رعد كريم عبد عون الكناني

السيرة المهنية

Name: Raad Kareem Abd-Aun
Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raad_Abd-Aun

Education • BEd in English Language Teaching, Department of English, College of Education, University of Babylon, 1995-1999.
• MA in English Literature, Department of English, College of Arts, University of Baghdad, 1999-2001. Thesis: Non-Conformity in a Selection of Harold Pinter’s Plays.
• PhD in English Literature, Department of English, College of Arts, University of Baghdad, 2008-2011. Dissertation: The Representation of the Other in Postcolonial Drama: A Comparative Study in Selected Postcolonial Plays in English and Arabic.

Teaching Experience
Teaching at the university level since Sept. 2000, at the University of Wassit, Al-Yarmuk University College, Dyala, Al-Farabi Institute for High Studies, and University of Babylon. Subjects taught include: Drama, Poetry, Novel, Short Story, and Introduction to Literature at the undergraduate level, and Postcolonial Literature and Seminar in English Literature at the postgraduate level.


Employment
• Since 27 December 2004, Faculty at the University of Babylon.

Positions Filled
• December 2004 – May 2007: College of Arts, Babylon University: Director of Scientific Affairs; Database Unit Representative.
• Since September 2016: Coordinator of the Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon.

Conferences • Second Scientific Conference, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, 12-13 April 2011.
• The Second Symposium on Linguistics and Literature, College of Arts, University of Baghdad, 4 May 2011.
• Third Scientific Conference, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, 18-19 April 2012.
• College of Arts International Scientific Conference, Kufa University, 24-25 April 2013.
• Fourth Scientific Conference, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, 24-25 April 2013.
• X International Conference on English Language and Literary Studies,
Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, October 02-04, 2014, Niksic, Montenegro.
• XI International Conference on English Language and Literary Studies,
Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, National Library “?ur?e Crnojevi?,” Sept. 11-12, 2015, Cetinje, Montenegro.
• IICAHDubai 2016, The InterContinental Festival City Event Centre, Saturday, February 27th - Monday, February 29th, 2016, Dubai, U.A.E.
• XII International Conference on English Language and Literary Studies, American Corner Podgorica, Sept. 11-12, 2015, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• 10th International Congress on Social Sciences, 23 -24 September 2016, Madrid, Spain.

• Publications 1. “Character Transformation as Epic Element in S. T. Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’”, Napoo, College of Fine Arts, University of Babylon, Vol. 2 (2008).
2. “‘Snakes within the grass’: The Fall of Camelot; A Study in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘Merlin and Vivien’”, Napoo, College of Fine Arts, University of Babylon, Vol. 3 (2008).
3. “Issac Rosenberg: Man, Soldier, Poet”, Journal of Human Sciences, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 3 (August 2010).
4. “Childhood Memories in Selected Poems by Seamus Heaney”, Journal of Human Sciences, Proceedings of the Third Scientific Conference, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 3 (18-19 April 2012).
5. “Moral Degradation as Reflected by the Epic Theatre: A Study in Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Edward Bond’s Saved”, Journal of Human Sciences, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 148 (7 August 2012).
6. “The Puritan Ethic in Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus and Goethe’s Faust”, Journal of Babylon University, University of Babylon, Vol. 21, No. 4 (August 2013).
7. The "Other" in Postcolonial Drama: A Comparative Study in Selected Postcolonial Plays in English and Arabic, Book, Baghdad: Al-Baloora Printing, 2014.
8. Collected Recollections, poetry volume, with Salih M. Hameed, Baghdad: Al-Baloora Printing, 2014.
9. “Loss and Recovery of Identity in Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain”, IJSR, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2015.
10. “Antigone on the African Stage”, in Re-Entering Old Spaces: Essays on Anglo-American Literature, edited by Marija Krivokapi? and Aleksandra Nik?evi?-Batri?evi?, Cambridge Scholars Press (2016), 257-277, with Prof. Salih Mahdi Hameed.
11. “Anti-Coloniality in Bakatheer’s Mismar Juha and Imberatoriyya fil Mazad”, The IAFOR International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2016, Dubai, UAE, Official Conference Proceedings, 55-69.
12. "The Discourse of Power in Western Philosophy and Literary Theory: An Introduction", Folia Linguistica Et Litteraria, University of Montenegro, Vol. 13 (2016), 11-26.
13. "Adaptation and Appropriation in Amie Cesaire s A Tempest", Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Social Sciences, Vol. II, 23 -24 September 2016, Madrid, Spain, 791-799.
14. "The Poetics of Multiculturalism in Edward Kamau Brathwaite s Poetry: A Study of Selected Poems", UOB Journal of Human Sciences, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 24, Issue 2, March 2017, 70-88, (with Dijla Gattan Shannan).
15. "Intertextuality in Ian McEwan s Selected Novels", UOB Journal of Human Sciences, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 24, Issue 1, June 2017, 711-737, (with Sabrina Abdulkadhom Abdulridha).
16. "A Pragma-stylistic Analysis of E. E. Cummings’ Play Him", UOB Journal of Human Sciences, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Vol. 26, Issue 1, March 2019, 24-42, (with Ahmed S. J. Mubarak and Noor Al-Huda K. Hussein).

Translations • Brathwaite, Edward. Odale s Choice. Ibadan: Evans Brothers, 1967. In Foreign Culture Volume 2: 2012, 157-172.
• Stephens, Simon. A Canopy of Stars. London: Cassarrotto Ramsay & Associates, n.d. In Why Should the Other Forgive: Plays Inspired by American Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Babylon: Al-Alama Al-Hilli Printing House, 2015.

Awards • The National Award for Distinguished Students, Iraq, 1999.
• Monthly Poetry Award, Muse India Literary eJournal, May 2010.

المشاركات في المجتمع الاكاديمي

مشاركة في ورشة عمل International House المقامة في جامعة بابل عام 2014
مشاركة في دورة مودل المقامة في كلية تكنولوجيا المعلومات عام 2014
المؤتمر العلمي الثاني، كلية التربية للعلوم الانسانية، جامعة بابل، 12-13 نيسان 2011، مشاركة ببحث وحضور المؤتمر
المؤتمر الثاني حول اللغة والادب، كلية الآداب، جامعة بغداد، 4 أيار 2011، مشاركة ببحث وحضور المؤتمر
المؤتمر العلمي الثالث، كلية التربية للعلوم الانسانية، جامعة بابل، 18-19 نيسان 2012، مشاركة ببحث وحضور المؤتمر
المؤتمر العلمي الدولي لكلية الآداب الثاني، جامعة الكوفة، 24-25 نيسان 2013، مشاركة ببحث
المؤتمر العلمي الرابع، كلية التربية للعلوم الانسانية، جامعة بابل، 24-25 نيسان 2013، مشاركة ببحث وحضور المؤتمر

معلومات اخرى

حاصل على الجائزة القطرية للطلبة المتفوقين، 1999