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Raad Khair Allah

R. Khair-Allah

PhD Candidate in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies

email: raad.khair-allah@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window

Researchgate: profileLink opens in a new window

Supervisors:

Dr Rashmi VarmaLink opens in a new window & Dr Ross FormannLink opens in a new window

 

About

My name is Raad Khair Allah, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Arts/ Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick, UK.

My thesis title is ‘Threads of Resistance: Weaving a Radical Tradition in Arab Literary and Visual Feminism

I am a former member of the seminar series organising committee at CSGW/Center for the Study of Women and Gender at the same institution. I was shortlisted for the Paula Svonkin Creative Art Award at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) conference in Los Angeles, USA, 2022, and subsequently was published on the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Artsmatter 2022 website https://www.pamlaartsmatter.com/pamla-2022, and was also published by the Arts Faculty News on 25th January 2023 https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/news/arts_fac_news_new/?newsItem=8a17841a85e330030185e39232df1aa7Link opens in a new window.

Currently, I am a Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of English, University of Warwick, UK (Epic into Novel and Modern World Literature Modules).

Prior to joining the University of Warwick, I worked as an English lecturer at Damascus University (part-time, 2009-2012) and the Syrian Private University (full-time, 2014-2018).

Research Interests

Women's Studies, Gender, Feminism in a Global Context, Sexuality, War, colonial and postcolonial studies, AI and Digital Humanities, the theory of world literature and the Muslim world.

Selected Awards

DAHL Hero medal (2024) (Link)

Duke University Feminist Theory Workshop International Travel Award, USA

Balzan full Award, Institute for World Literature, Harvard University
Monash Warwick Alliance Educational Exchange

Selected Publications

2018: Female Issues in Women in Love, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (LinkLink opens in a new window).

2023: The Use of Miro in Teaching Practice (LinkLink opens in a new window).

2023: The Body in Twilight: Representation of the Human Body, Sexuality and Struggle in Contemporary Arab Art (LinkLink opens in a new window).

2023: Reflections on AI in Humanities (LinkLink opens in a new window)

2024: “The Ironic Sense of Syria’s War: A Feminist Lens on this Humanitarian Tragedy” in a special issue, Leicester Institute of Advanced Study”(Link)

Selected Conferences and Workshops

  • Conference of Arab doctoral students in Western universities (Doha, Qatar - 2022)
  • Durham Castle Conference (Durham, UK - 2022)
  • Annual Postgraduate Symposium - Department of English at Warwick University (Coventry, UK - 2022)
  • PAMLA 119th Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA, USA - 2022)
  • Brismes (Exeter-2023)
  • Sex in Contemporary Media Conference (Co-Organizer, Warwick University- 2023)

  • Inter-Gender Workshop: How to Read Differently (Vienna University-2023)

  • Radical Traditions: The Role of Contemporary Arab Women in

    Revolutionising Arab Patriarchal Society International Conference,

    (University of Warwick-2024)

Fellowships

Visiting Library Fellow (Durham University-2022)

Summer Schools

Balzan Colloquium at the Institute of World Literature (Harvard University-2024)- Fully Paid by Harvard University.

International Summer School (Leicester University-2023)

Selected Courses and Certificates

APP PGR Postgraduate Researchers, University of Warwick

Multilingualism and Diversity, WIISP

Achieving Sustainability: Potential and Barriers, University of Warwick, WIISP

Arts Digital Humanities for “Marginalisation of Arab Women and Revolutionising Patriarchy” digital project, University of Warwick

Thrive Personal Development Programme, University of Warwick

Talks

I was the keynote speaker at an event run by the Digital Arts and Humanities Lab on 24 May, 2023 and that event has been published in the DAHL Journal 2023 Summer Term Week 1 - DAHL journal (inspireslearning.com)Link opens in a new window.