Bio

Name: Dr. Mohammed Abdel Aaty Massoud

Date of birth:March 8th 1955

Place of birth:  BeniSuef,Egypt

Address:21 Emtidad Sharie El-Mattbaa, Faisal,Giza,Egypt.

Office Address:Department of English, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

Email:  mohamed.abdelaaty@edcu.edu.eg

 Tel.: Home: +20237820419     

       Mobile: +2011014629855

        Office: +20235676352

 

EDUCATION

 1978  BA, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

 1991  MA degree in English Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

1997  PhD (First Honours) in English Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

 ACADEMIC POSITIONS

 Current Positions:

-      Lecturer Emeritus in English Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

-      Supervisor and Coordinator of the teaching of the  English language  in the department of History, Sociology and Philosophy, Faculty of Cairo University

 Administrative Positions:

 Acting Director of the Centre for Foreign Languages and Professional Translation,CairoUniversity.  (2007-2010)

 TEACHING HISTORY

1978-80:      Teaching Linguistics, Faculty of Education in Fayoum,CairoUniv.

1980-85:      Teaching English language,United Arab Emirates.

1985-89:     Teaching English language to non-specialists,CairoUniv.

1989-96:     Teaching English language to postgraduate students including the students of Agriculture, Pharmacy and Dentistry,CairoUniv.

1991-93:     Teaching English language at the Training Centre of the Central Bank ofEgypt.

1994-96:      Teaching English language at theSadatAcademy.

1993-97:     Teaching English language and setting the curricula for the English language courses at the training Centre of Banque Du Caire.

1996-Present: Teaching English Poetry, Criticism and Essay Writing, The Higher Institute for Specific Studies,Giza,Egypt.

1996-97:     Teaching English language and Essay Writing,CityUniversityinCairo,Dokki,Egypt.

1997-Present: Teaching English Poetry & Translation, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv.

1997-Present: Teaching Literary Translation, Sight & Consecutive Translation (Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv.)

2000-2001: Teaching English for diplomats, The Diplomats’ Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.

PUBLICATIONS

- Second Course in Culture: The Technological Revolution and Middle Eastern History (1998), published by the Open Education Centre,CairoUniv.

- Reading Comprehension (1999), published by the Open Education Centre,CairoUniv.

-  A First Course in Essay Writing (1999), published by the Open Education Centre,CairoUniv.

COMPILED BOOKS

-      Medical English (1997), published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop,Cairo,Egypt.

-      English  in Agriculture (1997) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop,Cairo,Egypt.

-      English in Science (1997) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop,Cairo,Egypt.

-      English in Archaeology (1997) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo, Egypt.

-      Discovering English (1997) published by Daar El-Thakafa El-Arabia, Cairo, Egypt.

-      The Language of Law (1998) published by Daar El-Thakafa El-Arabia, Cairo, Egypt.

-      Modern World Short Stories (1998) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo, Egypt.

-      New Medical English Course (2002) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo, Egypt.

-      Advanced Medical English Course (2003) published by the Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo, Egypt.

TRANSLATIONS

  1. Mubarak & Education (from Arabic into English) 3 editions,  Ministry of Education,Egypt.
  2. Nomaan Ashour’ The House of Al-Dughry, published by the Ministry of Culture, 1998,Cairo,Egypt.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/house-Al-Dughry-Prism-literary/dp/9773051048

  1. Cairo University Prospectus (with others),CairoUniv., 1997.
  2. Faculty of Arts’ Student Guide, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv., 1998.
  3. Participating in the translation of the World Encyclopaedia, GEBO.
  4. Translating and revising several books for the Experimental Theatre Festival in Cairo.
  5.  Translating several publications and  contracts for various sectors in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
  6. Simultaneous interpreter of many conferences held in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.  


EDITING

-  Member of the Editorial Committee of all the Proceedings of Conferences held at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv. (1989-2001).

-  Member of the Editorial Committee of Cairo Studies in English, published by the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Cairo Univ.

-  Editor of Cairo Studies in English, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, since 2001.

MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

-         Member of the Organising and Editorial Committees of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth International Symposium on Comparative Literature Symposium on Comparative Literature, held at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv.(1989-2001).

-         Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Fifth International Symposium on Comparative Literature (Translation), held at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniv.December, 1998.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

-         Holder of “The Ideal Staff Member” Prize for the year 2005, granted byCairoUniversity’s Staff Members Club.

-         Holder of Many Certificates of Appreciation and Medals from the centres of languages at the faculties of Commerce, Science, and Physical Therapy, for contributing to establish those centres and supervising their courses.

-         Holder of a Certificate of Appreciation and Badge of Honour from the Institute of Diplomatic Studies inRiyadh,Saudi Arabia(2001).

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

-         Designing and marinating a web site (http://www.edcu.info)  on the Internet for the Department of English, Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

-         Participating in all activities held at the Department of English and  in the Faculty of Arts,CairoUniversity.

SPECIAL SKILLS

-         Perfect Knowledge of designing E-Learning syllabuses.

-         Perfect Knowledge of the most commonly used computer software.

-         Perfect Knowledge of Web Designing

-         Designing and maintaining of the Department of English, Cairo University, website: http://edcu.edu.eg

-         Photoshop Designer