CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRICULUM VITA
A- PERSONAL DATA:
(Appears as Ahmad Abdalrahim Nasr or Ahmad A. Nasr in publications)
B- QUALIFICATIONS:
C- CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION:
PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS:
D- ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
E- WORKING EXPERIENCE:
of Khartoum (Dec. 1967-March 1968).
G- PUBLICATIONS: (Those marked with an asterisk * are in English).
I-Books:
A second edition with an introduction on oral traditions as history was published as Book No.8 by the Secretariat Committee, Sinnar Capital of Islamic Culture Project, Khartoum, 2017.
5*. (Co-Compiler), West African Settlement in the Sudan: An Annotated Bibliography, Khartoum: Centre of Economic Research and Studies, Faculty of Economic, University of Khartoum, 1980.
6*. Maiwurno of the Blue Nile: A Study of an Oral Biography, Khartoum: Khartoun University Press, 1981.
7. Two Ancient Egyptian Narratives: Structure and Theme, Khartoum:Institute
of African and Asian Studies ( IAAS) ,U of K, 1881.
8*. (Co-editor), African Studies in Africa, Khartoum: IAAS, U of K, 1981.
9*. (Ed.) Folklore and Development in the Sudan, Khartoum: IAAS, U of K, 1985.
A second revised and enlarged edition with a new introduction was published by the Research Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ,2005.
A second edition was published by Sharja Institute for Heritage , Sharja, United Arab Emirates ,2024.
A second edition was published by Sharja Institute for Heritage , Sharja, United Arab Emerates, 2023.
14*. (Co-author), Sexual Identity: Effeminacy among IIUM Students. Kuala Lumpur, Research Centre, International Islamic University , 2001.
15*. (Co-editor), Social Problems in Malaysia; Strategies and Solutions, Kuala Lumpur: The Research Centre, IIUM, 2008.
16*. (Co-editor), Development and its Diverse Aspects, Singapore: Partridge Publishing ,2014.
17. (Editor), Duffar Kingdom , Khartoum : Centre of African Research and Studies , International African University , 2019 .
18. Nuba Mountains: Indigenous Religion, Christianity and Islam, Khartoum: Secretariat Committee, Kadugli Capital of Sudanese Culture Project , 2019
II. Articles in Refereed Journals and Chapters in Books :
4* . “British Policy Towards Islam in the Nuba Mountains: 1920-1940” Sudan
Notes and Records, Vol. 52, 1971.
5*. “Blood-Brotherhood among the Nyimang of the Nuba Mountains”, Sudan
Society (Department of Sociology, U of K), Vol. 5, No. 5, 1975.
6. “British Policy towards Islam and Christianity in the Nuba Mountains: 1940-1965”, Journal of Sudanese Studies (U of K), Vol. 3, No, , 2, 1975.
7*. “Sudanese Elite, British Administration and Islamic and Christian Missions in
the Sudan: 1936-1957”, Bashiru : Journal of African Languages and Literature (University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A), Vol. 8, No. 2 1976.
8* . “Popular Islam in Tayeb Salih”, Journal of Arabic Literature (University
of Cambridge, U. K.), Vol. 8, No. 2, 1980.
9* . “Shaihu Umar: A Re-interpretation” in Ibrahim Yaro Yahya and Abba Rufa'i (eds.) Hausa Language, Literature and Folklore, Kano: MacMillan and Co., 1981.
10* . “Co-operation between Institutes/Centres of African Studies in Africa” in
Ahmad A. Nasr and Mahasin Haj Al-Safi (eds) African Studies in Africa,
Khartoum: IAAS, U of K, 1981.
11* . “A Search for Identiy: Three Trends in Sudanese Folkloristics” in Ahmad A.
Nasr (ed.) Folklore and Development in the Sudan, Khartoum: IAAS, U
of K ,1983.
An Arabic Translation was published in Al Ma’thurat Al Sha‘biyyah (Folk
Heritage) (Doha), Vol. 1, No. 2, 1986.
12. “Two Experiences in Collecting Folklore in Two Arab Countries (Sudan and Saudi Arabia): Practical and Theoretical Problems”, in Collection, Classification and Study of Folk Literature, Doha: Arab Gulf States Folkore Centre, 1986.
13* . “The Malam Character in Hausa Folktales”, in Ibrahim Yaro Yahya …et.al.(eds.) Hausa Language, Literature and Folklore: The Proceedings of the Second International Conference, Kano: Bayero University, Undated
Arabic and African Studies (U of K), No. 1, 1987. Reprinted in Al
Ma’thuarat Al Sha‘biyya, (Doha) No. 7, July 19, and translated into English
and published in the same journal, No. 43, 1996.
An English Translation was published in the same journal, No. 58, April 2000.
for Heritage and History, 2001.
19*. Ahmad A. Nasr and Abu Bakar Bagader, “Al-Ges: Women’s Festival and
Drama in Mecca”, Journal of Folklore Research (Bloomington, University of
Indiana, U.S.A), Vol. 38, No. 3, September-December 2001.
20*. (Co-author) “Profiles for Effeminate, Male and Female Students”.
Psychologia, (University of Kyota, Japan), 46, 2003.
21*. “'A Grievous National Shame’: An Examination of Responses to Rape-cum-Murder in the New Straits Times”. , Social Problems in Malaysia; Strategies and Solutions. Edited by the Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Kuala Lumpur: The Research Centre, IIUM, 2008.
22*. (Co-author) “Psychological Profiles of Effeminate, Male and Female Students”. , Social Problems in Malaysia; Strategies and Solutions. Edited by the Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Kuala Lumpur: The Research Centre, IIUM, 2008.
23. “Islamization of Knowledge: The Language Barrier”. Taffakur (Institute of Islamization of Knowledge, University of Gezira, Medani, Sudan). Vol. 9, No 1 and 2, 2008.
24*. “Folkloric Studies on the Qur’an: A Critique” in Jamil Farooqui (Ed.) Readings in Social and Islamic Issues, Kuala Lumpur:IIUM Press, 2012.
25*. (Co-Author) “Folk Literature and Modern Education in Malaysia: The-State-of-the-Art” in Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf and Mohammed A. Quayum (Eds) Imagined Communities Revisited: Critical Essays on Asia-Pacific Literatures and Cultures, Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2013.
26 .(Co-Author), The Use of Folk Literature in Aborigine Education : A Review of the UNICEF Project in Malaysia , in A.H.M.Zehadul Karim and Nurazzura Mohamad Dia ( Eds) . Traditionalism and Modernity : Issues and Perspectives in Sociology and Anthropology ,Singapore : Partridge Publishing , 2014.
27*. “Frogs under a Coconut Shell or under a Glass Bowl? Print Media, Peninsular Orang Asli and Development” in Jamil Farooqui and Ahmad A. Nasr (Eds) Development and its Diverse Aspects, Singapore : Partridge Publishing , 2015
28*. "Islamic Anthropology Theory", in Hazizan B. MD. Noon (Ed.) Islamic Perspectives of Sociology and Anthropology: Some Reflections, Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2017.
29. "Sudan Notes And Records As A Tool Of Research On The Sudan" Revisited , Journal Of Sudanese Studies, Vol.50 , 2022.
III. Solicited Book Reviews
1*. Ahmad Al Shahi and F.T.C. Moore, Wisdom from the Nile: A Collection of Folk Stories from Northern and Central Sudan, (Oxford: The Clarendom Press, 1971) in Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. 52, 1972.
2* . (Co-reviewer) Iran Karp and Charles Bird, Explorations in African Systems
of Thought , Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980” in Canadian
Journal of African Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1983.
3* . Haim Schwazbaum, Biblical and Extra-Biblical Legends in Islamic Folk Literature, (Walldorf-Hessen, Germany: Verlag for Orentkunde Dr. H.
Vorndran, 1982”), in Asian Folklore Studies (University of Nanzan, Japan),
Vol. 47, No. 1, 1988.
4. Abdalaziz Ibrahim Al Amri, Folk Trades and Crafts in the Hejaz at the Time of the Prophet, (Doha: A.G.S. Folklore Centre, 1985”), in Al Ma’thurat
Al Sha‘biyyah (Doha) No. 6, April, 1987
5. Sabri Hamada and Da’ud Sallum, Iraqi Folktales, 2 Vols. (Doha: A.G.S.
Folklore Centre, 1988”) in Al-Ma’thurat Al Sha’biyyah (Doha), No. 6,
April, 1987.
6*. Bridget Connelly, Arab Folk Epic and Identity, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1986” in Asian Folklore Studies (University of Nanzan, Japan), vol. 48, No. 2, 1989.
7. Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana, Speak Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1989”, in Al Ma’thurat Al Sha’biyyah, No. 19, July 1990.
8*. Saad Al Sowayan, the Arabian Oral Historical Narrative: An Ethnographic and Linguistic Study, Wiesbaded: Otto Harrassowitz, 1992” in Asian Folklore Studies (University of Nanzan, Japan), Vol. 52, No. 1, 1993.
9*. Peter Health, the Thirsty Sword: Sirat ‘Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1996” in Asian Folklore Studies (University
of Nanzan, Japan) Vol. LVII- 2, 1998.
10*. Shaun Marmon, Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society (New York, London: Oxford University Press 1995) in Sudanic Africa (University of Bergen, Norway), Vol. 12, 2000.
11* . Alan Dundes, Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur’an. (Lanhan. Boulder. New York: Oxford: Rowman &Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003) in Asian Folklore Studies (University of Nanzan, Japan) Vol. LXIII-1, 20004.
12* Govanni Canova (ed.) Studies on Arabic Epic: Oriento Moderno. (Vol.XXII (LXXXIII), n.s., 2-2003 (Special Issue). Rome:Instituto per l;Oriente C.A. Nallino, 2004) in Asian Folklore Studies (University of Nanzan, Japan), Vol. LXV-2, 2006.
IV. Some Contributions in Non-Refereed Journals
V. Forthcoming Publications:
Books:
Articles: (In Arabic)1
VI. Finished Work:
VII. Work In Progress:
H- SUPERVISION OF POST-GRADUATE DISSERTATIONS (Those marked with an Asterisk* are in English)
II. M.A.
1* . Hausa Oral Poetry with Special Reference to the Poet Dan Maraaya.
2*. The Trickster in Hausa Folktales (Co-Sup).
3* . The Oral History of the Uthu Plains in Southern Sudan.
4*. The Educational Functions of Tanzanian Folktales with Reference to the
Warangi Ethnic Group.
5* . Al ‘Anqaraib: Traditional Bed Industry in the Sudan.
6* . Folklore and Folklife in a Sudanese Factory (Co-Sup.)
7. The Hilaliyyah Epic in Darfur: An Applied Study of the Methodologies of Arab
Historians and Folklore.
8. Amulets in the Sudan: Origins, Functions, and Purposes: A Documentary
Analytical Study.
9. The Functions and Roles of the Khalwah (Traditional Religious Institution) in
Rubatab Society.
10*. Rashaydah Traditional Society and Modernization.
III. Ph. D.
1*. The Complex of the Indian Ocean and Its Sawahili Folklore: A Study in the
Art of Zanzibarian Folklore.
2. Folklore in Al Tayyib Salih’s Novels and Novelettes
I- EXAMINER:
Diploma:
A number of post-graduate diplomas related to the Arabic language, Hausa language and folklore submitted to the International Institute of Teaching Arabic for Non -Arabic Speakers (ALESCO, Arab League), Khartoum.
M.A. (submitted to the University of Khartoum)
1*. Assimilation of West Africans in the Sudanese Society.
2* Christian Missions’ Activities in Southern Sudan: 1972-1985.
3. AL- Zubair Pasha Rahama in Oral Narratives with Special reference to
their Present Social, Political and Cultural Impact on Sudanese Society.
M.A. (submitted to IIUM)
1*. Female Criminality: A Case Study of Women Inmates in Kajang Prison,
Selangor Malaysia.
2* . A Study of Identity Formation and Crisis among Youth at the International
Islamic University Malaysia
3*. Assimilation and ethnic identity of Malays of Aechnese Origin in Malaysia.
Ph.D. (submitted to IIUM).
1* . Maqasid al Shari ‘ah and the Dynamics of the Human Socio-Ethical Order
2* . Transition Out of Sports and Role Adjustment: A Comparative Case Study
of Present and Past National Field Athletes of Malaysia
3*. Conversion to Islam in Malaysia: Antecedents, Consequences, and Moderating Variables.
Ph.D. (submitted to the University of Malaya)
1* Islam, Politics and National Integration in a Multi-Ethnic Society: The Case of Sudan.
Ph.D. (submitted to the University of Khartoum)
Disturbance.
2. Names of Places, Landmarks and Cities in the Blue Nile Region: A Folkloric
Study.
3*. The Sudanese Imagined Community in the Haqibah Song Texts, 1920-1940.
J- EXTERNAL ASSESSOR:
1. Acted as an assessor of the publications of an associate professor, who applied for promotion to the status of professor in folklore.
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K -SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
1. “The Place of the Sudan in Africa “-The First International Conference of the Sudan Research Unit, U of K, Khartoum, 1970.
2. “Language and Literature in the Sudan”- The Second International Conference of the Sudan Research Unit, U of K, Khartoum, 1970.
3. “Audience and Oral Artist” The First Conference of the African Literature Association, Madison, U.S.A., March 1977.
4. “Central Bild Al Sudan: Change and Adaptation”, Institute of African and Asian Studies (IAAS) Third International Conference, U of K, Khartoum, December, 1977.
5. “Hausa Language, Literature and Folklore” – First International Conference held by the University of Bayero, Kano, Nigeria, May 1978.
6. “Institute/Centres of African Studies in Africa” held by IAAS, U of K, in collaboration with Association of African Universities, 4-7 December, 1978. I was a co-converser of this conference.
7. “Re-writing of Libyan History”, Centre of Libyan Studies, University of Muhammed Al Fatih, Tripoli, Libya, 12-16 December 1978.
8. “The First Meeting of the Experts of Oral Traditions and National African Languages”-East African Centre for the Study of African Oral Traditions and National Languages, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 2-6 October, 1979.
9. “Revision of History Courses”- Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum, 1980.
10. “Folklore and Development”- Department of Folklore, IAAS, U of K, Khartoum, 2-5 February, 1981.
11. “The Relationship between Arabic Culture and African Cultures” ALESCO, Arab League, in collaboration with IAAS, U of K, Khartoum 24-28 February, 1981.
12. “Hausa Language, Literature and Folklore”, Second International Conference held by University of Bayero, Kano, Nigeria, April 1981.
13. “Collection, Classification and Study of Folk Literature” A.G.S. Folklore Centre, Doha, 4-8 November, 1984.
14. “Arabic Epic”-Conference held by the University of Cairo in Collaboration with the Middle East Studies Centre (Paris), Cairo, 27, January, 1985.
15. “African Studies”- Conference held by African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A., 27 October-4 November 1986.
16. “Towards a Methodological Classification of Arabic Folklore Genres”, A.G.S. Folklore Centre, Doha, 26-28 October, 1988.
17. “Revitalization of Folk Games”, A.G.S. Folklore Centre in Collaboration with the General Council of Sports and Youths in Qatar and Youth Administration in the Gulf Co-operation Council, Doha, 8-10 February, 1988.
18. “The Use of Folktales in Children Literature” A.G.S. Folklore Centre Doha 28-30 March 1989.
19. “Basra Folklore”- Ministry of Information and Culture, Baghdad, Iraq, 3-6 June 1989.
20“Promotion and Development of Traditional Handicrafts” A.G.S. Folklore Centre in Collaboration with Sadu House (Kuwait), Doha, 10-12 October, 1990.
21. “Islamization of Sociology and Anthropology: Implications for Social
Development of Muslim Countries, organized by the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, International Islamic University Malaysia in
collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
Kuala Lumpur, October 31-Nov. 2, 1997.
International Institute For Islamic Unity , I.I.U.M., 14-16 Augest 2007
33. “ Presentation of Islam and Muslims in Western Media”, organized by
Department of Communication, U.I.A, 29-30 July 2008.
Evaluatory Discussion Circles
“Children Folk Games and Songs”- A.G.S. Folklore Centre
Doha, 28 February, 1990.
L- MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND ASSOCIATIONS:
34. Member , Board of Studies , Bachelor of Human Sciences in Sociology and
Anthropology Programme ,Department of Sociology & Anthropology,K.I.R.K.,IIUM
35. Member, Kulliyah Committee on Student Learning Time .
36. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Folk Culture published by Popular Culture
Department (Bahrain) in co-operation with International Organization of Folk Art
(IVO). First volume appeared in January 2008.
M- OTHER ACTIVITIES:
AHMAD ABD AL-RAHIM NASR, PhD
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