Dentistry
Doctor Wassef Al Salami
Certifications
✤ Bachelor’s degree in English - Al-Baath University with a good grade.
✤ Master’s in English Language - Rajasthan University - India.
✤ Doctor of Philosophy in Arts - University of Rajasthan - India.
✤ Master’s in English Language - Rajasthan University - India.
✤ Doctor of Philosophy in Arts - University of Rajasthan - India.
Language
✤ Arabic language.
✤ English language.
✤ French language.
✤ English language.
✤ French language.
Skills
Administrative Duties:
✤ Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Homs, 2015–2017.
✤ Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs, 2007–2010.
✤ Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs, 2011–2015.
✤ Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Languages (Arab Private University for Science and Technology), 2020–2021.
✤ Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Languages (Arab Private University for Science and Technology), 2021–present.
External Activities:
✤ Participation in a training course on teaching English to non-specialists in Plymouth, United Kingdom, 1995.
✤ Accompanied students of the Persian Language Departments at Al-Baath University and Damascus University on an academic trip to Iran, 2009.
Scientific Seminars:
✤ Translation Seminar in Syrian Universities – University of Homs, through a research paper titled:
“Teaching Translation and Its Challenges in Open Learning – Prescribed Textbooks, Applied Methods, Tools Used, and Their Suitability for Theoretical and Scientific Objectives,” 2007.
Academic Work:
✤ Teaching the following courses in English Departments at Al-Baath University, Tishreen University, Aleppo University, and the Second Faculty of Arts in Hama:
(Prose until 1800 – Poetry until the Victorian Era – Introduction to Poetry – Literary Essay – Literary Criticism – Introduction to Research Methods – Introduction to Poetry – Translation – Nineteenth-Century Prose – Research Methodology – Renaissance Poetry).
✤ Teaching the following courses in the Open Learning Program at Al-Baath University since its establishment:
(Translation 1, 2, 3 – Grammar 1, 2 – Literary Texts 1 – Literary Translation – Scientific Texts – Political Texts – Reading and Comprehension 1, 2 – Essay 1 – Medical Texts – Writing 2 – Scientific Texts – Cultural Studies).
✤ Teaching the following courses for Master’s students in the English and Arabic Departments for several years:
(English Literature – Research Project – Critical and Rhetorical Studies in English).
✤ Teaching the following courses at the Faculty of Translation and Languages:
(Novel 18 – Modern Novel – Renaissance to Modern Poetry – Modern Poetry – Translation 3 – Research Methods – American Literature 1, 2 – Special Skills – Reading and Writing).
Academic Contributions:
✤ Member of examination committees for several Master’s theses at the Universities of Homs and Latakia.
✤ Reviewer of scientific research papers for academic journals at the Universities of Homs, Aleppo, Latakia, and Damascus.
✤ Member of scientific output evaluation committees at the Universities of Homs, Damascus, and Tishreen.
✤ Attendance of most scientific and cultural activities, as well as Master’s and Ph.D. thesis defenses at the Faculty of Arts.
Published Research:
✤ “The Role of Family and Its Consequences in Dickens’ *Hard Times* and Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” Journal of Homs University, 2004.
✤ “The Importance of Setting in Emily Brontë’s *Wuthering Heights* and Jane Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” Journal of Homs University, 2011.
✤ “Wordplay in Henry Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews*,” Journal of Homs University, 2013.
✤ “The English Judicial System in Henry Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews* and John Dryden’s *Absalom and Achitophel*: A Comparative Study,” Journal of Homs University, 2015.
✤ “The Comic Epic and the Mock Epic: A Comparative Study of Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews* and Pope’s *The Rape of the Lock*,” Journal of Homs University, 2015.
Supervision of Master’s Theses:
✤ “The Concept of Imprisonment in Selected Novels by Charlotte Brontë and Charles Dickens,” by Shatha Fadel.
✤ “Freudian Psychoanalysis in Lawrence’s *The Rainbow*, *Sons and Lovers*, and *Lady Chatterley’s Lover*,” by Huda Yazbek, 2003.
✤ “Colonialism in Daniel Defoe’s *Robinson Crusoe* and Jane Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” by Mirella Sakkar, 2011.
✤ “The Use of Impressionism in Virginia Woolf’s *Mrs. Dalloway* and James Joyce’s *Ulysses*,” by Samher Mulla Hassan, 2011.
✤ “Causes of Ambiguity in Selected Novels by Virginia Woolf: An Analytical Study,” by Bare’a Naheili, 2011.
✤ “Colonialism and Female Identity in the Works of Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mary Kingsley,” by Reem Al-Husseini, 2011.
✤ “Women’s Issues in *Women in Love* and *Moll Flanders*,” by Raad Khairallah, 2012.
✤ “The Journey Toward Female Selfhood in Thomas Hardy’s *Jude the Obscure* and Paulo Coelho’s *Brida*,” by Zohour Abdulhadi, 2018.
✤ “Pride in Herman Melville’s *Moby Dick* and Ernest Hemingway’s *The Old Man and the Sea*: A Comparative Study,” by Abdo Jirjnazi.
Co-Supervision:
✤ “The Usurper Figure in Shakespeare’s *King John* and *Hamlet*: An Analytical Study.”
✤ “The Butterfly’s Journey in a Gloomy World: A Feminist Reading of *A Streetcar Named Desire* and *The Awakening*.”
✤ “The Image of Helen in Homer’s *Iliad* and Shakespeare’s *Troilus and Cressida*.”
✤ Ph.D. dissertation (co-supervision with Prof. Sami Mansour):
“Critical Realism in George Bernard Shaw’s Plays and Its Impact on the Structure of His Dramatic Work,” by Raeid Suhail Al-Hallaq.
✤ Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Homs, 2015–2017.
✤ Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs, 2007–2010.
✤ Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs, 2011–2015.
✤ Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Languages (Arab Private University for Science and Technology), 2020–2021.
✤ Dean of the Faculty of Translation and Languages (Arab Private University for Science and Technology), 2021–present.
External Activities:
✤ Participation in a training course on teaching English to non-specialists in Plymouth, United Kingdom, 1995.
✤ Accompanied students of the Persian Language Departments at Al-Baath University and Damascus University on an academic trip to Iran, 2009.
Scientific Seminars:
✤ Translation Seminar in Syrian Universities – University of Homs, through a research paper titled:
“Teaching Translation and Its Challenges in Open Learning – Prescribed Textbooks, Applied Methods, Tools Used, and Their Suitability for Theoretical and Scientific Objectives,” 2007.
Academic Work:
✤ Teaching the following courses in English Departments at Al-Baath University, Tishreen University, Aleppo University, and the Second Faculty of Arts in Hama:
(Prose until 1800 – Poetry until the Victorian Era – Introduction to Poetry – Literary Essay – Literary Criticism – Introduction to Research Methods – Introduction to Poetry – Translation – Nineteenth-Century Prose – Research Methodology – Renaissance Poetry).
✤ Teaching the following courses in the Open Learning Program at Al-Baath University since its establishment:
(Translation 1, 2, 3 – Grammar 1, 2 – Literary Texts 1 – Literary Translation – Scientific Texts – Political Texts – Reading and Comprehension 1, 2 – Essay 1 – Medical Texts – Writing 2 – Scientific Texts – Cultural Studies).
✤ Teaching the following courses for Master’s students in the English and Arabic Departments for several years:
(English Literature – Research Project – Critical and Rhetorical Studies in English).
✤ Teaching the following courses at the Faculty of Translation and Languages:
(Novel 18 – Modern Novel – Renaissance to Modern Poetry – Modern Poetry – Translation 3 – Research Methods – American Literature 1, 2 – Special Skills – Reading and Writing).
Academic Contributions:
✤ Member of examination committees for several Master’s theses at the Universities of Homs and Latakia.
✤ Reviewer of scientific research papers for academic journals at the Universities of Homs, Aleppo, Latakia, and Damascus.
✤ Member of scientific output evaluation committees at the Universities of Homs, Damascus, and Tishreen.
✤ Attendance of most scientific and cultural activities, as well as Master’s and Ph.D. thesis defenses at the Faculty of Arts.
Published Research:
✤ “The Role of Family and Its Consequences in Dickens’ *Hard Times* and Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” Journal of Homs University, 2004.
✤ “The Importance of Setting in Emily Brontë’s *Wuthering Heights* and Jane Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” Journal of Homs University, 2011.
✤ “Wordplay in Henry Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews*,” Journal of Homs University, 2013.
✤ “The English Judicial System in Henry Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews* and John Dryden’s *Absalom and Achitophel*: A Comparative Study,” Journal of Homs University, 2015.
✤ “The Comic Epic and the Mock Epic: A Comparative Study of Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews* and Pope’s *The Rape of the Lock*,” Journal of Homs University, 2015.
Supervision of Master’s Theses:
✤ “The Concept of Imprisonment in Selected Novels by Charlotte Brontë and Charles Dickens,” by Shatha Fadel.
✤ “Freudian Psychoanalysis in Lawrence’s *The Rainbow*, *Sons and Lovers*, and *Lady Chatterley’s Lover*,” by Huda Yazbek, 2003.
✤ “Colonialism in Daniel Defoe’s *Robinson Crusoe* and Jane Austen’s *Mansfield Park*,” by Mirella Sakkar, 2011.
✤ “The Use of Impressionism in Virginia Woolf’s *Mrs. Dalloway* and James Joyce’s *Ulysses*,” by Samher Mulla Hassan, 2011.
✤ “Causes of Ambiguity in Selected Novels by Virginia Woolf: An Analytical Study,” by Bare’a Naheili, 2011.
✤ “Colonialism and Female Identity in the Works of Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mary Kingsley,” by Reem Al-Husseini, 2011.
✤ “Women’s Issues in *Women in Love* and *Moll Flanders*,” by Raad Khairallah, 2012.
✤ “The Journey Toward Female Selfhood in Thomas Hardy’s *Jude the Obscure* and Paulo Coelho’s *Brida*,” by Zohour Abdulhadi, 2018.
✤ “Pride in Herman Melville’s *Moby Dick* and Ernest Hemingway’s *The Old Man and the Sea*: A Comparative Study,” by Abdo Jirjnazi.
Co-Supervision:
✤ “The Usurper Figure in Shakespeare’s *King John* and *Hamlet*: An Analytical Study.”
✤ “The Butterfly’s Journey in a Gloomy World: A Feminist Reading of *A Streetcar Named Desire* and *The Awakening*.”
✤ “The Image of Helen in Homer’s *Iliad* and Shakespeare’s *Troilus and Cressida*.”
✤ Ph.D. dissertation (co-supervision with Prof. Sami Mansour):
“Critical Realism in George Bernard Shaw’s Plays and Its Impact on the Structure of His Dramatic Work,” by Raeid Suhail Al-Hallaq.