ALESSANDRO COLUMBU. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Ph.D. The short stories of Zakariyya Tamir Principal Career Development Scholarship Awardee

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1 ALESSANDRO COLUMBU Address: 63/5 South Clerk Street Edinburgh UK EH8 9PP Telephone: (+44) Education University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Ph.D. The short stories of Zakariyya Tamir Principal Career Development Scholarship Awardee Sept present University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Institute for Academic Development Introduction to Academic Practice (associate fellowship of the British Higher Education Academy) Jan.-June 2016 IFPO the French Institute of the Near East, Amman, Jordan Advanced Arabic language intensive course (100 hours) July 2015 IFPO the French Institute of the Near East, Beirut, Lebanon Advanced Arabic language intensive course (100 hours) July 2014 SOAS, University of London, London, UK MPhil (withdrawn) Sept.2012-July 2013 MA (First class honours) Sept July 2012 Languages & Cultures of Africa & Asia (Arabic) Higher Language Institute, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria Arabic language intensive course (400 hours) Apr.-Dec Bourguiba Institute of Languages, Tunis, Tunisia Arabic language intensive course (100 hours) July 2008

2 University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Catalan language course (80 hours) Nov.-March 2008 University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ERASMUS, European Union exchange programme Sept July 2008 BA (2:1) Foreign Languages & Literature Sept March 2010 (English, Arabic, Spanish) Work Experience Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Arabic language / Arabic literature education consultant. July 2016 Development of Arabic language and modern Arabic literature curriculum materials for the Postgraduate Advanced Arabic programme curriculum. Global Languages LTD, Edinburgh, UK Freelance Arabic/English Italian/English interpreter March 2016-present Freelance interpreting for a variety of customers. Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Principal Career Development Scholarship Awardee Arabic language teacher Sept March 2016 Teaching Modern Standard Arabic and colloquial Arabic to postgraduate students on the Arab World Studies programme from beginners to advanced level. Creating and editing teaching materials. Mid-course and final oral exams.

3 Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, Dundee, UK Arabic language education consultant. July-Dec Working in cooperation with the course organiser for the creation and development of the SCQF Arabic language curriculum materials. Tendastrisce Theatre, Rome, Italy Italian/English, Italian/Arabic translator April 2013 Translation of the winter 2013 theatre programme from Italian into Arabic and from Italian into English. Optimise OBD Ltd, London, UK Call centre operator April-June 2013 Call centre operator responsible for the Italian market Passepartout cooperative, Bologna, Italy Italian/English, Italian/Arabic translator Sept July 2012 Translated legal documents from English into Italian and from Arabic into Italian. Internship Feb May 2012 Transliterated into Latin characters the Arabic titles and catalogued the entire Arabic language stock of the Oriental and linguistic studies department library. Internship Oct 2011-Feb 2012 Continuous maintenance of the Oriental and Linguistic Studies department library stock and of the library books catalogue. Cataloguing, organising, and reporting on the status of library stock. Closing the library every day during term time. Liaising with the library officer, the main library, and the library admin team as appropriate for the completion of these tasks. Any other libraryrelated business.

4 Academia Contacto, Madrid, Spain Administration officer, internship ERASMUS placement scheme June-Sept Received, sorted out and replied to s. Assisted with the promotion of the various courses offered by the school and with the enrolment of new students. Assisted existing students with a wide range of issues. Organised courses, coordinated teachers and located accommodation for students. Prepared documents in Spanish, French, English and Italian. Organised and coordinated extracurricular activities for students. Cooperated with partner schools and agencies who sent us students. Assisted with online and other types of advertising and gathered statistics. L Unione Sarda, Cagliari, Italy Junior sports news reporter Sept April 2005 Reported on local football league games for a local Italian newspaper. Training Teaching Arabic with Technology: Essential Skills and Tools Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies University of Edinburgh Jan 2013 Teaching Arabic to adults: a communicative approach Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies University of Edinburgh July 2013 Publications From Damascus to Oxford and Cagliari in Banipal, Volume 53, Summer 2015, The Short stories of Zakaria Tamer June 2015 On why I translated Zakaria Tamer stories from Arabic into Sardinian in Arabic Literature in English, available here Oct. 2015

5 "كولومبو: العربیة وسیلة استكشاف وتعارف" Interview in Al-Jazeera Arts and Culture (Arabic), available here Nov Zakariyya Tamir in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism Oct (expected) Family, neo-patriarchal tyranny and intergenerational conflict in the stories of Zakariyya Tamir in Generations of Dissent: Cultural Production and the State in the Middle East and North Africa, Edited by Prof. Alexa Firat and R. Shareah Talegani, Temple University,Philadelphia PA, US 2017 (expected) Translations Zakaria Tamer, Segamentu de ancas, Ed. Condaghes, Cagliari (Arabic: Zakariyya Tamir, Taksīr Rukab, Riyad el-rayyes Books, Beirut, 2002) Oct Conferences The Syrian Uprising: drivers and dynamics Centre for Syrian Studies, University of Saint Andrews, Saint Andrews, UK Paper title: Zakariyya Tamir: an example of resistance literature? PROTEST University of Glasgow, College of Arts, Glasgow, UK Paper title: Zakariyya Tamir s al-mihmaz, literary protest June May 2014 The Arab Uprisings researching the revolutions Centre for British Research in the Levant Amman, Jordan Sept Paper title: Zakariyya Tamir s sexual images as a counter-hegemonic narrative Language-Based Area Studies (LBAS)

6 Scottish Graduate Summer School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 11 June 2015 Paper title: Patriarchy, masculinity and gender in the stories of Zakariyya Tamir Generations of dissent, symposium Temple University, Philadelphia PA, US 22 April 2016 Paper title: Patriarchy and intergenerational conflict in the stories of Zakariyya Tamir Sardinian visionaries an homage to the future Turin 2016 XIX International Book Fair, Turin, Italy 14 May 2016 Paper title: Arabic to Sardinian translation a bridge across cultures of the Mediterranean Constructing masculinities in the Middle East symposium The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 9-11 July 2016 Paper title: Modern Arabic Literature and the Divorce from Ideology: The Reinventing of Masculinities and Femininities in Zakariyya Tamir Lecturing Personally invited to lecture for the post-graduate courses in Modern and Contemporary Arabic Literature at La Sapienza University, and History and Institutions of North Africa and the Near East at Cagliari University: La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy The stories of Zakariyya Tamir 6 April 2016 University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy - Patriarchy, masculinity and gender in the stories of Zakariyya Tamir - Burning the country: an introduction to Syria s recent history 11 May May 2016 Voluntary Positions Lajee international summer camp, Beit Jala, Palestine

7 International summer camp that involved volunteering to improve conditions inside the al-aida refugee camp of Beit Jala, Palestine, through group activities with local children. Aug World Film Collective Translating interviews with Syrian refugees in Scotland from Arabic into English Nov Transit zone project Translating interviews with Syrian refugees stranded in the French city of Calais from Arabic into English. March-Nov Translators Without Borders Assisting University of Edinburgh postgraduate students in the translation of short articles from English into Arabic. Nov March 2016 Languages Italian: Native speaker Spanish: Professional proficiency Sardinian: Native speaker Catalan: Conversation English: Professional proficiency, IELTS 8.5 French: Conversation Arabic: Professional proficiency Portuguese: Conversation Personal Interests Languages & language learning, Contemporary history of the Middle East, Contemporary Arabic literature, Translation, Contemporary politics of the Middle East, Music