SAMAH SELIM, Assistant Professor, Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures has been awarded the 2009 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her English translation of a collection by the Egyptian writer, Yahya al-Tahir Abdallah. The English title is The Collar and the Bracelet, published by the American University in Cairo Press. The Ghobash-Banipal Prize deals specifically with the imaginative prose genre and the winner is selected by a panel of experts from around the world. Commenting on the translation, Francine Stock, one of the judges states: “This wonderful translation captures a particular style of narrative, written a third of a century ago but entirely modern.” Another judge, Marilyn Booth adds: “Samah Selim has been able to catch the Upper Egyptian and folkloric rhythms – and their utterly unromantic yoking to the everyday grimness and intimacy of modern realities – that Abdullah pioneered in his fiction.”

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JOB POSTINGS:
POSITION: LANGUAGE COORDINATOR
The Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and 
Literatures in the School Of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University (New Brunswick) 
invites applications for a full time, non-tenure track position of Language Coordinator. 
This is a renewable, three-year contractual position with full benefits. Applicants must have 
a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition or a related field, with a concentration on Less Commonly 
Taught Languages of Africa/Middle East/South Asia, and should have a minimum of three years 
experience in Second/Foreign Language Coordination in an American academy. Candidates are 
expected to be competent in the use of instructional technology and communicative, standards-
based teaching methodologies and must be conversant with the latest methods in Second/Foreign 
language assessment. Demonstrated success in grant-writing is an added advantage. Working in 
conjunction with the Language Institute, scheduling office and other relevant units, the Language 
Coordinator will be responsible for the general management of language instruction in the 
department -- including training, supervision and evaluation of language instructors; scheduling 
of classes and placement tests; and campus-wide promotion of the study of these languages. 
In addition, the Language Coordinator will be expected to teach 3 courses per year in his/her 
primary language(s) of expertise. Applicants should submit a letter of interest and updated CV, 
and have three letters of recommendation sent directly to Dr. Alamin Mazrui. Review of 
applications will begin on January 15, 2010 and continue until the position is filled. Applications 
should be addressed to:
  
Alamin Mazrui
Lucy Stone Hall B-309 
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8045

Rutgers is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

JOB POSTINGS:
LITERATURE: ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE(S)

The Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures 
at the School of Arts and Sciences on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University, 
invites applications for a tenure-track, open rank position at the level of assistant or associate 
professor in the field of classical/modern South Asian literatures beginning Fall 2010.

Native or near-native proficiency in one South Asian language is required. The ideal 
candidate will have a record of publications on classical and/or modern South Asian 
literatures. The position will involve designing and teaching courses on South Asian 
literatures in translation, as well as coordinating, once in about every four years, a team-taught 
course on the literatures of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Experience in teaching a 
South Asian language would be an added advantage. 

The completed application, including a CV, three letters of recommendation, and a 
writing sample, should be mailed to: 
 
Dr. Ousseina Alidou
Chair, South Asian Literature Search Committee
Rutgers University
Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Lucy Stone Hall B 309
Piscataway NJ 08854

Review of applications will begin on November 30, 2009. Rutgers is an Affirmative Action, 
Equal Opportunity Employer.