Dr. Larbi Touaf

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Université Mohammed I Oujda
Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines
English
Professor

Mailing Address

English Department
Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Umaine
Complexe Universitaire
BP 457
Oujda, 60000
Morocco

Contact Information

Phone: 212 36500604, ext. 147
Fax: 212 36500596
Mobile: 212 61256043
L.touaf@lettres.univ-oujda.ac.ma

Qualifications

Ph.D., Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), English, 1997.
M.A., Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), English, 1992.
B.A., Université Ibn Zohr Agadir, English, 1990.

Previous Positions

2001-2004, Assistant Professor, Université Hassan II Casablanca, Faculty of Science, Language and Communication
1999-2001, Teaching Assistant, University at Buffalo, College of Arts And Sciences, Modern Languages and Literatures

Expertise and Research Interests

Twentieth-Century English Literature
Postmodern Literature and Culture
Ethics and Literature
Postcolonial Literature and Theory
Francophone Studies

Other Expertise

Maghrebi cultures, political and social issues
France-Maghreb relations including migration
Morocco-united states relations

Publications

  • Larbi Touaf & Soumia Boutkhil (2009) Public Space: Text and Context, Newcastle, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Submitted
  • Larbi Touaf (2008) Une Américaine au Maroc (translation of Lucy melbourne's An American in Morocco Cross-cultural Reflections, Rabat, Morocco, Editions Marsam
  • Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil (2006) Representing Minorities Studies in Literature and Criticism, Newcastle, UK, Cambridge Scholars Press, ISBN=9781847180469
  • (2006) Memory, History, and Narrative Ethics in the Writing of Edmond Amran In Larbi Touaf & Soumia Boutkhil (eds), Representing Minorities Studies in Literature and Criticism, Newcastle, UK, Cambridge Scholars Press, 150-160 pages, ISBN=9781847180469 (bookchapter)
  • (2006) "Reality is an Empty Vessel" metaphores of space in Waterland by Graham Swift In Naguib Lahlou (eds), Space in Literature, Fes, Morocco, Faculté des Lettres Saïs-Fes, Fes, Submitted (bookchapter)
  • Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil (2005) Minority Matters: Literature Theory Society, Oujda, Morocco, Cahiers de La faculté des Lettres - Oujda, 409 pages
  • (2005) Displacement and Dislocation: Culture and Identity in the fiction of Mohamed Khair-Eddine In Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil (eds), Minority matters: Literature Theory Society, Morocco, Faculté des Lettres, Oujda, In Press (bookchapter)
  • Larbi Touaf, "Family Law and the politics of nation building in North Africa" Review of Mounira Charrad's States and Women's Rights: The making of Postcolonial Tunisia Algeria and Morocco (Berkeley University of California Press, 2001), H-Net Mid East - Reviews, Michigan State University, H-Net.org, Sep 2003
  • Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil, Julie Hyland (2002) La Violence à L'Oeuvre, Montréal, Celat: Université du Québec à Montreal, ISBN=2-920576-68-2
  • (2002) Identité Altérité et Violence: "Le Déterreur" de Mohamed Khair-Eddine In Larbi Touaf, Soumia Boutkhil, Julie Hyland (eds), La Violence à l'Oeuvre, Université du Québéc à Montréal, ISBN=2-920576-68-2 (bookchapter)
  • Larbi Touaf (1998) Narration Representation et Lecture dans Le Roman Anglais Postmoderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 395 pages, ISBN=2-284-00421-0

Future Research

Ethics and aesthetics in postcolonial North African literature

Honors and Awards

2001-2002, Travel Expenses, Melodia E Jones Chair, Suny Buffalo, Conference participations book edition
1999-2001, Assistantship and scholarship, Modern languages and literatures department, State University of New York at Buffalo
Bicentennial Scholar, US Embassy in Morocco
Graduate Grant, Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Arabic: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Berber (tachelhit): (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Industrial Relevance

media, international consulting, NGOs and Foreign interests

Keywords

COS Keywords:

English Language Or Literature, Ethics, Postcolonial Theory.

Additional Terms:

20th Century English Literature, Francophone Studies, Postmodern & Postcolonial Literatures.

Profile Details

Last Updated: 3/14/2008

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