Amina Ghazanfar

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  •   Department of English UGS
  •   +92-51-9265100
  •   aghazanfar@numl.edu.pk

Amina Ghazanfar

Lecturer

PhD American Studies    -             Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.      in progress

M.Phil (American Studies)            2012      Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.      1st 80%

M. A. (English)   2008       NUML, Islamabad.           1st Div  68%

B. A        2001       F .G College for Women, Kashmir Road, Rawalpindi.         1st Div   65%

  • Lecturer English at NUML International Center of Education, Xinjiang Normal University, China. (Sep 2016- Jan 2018).
  • Visiting Lecturer (English) at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad from September 2011 to July 2015.
  • Visiting Lecturer (English) at RIPAH International University, Spring 2015.
  • Research Assistant at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Spring 2009-2011.

“Fictionalizing History: an overview of Isabel Allende’s novels” presented at a seminar organized by the Faculty of Advanced Integrated Studies & Research, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, as part of the course of Latin American Literature for M. Phil scholars on November 15, 2011.

 

Workshop on Thesis and Dissertation Writing organized by Grafton College Islamabad on November 23rd, 2013.

 

Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods organized by Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, in collaboration with Ball State University, Indiana, USA, on December 14th, 2015.

 

 

Book Review:

 

Review of Isabel Allende’s, Ines of My Soul (Harper Perennial, 2007), published in Pakistan Journal of American Studies.

 

Paper Published:

 

Revisiting Dictatorial Regimes through Fiction: An Analysis of Isabel Allende’s Literary Texts.  Published in Pakistan Journal of American Studies.

 

Third World Tapestries in the US: Allende and Sidwa - A Comparative Study. Published in Global Language Review (GLR).

Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende. Published in Global Regional Review (GRL).

 

Conferences Organized:

 

International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities; Emerging Interdisciplinary Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities, 19-20 October 2015.

 

13th American Studies Conference, October 15-17, 2010.

The Footprints & Faultlines of America in the World

 

The 12th American Studies Conference, October 2-4, 2009.
The Media in America; America in the Media

 

 

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Education

PhD American Studies    -             Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.      in progress

M.Phil (American Studies)            2012      Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.      1st 80%

M. A. (English)   2008       NUML, Islamabad.           1st Div  68%

B. A        2001       F .G College for Women, Kashmir Road, Rawalpindi.         1st Div   65%

Experience

  • Lecturer English at NUML International Center of Education, Xinjiang Normal University, China. (Sep 2016- Jan 2018).
  • Visiting Lecturer (English) at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad from September 2011 to July 2015.
  • Visiting Lecturer (English) at RIPAH International University, Spring 2015.
  • Research Assistant at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Spring 2009-2011.

Publications

“Fictionalizing History: an overview of Isabel Allende’s novels” presented at a seminar organized by the Faculty of Advanced Integrated Studies & Research, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, as part of the course of Latin American Literature for M. Phil scholars on November 15, 2011.

 

Workshop on Thesis and Dissertation Writing organized by Grafton College Islamabad on November 23rd, 2013.

 

Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods organized by Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, in collaboration with Ball State University, Indiana, USA, on December 14th, 2015.

 

 

Book Review:

 

Review of Isabel Allende’s, Ines of My Soul (Harper Perennial, 2007), published in Pakistan Journal of American Studies.

 

Paper Published:

 

Revisiting Dictatorial Regimes through Fiction: An Analysis of Isabel Allende’s Literary Texts.  Published in Pakistan Journal of American Studies.

 

Third World Tapestries in the US: Allende and Sidwa - A Comparative Study. Published in Global Language Review (GLR).

Historical Verisimilitudes in Fictional Universe: Cultural Poetics in the Works of Allende. Published in Global Regional Review (GRL).

 

Conferences Organized:

 

International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities; Emerging Interdisciplinary Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities, 19-20 October 2015.

 

13th American Studies Conference, October 15-17, 2010.

The Footprints & Faultlines of America in the World

 

The 12th American Studies Conference, October 2-4, 2009.
The Media in America; America in the Media

 

 

Interests

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