Faculty
El-Ariss, Tarek
Assistant Professor
Office Hours: (Fall 2008) Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Phone: 232-8291
tarek.elariss@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Cornell (2004), M.A., University of Rochester; B.A., American University of Beirut.
Research interests:
Contemporary Arabic Literature, Film, and Media; Arabic popular culture and new literary genres; 19th- and 20th-century Arabic travel writing; Translation studies and Post-structuralism.
Courses taught:
Refiguring Loss in Contemporary Arabic Literature (Fall 08); Conflict and Fantasy (Spring 09); and New Arabic Writing (Spring 09)
Recent Publications:
"Naming Desire and the Question of Translation in Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London." In Sexualities in Translation, ed. Christopher Larkosh
"On Madness and Sexuality in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North." In Eastern Travelers' Encounters with the West, eds. Anne R. Richards and Iraj Omidvar.
"'Playing House' in the Studio of Hashem El Madani: On Narcissism and Photography in Lebanon." In Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2007.
"The Making of an Expert: The Case of Irshad Manji." In The Muslim World, Vol. 97, Issue 1, 2007.
"Being in the Conditional" (Review of Being Abbas El Abd, Ahmed Alaidy). In Banipal, No. 30, 2007.
Research interests:
Contemporary Arabic Literature, Film, and Media; Arabic popular culture and new literary genres; 19th- and 20th-century Arabic travel writing; Translation studies and Post-structuralism.
Courses taught:
Refiguring Loss in Contemporary Arabic Literature (Fall 08); Conflict and Fantasy (Spring 09); and New Arabic Writing (Spring 09)
Recent Publications:
"Naming Desire and the Question of Translation in Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London." In Sexualities in Translation, ed. Christopher Larkosh
"On Madness and Sexuality in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North." In Eastern Travelers' Encounters with the West, eds. Anne R. Richards and Iraj Omidvar
"'Playing House' in the Studio of Hashem El Madani: On Narcissism and Photography in Lebanon." In Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2007.
"The Making of an Expert: The Case of Irshad Manji." In The Muslim World, Vol. 97, Issue 1, 2007.
"Being in the Conditional" (Review of Being Abbas El Abd, Ahmed Alaidy). In Banipal, No. 30, 2007.