I. Books

American Literature and Orientalism. (Berlin: Klaus Schwartz Verlag GmbH, 1998).

II. Book Chapters

Obeidat, Marwan M. "American Literature in the Arab World: The Challenges and Changes." In American Studies at the Millennium: Ethnicity, Culture &Literature, ed. Lena M. Koski (Turku, Finland: University of Turku Press, 2001): 147-156.

III. Articles

________. et. al. “Age of Iron as a Cultural Text: The Question of Apartheid and the Body.” Submitted for publication.

Obeidat, Marwan M.  "Anglo-American Literary Sources on the Muslim Orient: The Roots and the Reiterations." The Journal of American Studies of Turkey, no.13 (2001): 47-72.  (Bilkent University, Turkey).

________."Arabic and the West."  The Muslim World LXXXVIII, no. 2 (1998): 185-196. (USA).

________."Beyond American Borders: the Middle East and the Enigma of Anti-American Sentiments in the Aftermath of 9/11." American Studies Today, no. 18 (2009):14-21. (Liverpool John Moores University, England).

________. et. al. “Bridges or Walls? A Study of the Hashemite University English Department Undergraduate Students' Responses to Anglo- American Literature and Culture.” Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice.  (Summer, 2011, 3:2) (USA).

________. et. al. “Carter Woodson and Frantz Fanon: Radical Educators and Humanists.” LITERARIA 2, no. 2 (2012): 6-37. (India).

________.  "The Cultural Context of American Literature: A Barrier or a Bridge to Understanding?" The Journal of American Studies of Turkey, no. 4 (1996):37-44.  (Bilkent University, Turkey).

________. et. al. “Cultures in Contact: How Education and Cultural Studies Help Obliterate Unnecessary Perpetuation of Cross–Cultural Misunderstanding between the USA and the Arab World." Studies in Language and Literature 3, no.1 (August, 2011): 23-29. (Canada).

________.  "Donne and Jonson: Towards a Comparison of the Verse Epistles." Faculty of Arts Journal, no. 15 (1993): 16-36.  (Sana'a University, Yemen).

________. et. al.  "The English Department in the Arab World Re-Visited: Language, Literature, or Translation? A Student's View." College Student Journal 43, no. 4 (December, 2009):961-978. (USA).

________.  "Evil Is the Nature of Mankind: The Enigma of Sin and Guilt in Four of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories."  Abhath al-Yarmouk 14, no. 1 (1996): 41-66. (Jordan)

________. et. al. " Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby between the Film and the Novel.” Studies in Language and Literature 3, no.1 (August, 2011): 61-63. (Canada).

________. et. al. " Found in Translation: Glowing Expressions of Class, Wealth, Bourgeois and Aristocracy in Jordanian Shop Signs." Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Translation 26, no. 2 (Jul-Dec 2014). (India).

________. "George Henry Miles's Mohammed:  America's First Play on the Arabian Prophet." Islamic Quarterly 35, no. 4 (1991):254-262. (England).

 ________. et. al. “How American Literature Professors Teach Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ to Undergraduate English Majors at Arab Universities: The Hashemite University/ Jordan as an Example.” Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice (Spring, 2013, 6:1):120-129. (USA).

________.  "'I Would Prefer Not To': Negative Language and the Negative Character in Herman Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener'." Journal of American Studies 29, no. 2 (1997): 581- 604. (Korea).

________. "The Image of Islam in Whittier's Poetry."  The International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 1, no. 2 (1984): 31-40. (USA).

________.  "Initiation and Redemption in William Faulkner's The Reivers, with Particular Relevance to Lucius Priest."  Abhath al-Yarmouk 10, no. 1 (1992):  9-20. (Jordan).

________.  "The Innocent Eye:  "Mark Twain's Perceptions of the Muslim Orient as a Traveler."  Islamic Studies 29, no. 2 (1990): 195-201. (Pakistan).

________.  "In Search of the Orient:  The Muslim East on the Contemporary American Literary Scene."  The International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 3, no. 1 (1986): 43-49. (USA).

________.  "John Ross Brown:  An Example of Nineteenth-Century American Residential Orientalism."  al-Fikr al-Arabi 51, no. 1 (1988): 199-206.  (In Arabic).  (Lebanon).

________.  "Language vs. Literature in Departments of English in the Arab World." The English Teaching Forum 35, no. 1 (1997): 30-37. (USA).

________.  "Laurie Devine's The Nile:  An Example of American Literary Neo-Orientalism." Hamdard Islamicus 26, no. 3 (1993): 147-152.  (Pakistan).

_______. "Levantine and Arabian Travels: European and American Experiences in the 19th Century." (Part I). The International Journal of Arabic–English Studies 4 (2003): 65-84. (The University of Jordan, Amman).

______."Levantine and Arabian Travels: European and American Experiences in the 20th Century." (Part II).  The International Journal of Arabic–English Studies 5 (2004): 93-127.  (The University of Jordan, Amman).

________. et. al. "Lexicalized Names and Nouns in Jordanian Arabic: A Sociolinguistic and Translational View." The Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics 3, no. 1, 2009 (USA).

______. et. al. "Lost in Translation: Shop Signs in Jordan."  META 53, no.3 (2008):717-728. (Canada).

________.  "Lured by the Exotic Levant:  The Muslim East to the American Traveler of the Nineteenth Century."  Islamic Quarterly 31, no. 3 (1987):  168-93.  (England).

________.  "Men without Women: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Fictional Couples and the Problem of Matrimonial Separation."  The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 13, no. 2 (1997): 1-27. (UAE).

_______.  "The Muslim Orient on the American Literary Scene: A Bibliographical Note."  American Studies International XXVI, no. 2 (1988): 25-36. (USA).

________.  "Names and Namings: The Symbolic and Thematic Significance of Names in Three Modern American Short Stories."  al-Balqa: Amman University Journal 2, no. 2 (1994): 11-34. (Jordan).

________.  "Observations in the East:  A Bibliography of American Travel Accounts of the Muslim Near Orient before 1900."  Der Islam 68, no. 1 (1991): 115-126. (Germany).

________.  "On Non-Native Grounds: the Place of American Literature in the English Curriculum of Arab World Universities." American Studies International XXXIV, no.1 (1996):18-29. (USA).

________.  "The Problem of Reverend Gail Hightower: Sacrifice and Communal Consciousness in William Faulkner's Light in August."  Abhath al-Yarmouk 7, no. 2 (1989): 7-21. (Jordan).

________.  "Prospects for American Studies in the Arab World: Present and Future."   American Studies International 35, no. 2 (1997): 77-87. (USA).

________.  "Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Muslim Orient."  The Muslim World LXVIII, no. 2 (1988): 132-145. (USA).

________. et. al. “The Reception of American Culture in the Middle East after The Arab   Spring.” Canadian Social Science Journal 7, no.5

 (October 31, 2011). (Canada).

________. et. al. "The Reception of American Literature in Jordan." The Journal of Language and Literature (February, 2010): 11-17. (Azerbaijan).

________. et. al.  "Redefining American Spaces: The City, The Land, The Body, and History." American studies International XLII, nos. 2 & 3 (2004): 226-234. (USA).

________. "Re-Evaluating Ways of Teaching American Literature beyond American Borders in the Global Era."  Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice.  (Fall, 2009, 3:2) (USA).

________.  "A Reflection on and Analysis of Western Literary Sources on Islam." The International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 2, no. 2 (1985): 47-67. (USA).

_______. et. al. “The Relationship between the

West and the Middle East: Recipe for a Better Future.” Canadian Social Science Journal 9, no.1 (January 30, 2013): 152-157. (Canada).        

_______. et. al. “Resistance to Change:  Hephzibah                    and Clifford in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables as Two Case Studies.” Canadian Social Science Journal 8, no.1 (February 29, 2011): 214-216. (Canada).        

________.  "Royall Tyler's The Algerine Captive: An Example of America's Early Literary Awareness of the Muslim Near East." The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (1988): 255-261.  (USA).

________."The Situation of American Studies in Jordan: Scenario and Diagnosis." International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, no. 4 (2014):176-180. (USA).

________.  "Two Lost American Plays:  Ideas of the Muslim Barbary Orient."  The Maghreb Review 13, nos.  3-4 (1988): 191-198.  (England).

________.  "Washington Irving and Muslim Spain."  The International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 4, no. 1 (1987): 27-44. (USA).

Citations

My work has been used, cited, and referred to in miscellaneous international journals, indexes and periodicals varying from American Literature to MLA International Bibliography, both in electronic and print forms. Reference to my work includes (but it is not limited to) the following:

·         The English Teaching Forum 42, no.2 (2004): 31.

·         Bulletin of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East: Notes and Queries, no. 11 (2001): 30-32.

·         The English Teaching Forum 37, no. 1 (1999): 22-25.

·         Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi, no. 233 (July, 1998): 25-42.

·         The Journal of American Studies of Turkey, no. 5 (1997): 1-3.

·         The Journal of American Studies of Turkey, no. 5 (1997): 108-114.

·         The Journal of American History 83, no. 3 (1996): 1168.

·         The Quarterly Index Islamicus 17, no. 3/4 (1993): 272.

·         Ibid.  16, no. 3/4 (1992): 213.

·         Ibid.  16, no. 3/4 (1992): 125.

·         Ibid.  XIV, no. 2 (1990): 1262.

·         Ibid.  XIII, no. 2 (April, 1989): 54.

·         Ibid.  XIII, no. 1 (January, 1989): 9.

·         Ibid.  XIII, no. 3 (July, 1988): 91.

·         Ibid.  XI, no.  3 (July, 1987): 103.

·         Ibid.  X, no. 3 (July, 1986): 115.

·         The Muslim World LXXIX, no. 1 (January, 1989): 88.

·         Ibid.  LXXVIII, no. 4 (October, 1988): 171.

·         Index of Islamic Literature 13, no. 1 (1992) : 9.

·         Index Islamicus (1993): 412.

·         American Literature 62, no. 1 (March, 1990): 171.

·         Ibid .61, no. 3 (October, 1989): 536.

·         Lexis :The Newsletter of the English Department, no. 6               (Kuwait University,1987/88) : 4.

·         Forum: A Journal for the Teacher of English Outside the USA XXVII, no. 2 (April, 1989): 25.

·         The International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies IV, no. 1 (1987): 113.

·         The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 7, no.1 (March, 1990): 97.

·         Periodica Islamica: An International Contents Journal 1, no. 2 (1991): 22.

·         Ibid.  :  111.

·         American Studies International XXVI, no. 2 (October, 1988): 34-35.

Evaluating and Reviewing Academic Work

I have examined and refereed a large number of articles and books for various academic journals and publishers in the Arab World and abroad.

Conferences (Organized)

·         The Second Regional Petra Forum of the Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU), Tafila Technical University, Jordan,2007.

·         The Third International Conference of  the  Association  of  Professors of English and Translation of Arab Universities (APETAU) , the university of Jordan ,  Amman ,  Jordan , August  23 – 25 , 2006 .

·         "Orientalism: Dialogue of Cultures," the University of Jordan,2002    

·         " English Language Teaching: Problems and Solutions," the Hashemite University, 2002

·         The International Conference on the "Teaching of English at the Arab - World Universities, " U.A.E. University, 1996

·         The Fourth Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, 1988

·         The Third Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, 1987

·         The Second Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, 1986

Conferences (Attended)

The Third International Conference of the Association of Professors of English and Translation of Arab Universities (APETAU) , the university of Jordan ,  Amman ,  Jordan , August  23 – 25 , 2006 . Presented a paper entitled “Cultures and the Question of Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding." 

·         The Second International Conference of the Association of Professors of English and Translation of Arab Universities (APETAU), the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, August 26-28, 2003. Presented a paper entitled "Levantine and Arabian Travels: European and American Experiences in the 20th Century."

·         The 18th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, August 6-9, 2003. Presented a paper entitled "The Future of American Studies in the Arab World."

·         "Orientalism: Dialogue of Cultures," the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, October 22-24, 2002. Presented a paper entitled " Anglo American Literary Sources on the Muslim Orient: The Roots and the Reiterations."

·         American Studies in the Middle East Workshop, the American Embassy, Amman, Jordan, October 21-23, 2002.

·         The Third MESEA Conference of the Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas, the University of Padua, Italy, June 26-29, 2002. Presented a paper entitled “The Reception of Anglo American Literature in the Arab World."

·         "English Language Teaching: Problems and Solutions, " the Hashemite University, Jordan, April 22, 2002. Presented a paper entitled " Literary and Cultural Studies: Some Thoughts towards Technology in Teaching."

·         The 17th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 8-11, 2001. Presented a paper entitled "The Clash of Cultures: American Studies in the Arab World."

·         The 16th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies, University of Turku, Finland, August 11-14, 1999.  Presented a paper entitled "On Non-Native Grounds: American Literature in the Arabic-Speaking World."

·         The First International Conference on Literature and Linguistics, Irbid National University, 14-16 July, 1998. Presented a paper entitled "The Cultural Context of American Literature."

·         The First International Conference on Arabic-English Contrastive and Comparative Studies, University of Jordan, August 23-27, 1997.  Presented a paper, "Negative Language and the Negative Character in Herman Melville's 'Bartleby'."  Dr. Ahmad Madjdoubeh of the English Department, University of Jordan, read it in my absence.

·         The 15th Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, August 13-17, 1997.  Presented a paper entitled "Prospects for American Studies in the Arab World: Present and Future."

·         Seminar on English Departments at Jordanian Universities, Yarmouk University, Jordan, July 16, 1997.  Presented a paper entitled "English Departments in the Arab World, with Particular Emphasis on Jordanian Universities."

·         The First International Conference on Methods of Improving the Teaching of English Language and Literature at Arab Universities, UAE University, Nov. 11-14, 1996.  Presented a paper entitled "Departments of English in the Arab World: The Lang. - Lit. Controversy."

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·         The 22nd North American Conference on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (NACAL), Madison, Wisconsin (USA), March 18-23, 1994. Presented a paper entitled "Arabic and the West," which was read in my absence by Professor Robert D. Hoberman of the Department of Comparative Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

·         Islam and the West, State University of New York at Brockport, October 20-25 1989.  Presented a paper entitled "U.S. Literary Experience of the Muslim Orient."

·         Fourth Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, October 1988.  Presented a paper entitled "America's First Play on the Prophet."

·         Third Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, October 1987.  Presented a paper entitled "Royall Tyler's The Algerine Captive."

·         Second Annual Literature Conference, Yarmouk University, October 1986.  Presented a paper entitled "In Search of the Orient: The Muslim East on the Contemporary American Literary Scene."

Additional Academic and Professional Assignments and Experiences

·         Participated in the International Visitor Program during the period from October 13 through 24, 2003. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department sponsored the program.

·         Participated in designing the M.A. and B.A. programs of literature and cultural studies offered by the English Department, the Hashemite University.

·         Special Advisor to the English Club of the Deanship of Student Affairs, the Hashemite University, 2001/2002.

·         Counseled, as Academic Advisor, undergraduate students at Yarmouk from 1987 to 1991, U.A.E. University from 1992 to 1998, the University of Qatar from 1998 to 2000, and more recently at the Hashemite University from 2000 to the present.

·         Directed student extracurricular activities at Yarmouk University, 1989-1990, as Director of Student Activities.

·         Participated in designing the 1994 plan of study of the Department of English Language and Literature, U.A.E. University, and that of the University of Sharjah, U.A.E.

·         Participated in revising the study plan of the Department of English, the University of Qatar, for the school year 1998/99, and I also participated in designing the M.A. program. 

·         Participated in designing both the M.A. and B.A. study plans of the Department of English Language and Literature, Yarmouk University.

University Service

I University Committees

·     Deans and University Councils, 2010-

·     Academic Centers Steering Committee, 2006-

·     Personnel Affairs Committee, 2002/2003/2004

·     Study Plan Committee, 2005

·     Public Seminars and Lectures Committee, 2004

·     Academic Research Board, 2002/2003/2004/2005

·     Student Affairs Committee,2005

·     Student Disciplinary Committee,2005

·     The Higher Studies Council, 2002/2003/2004

·     The Committee for Academic Journals Accreditation,

  2002/2003/2004

·     Faculty of Sciences and Arts Representative at the University

Council, 2002/2003

II College Committees

·     Appointment and Promotion , 2008-

·     Appointment and Promotion , 2002/2003

·     Higher Studies and Research ,2002/2003

·     Study Plans, 2002/2003

·     Scholarship Graduate Students,2002/2003

·     Credit Equivalence, 2002/2003

·     Representative of the English Department in the Faculty Council, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002

·     The Library Committee, 2000/2001

III Departmental Committees

·     Appointment and Promotion , 2008-

·     The M.A. Program, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003

·     Timetable and Examinations, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002

·     Advising and Credit Equivalence , 2000/2001 and 2001/2002

·     Cultural Activities , 2000/2001 and 2001/2002

·     Sponsored Students , 2000/2001 and 2001/2002