCES 5, NO. 2
(1988) : 255-261. (USA).
TEACHING WRITING-ABOUT-LITERATURE TO UNDERGRADUATES MAJORING
IN ENGLISH." TO APPEAR IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES (USA).
"TWO LOST AMERICAN PLAYS: IDEAS OF THE MUSLIM BARBARY
ORIENT." THE MAGHREB REVIEW 13, NOS. 3-4 (1988): 191-198.
(ENGLAND).
"WASHINGTON IRVING AND MUSLIM SPAIN." THE INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC AND ARABIC STUDIES 4, NO. 1 (1987) : 27-

44. (USA).

START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
MARWAN M. OBEIDAT IS THE DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AT THE
HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY AND HAS BEEN PUT IN CHARGE OF
ESTABLISHING AN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY.
DR. OBEIDAT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. WOULD ENABLE HIM TO SEEK
SUPPORT FROM U.S. UNIVERSITIES TO ESTABLISH AMERICAN STUDIES
CENTER AT HIS UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE AMERICAN
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION TO JORDANIAN STUDENTS. HIS VISIT
SUPPORTS MPP OBJECTIVES ON PROMOTING TOLERANCE, MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY AND VALUES.

END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION:
NOMINATING-OFFICER: CAO
NOM-OFF: PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION


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GNEHM