SYED HANIF RASOOL, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Head Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, 27200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PAKISTAN Phone Office: 92-927-211890, Mobile No: 92-3005989603 Syedhanifrasool@gmail.com Syedhanifrasool@kkkuk.edu.pk EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. in English (Literature) Thesis title: “Fictional Rewriting of Pakistan’s National Narrative: A Case Study of the Novels of Kamila Shamsie & Nadeem Aslam” Islamia College, Peshawar (A Public Sector University), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PAKISTAN M.Phil. in English (Literature) Thesis title: “An Analysis of Social Realism in Ahmad Ali’s Twilight in Delhi (1940)” Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology D. I. Khan, PAKISTAN M.A. (English Linguistics & Literature) National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, PAKISTAN M.A. (English) University of Peshawar, PAKISTAN B.Sc. (English, Statistics, & Chemistry) University of Peshawar, PAKISTAN OTHER QUALIFICATIONS Postgraduate Diploma in TEFL Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, PAKISTAN Diploma in English National Institute of Modern Languages, Islamabad, PAKISTAN Certificate in English National Institute of Modern Languages, Islamabad, PAKISTAN Certificate in Persian Consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran, Peshawar, PAKISTAN Diploma in Homoeopathic Medical System (DHMS) National Council for Homoeopathy, Govt. of PAKISTAN 1 RESEARCH INTERESTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Contemporary South Asian/ Pakistani Fiction in English Novels of Kamila Shamsie & Nadeem Aslam Historicity of Literature (Literature history, politics and society) Literature and Psychoanalysis Literature and Philosophy Comparative literature (Pashto/Urdu & English) World Literature in Translation Islam, East and Western Literature Existentialist Literature South Asian Literary/ Cultural/ Political Movements reflective of the themes of freedom, resistance, eclecticism and tolerance 11. Progressive and Eclectic Aspects of Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958) TEACHING INTERESTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. South Asian/Pakistani Literature in English Pakistani Novel in English History of English Literature World Literature in Translation Existentialist Literature Islam, East and Western Literature History/Critical Study of English Literature Romantic Poetry/ Romantic Aesthetics Victorian /Modern Novel Academic Research Writing French Fiction in Translation Russian Fiction in Translation Urdu Literature in Translation Pashto Poetry in Translation WORK EXPERIENCE 1. October 10, 2016 - Present: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2. September 24, 2013- October 10, 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Edwardes College, Peshawar 3. January 10, 2005 – September 23, 2013: Lecturer in English, Department of English, Edwardes College, Peshawar 2 4. September 21, 2002- January 09, 2005: Lecturer in English, PAF Degree College, Risalpur, Nowshera 5. January 30 2002 – September 20, 2002: Lecturer in English, Army Public College Peshawar 6. September 8, 1996 – January 29, 2002: English Teacher, PAF Shaheen College, Peshawar WORK EXPERIENCE (Visiting/Part-time) 1. 2009-2011, 2013-2015: Visiting Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages, Peshawar Campus 2. 2013-2015 & 2017-2018: Resource Person/ Tutor, MA English (Previous & Final) Distance Education Programme, University of Peshawar 3. 2008-2016: Resource Person/ Tutor, PGD TEFL & MA TEFL, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Peshawar Campus 4. 2015-2018: Resource Person Higher Education Teachers Training Academy (Formerly HETTA now HEARET) Peshawar, under Higher Education Department, Govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar 5. 2021- : Resource Person: Mafkoora (Research and Development Centre), Peshawar OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES/POSITIONS (Administrative & Academic) PRESENT 1. October 2016-Present: Head, Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 2. March 2017-Present: Convener, Board of Studies, Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 3. May 16, 2020-Present: Convener, University Purchase Committee(UPC), Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 4. November 25, 2020-Present: Convener, Committee for Protection against the Harassment of Women at the Workplace, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 5. January 08, 2022-Present: Convener, Examination Disciplinary Committee (EDC), Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 6. March 16, 2022-Present: Member, Dispute Resolution and Grievance Redressal Committee, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 7. August 24, 2021-Present: Member, Standing Committee to Streamline Academic Complications, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 8. December 10, 2020-Present: Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, Islamia College, Peshawar 9. November 09, 2021-Present: Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, University of Chitral, Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10. December 14, 2021-Present: Member, Board of Studies, Department of Pashto, Govt. Postgraduate College, Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3 11. October 2016-Present: Patron, CARD (Council of Academic Research & Dialogue), Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 12. April 2017-Present: Patron-in-Chief, The Bards, Literary Club of the Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak PAST 1. 2016-2017: Focal Person/Coordinator, Highway Section, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak 2. 2014-2016: Member Board of Governors, Edwardes College, Peshawar 3. 2013-2016: Staff-In-Charge, The Literary Society, Edwardes College Peshawar 4. 2005-2013: Staff-in-Charge, The Debating Society, Edwardes College, Peshawar 5. 2010-2016: Editor English Section, The Edwardian, (Annual literary journal of Edwardes College, Peshawar) PAPER PUBLICATIONS/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES International Journal Publication Syed Hanif Rasool, “Towards Peace in South Asia: Retrospecting the Political and Religious Ideals of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad” in Indo-Iranica (ISSN: 03780856) Volume 67 Nos. 1-4 March, June, Sept & Dec. 2014, Iran Society, Kolkata700 016 National Journal Publications 1. Syed Hanif Rasool, Jahangir Khan, Kifayatullah, “Resisting the Elitist Narrative: Representation of the Subalterns in Pakistani Novel in English” The Dialogue, Qurtuba University, Peshawar, Pakistan, Vol. 17, Issue: 02, April-June 2022 2. Syed Hanif Rasool, Kifayatullah, Jahangir Khan, “Ahmad Ali’s Progressive Fiction: Trajectories of Tradition and Modernity” Hayatian Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol. 05, Issue 01, 2021 3. Kifayatullah, Syed Hanif Rasool “Exploring Diasporic Identity in Adiche’s Americanah” The Dialogue, Qurtuba University, Peshawar, Vol. 16, Issue: 04 October-December 2021 4. Syed Hanif Rasool, “Negotiating Conflict: Regional and National Identities in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English”, University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol.5, Issue 1, January -June 2021 5. Nouman Tahir, Syed Hanif Rasool, “Politics of Religion in Tehmina Durrani’s Blasphemy”, University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature ISSN (E): 2663-1512, ISSN (P): 2617-3611, Vol. 04 Issue 01 January – June 2020 6. Jahangir Khan, Syed Hanif Rasool, Kifayatullah, “Living with Belief: Politics of Religion in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane” University of Chitral Journal of Religious Studies, ISSN: 2616-6496, Vol. 04, Issue 01, July-December 2020 7. Syed Hanif Rasool, Amjad Saleem, “Dissenting the Dominant Narrative: An Analysis of the Occupy Movement in Light of Stuart Hall’s Cultural Studies”, The Discourse, Vol. 06 Number 01, January -June, 2020, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan 8. Syed Hanif Rasool, Abdus Salam Khalis, “Reimagining the Cold War: Change, Continuity and Conflict in Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds (1994)” The 4 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Dialogue, Qurtuba University, Peshawar, Pakistan, Vol. 14, Number 04, October-December, 2019 Abdul Majid, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Syed Hanif Rasool “Stylistic Analysis of the Poem ‘Humanity i love you’ By E.E. Cummings” University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature (E): 2663-1512, ISSN (P): 2617-3611, Vol.03, Issue 02, July-December 2019 Syed Hanif Rasool, Kifayatullah, Uzma Sadiq, “Subverting the British Raj: Delhi as a Metaphor of Resistance in Ahmad Ali’s Twilight in Delhi (1940)” The Discourse, Vol. 05 Number 02 July-December 2019, AWKUM, KP, Pakistan Syed Hanif Rasool, Jahangir Khan, Fasih Ur Rahman, “Rukhsana Ahmad’s ‘The Gatekeeper’s Wife’: An Existentialist Study of a Western Woman’s Experience of the South Asian Mystique” PUTAJ – Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Vol. 26, Number 01, January-June, 2019 Syed Hanif Rasool, “The Cultural and Literary Impact of Persia and Persian on English Literature” Paygham Ashna, (ISSN: 2079-4568) Vol. 19, S. No. 74 JulySeptember 2018, Cultural Consulate, Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamabad, Pakistan Azimullah, Abdul Hamid, Syed Hanif Rasool, “Relocating Aborigines in Sally Morgan’s My Place” University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol. 02, Issue 02, July-Dec. 2018 Syed Hanif Rasool, Jahangir Khan, “Pashtun Images in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English”, Journal of Linguistics and Literature, Vol. 01, Issue 01, July-Dec. 2017 International Conferences 1. “Envisioning Pluralistic Pakhtunkhwa: Humanistic Images in the Poetry of Rahman Baba”, Globalising Lockloric Wisdom, International Conference on Folk Literature in Pakistani Languages, 30-31 March, 2022, IIIRD, Department of English, IIUI and HEC, Pakistan 2. “Underlining Glocal Narratives: Images of Embattled World in Pakistani Novel in English”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Academic Research, 15-17, 2022, Department of Library & Information Science, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak in collaboration with Department of Library Science, University of Peshawar, PAKISTAN 3. “Writing Wars: A Study of Nadeem Aslam’s Novels”, USICOLL-17: First International Conference on Language and Literature, November 6-7-8, 2017, Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, PAKISTAN 4. “From Sarmad Shaheed to Abul Kalam Azad: The Tradition of Eclecticism, Pluralism, and Secularism in South Asia”, 1st International Humanities Conference 2017, Locating the Transcultural Humanities in Pakistan/ South Asia, 13-15 October, 2017, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Punjab, PAKISTAN 5. “Contest of Regional and National Identities: Images of the Fragmented Self in Contemporary Pakistani in English”, 2nd IIUI-UNCW International Conference on Local Cities, Foreign Capitals: Finding the Local Anchor in the 5 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Global Cultures, 9-11 October, 2017, International Islamic University, Islamabad, PAKISTAN “Resisting the Elitist Narrative; Representation of the Subaltern in Pakistani Novel in English” 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Society, January 5-8, 2017, Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, PAKISTAN “Sarmad Shaheed: An Apostle of Indo-Persian Pluralist Sufism”, International Conference on Cultural & Lingual Commonalities between Iran & Pakistan, November 22-24, 2015, Department of Persian Language & Literature, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, PAKISTAN “Revisiting Syed Ahmad Shaheed’ s Tehreek-e-Mujahedeen: First Liberation Movement of the Wali Ullahi School”, International Conference on The Role of Syed Ahmad Shaheed as Preacher, Freedom Fighter, and Reformer: A Critical Review, July 29-31, 2015, Hazara Chair, Hazara University, Mansehra, PAKISTAN “Bridging Tradition and Modernity: Revisiting Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as a Postmodern Muslim Intellectual”, International Conference on Visions of Indian modernity and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, November 10 & 11, 2014, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, INDIA “Towards Peace in South Asia: Retrospecting The Political and Religious Ideals of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad “, International Seminar on Nationalistic Ideals of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Their Relevance in the Subcontinent Today, Sept. 13-14, 2015, Iran Society, Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR, Kolkata, INDIA “The Ethos of Al-Hilal and the Spirit of Abul Kalam Azad” Commemorating the Hundred Years of Al-Hilal, 1912-2012, International Seminar, For Nation and Islam: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in Retrospect, on 28-29 August, 2012, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, INDIA National Conferences/Literary Festivals 1. “Pakistan between Fiction and History: Border, War, and Partition in Pakistani Fiction in English”, Peshawar Literature Festival, 24-26 May, 2022, Institute of Research and Education, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 2. “Subverting the British Raj: Delhi as a Metaphor of Resistance in Ahmad Ali’s Twilight in Delhi (1940), 1st National Conference on English Language and Literature (NCELL 2017), Endorsing inter-disciplinary and inter-genre research within the domain of English, Thursday, 14 December 2017, University of Education, Township Campus, Lahore 3. “Pashtun Images in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English”, 1st National Conference on Contemporary Trends in English Language and Literature, 13-14 October, 2017, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad 4. “Al-Hilal (1912): The First Call for Freedom in the Twentieth Century British India”, Commemorating the Hundred Years of Al-Hilal, 1912-2012, National Seminar on The Role of Al-Hilal in the Freedom Struggle, on 08, 2012, Sindh Sagar Academy, at Alhamra Hall, Lahore. 6 Edited Books/Publications 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Objective Tests in English Literature (First ed. 2016) Objective English, (First ed. 2014, Second ed. 2015, Third ed. 2017) Building Word Power (First ed. 2009, Second ed. 2016) An Outline of English Grammar (First ed. 2006) Mastering English Grammar (First ed. 2021) RESEARCH SUPERVISION Undergraduate (BS English) 1. Mr. Saad Salman, 2021: “Masculinity and Femininity: A Dichotomy in Tehmina Durrani’s Autobiographical Narrative, My Feudal Lord”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 2. Mr. Ibrar Hussain, 2021: “Motivational Videos and Spoken English Proficiency: A Case Study of the BS Students at Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 3. Ms. Summa Amin 2021: “Portrayal of Women Spatial Marginalization in Tehmina Durrani’s Blasphemy”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 4. Arshad Iqbal 2021: “Social Media and Second Language Learning: A Case Study of BS Students at Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 5. Mr. Khazer Jamil 2021: “Trajectories of Tradition and Modernity in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 6. Mr. Atif Ullah 2021: “Sociological Obstacles to Learning English Faced by the Male Students of Intermediate Level at Tehsil Takht E Nasrati, Karak”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak 7. Mr. Azhar Mehmood 2021: “Common Writing Problems in English: A Case Study of Male Private High Schools Student of Tehsil Karak, District Karak”, Department of English, KKKU, Karak Postgraduate (MA/MA TEFL) 1. Mr. Safirullah, MA English 2015: “A Study of Ethnicity in Khalid Hosseini’s Novel, The Kite Runner”, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad (Peshawar Campus). 2. Ms Afshan Mahmood, MA TEFL 2o18:” An Analysis of Cross-Linguistic Influence in English Text Messages of Pashto Speaking Youth” AIOU, Islamabad 3. Mr. Abdul Majid, MA TEFL 2021: “Content Analysis of 5th Grade Textbook of English at Primary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”, AIOU, Islamabad 4. Mr. Shah Jehan, MA TEFL 2022: “Effects of the Schema Theory Based on Pre Reading-Tasks on Reading Comprehension at Intermediate Level”, AIOU, Islamabad MPhil/PhD 7 Mr. Atif Iqbal, MPhil 2022: “Death of a Culture and Birth of a Nation in Ahmad Ali’s Twilight in Delhi” Qurtuba University, Peshawar Articles/ Translations in Urdu 1. “Sarmad Shaheed: Hind wo Faris Rawadarana Tasawuf ka Imam”, Sukhun e Ishq, (a collection of articles in Urdu) Published by Cultural Consulate, Embassy of Islamic republic of Iran, Islamabad, Pakistan 2. “Esperanto Yawa Aalami djaba”, Esperanto; An International Language”, Published in Pashto, ISSN: 0555-8158, March-April 1999 by Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Research Projects 2009- Present: Secretary, Abul Kalam Azad Research Institute Pakistan, (AKARIPAK) Karachi & Peshawar From 2009 till his demise in 2021, I have assisted Dr. Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri, internationally recognised Pakistani historian, in his research work on the life, works and thoughts of Abul Kalam Azad and South Asian Freedom and resistance Movements. Published Compilations 1. Makateeb e Abul Kalam Azad (Vol 1) 2014 2. Tehreek e Sheikh ul Hind 2014 PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS International 1. Workshop on Best Practices in Methodology for English ACCESS Programmes, July-August 2007, American Centre, New Delhi, INDIA 2. 48th Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition, 2-5 April 2014, Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, UNITED KINGDOM National 1. Consultative Workshop on Revamping Undergraduate Curriculum, 29-30 April 2019, HEC, Pakistan 2. Course in Research Methodology, 11-16 2009, HEC, Pakistan 3. Training Workshop on English for Specific Purposes, 3-4 July 2008, City University, Peshawar, Pakistan 4. Training Workshop for Education and Career Counsellors, Education Counsellor Workshop 2009, British Council Pakistan 5. National Workshop on Research Methodology-Scope and Application, 22-24, 2008, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board, Peshawar, Pakistan 6. National Workshop on Editing Techniques, 29-31 2008, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board, Peshawar, Pakistan 8 7. English Language Training Workshop, 14 June 2007, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan 8. Training Workshop on English for Specific Purposes, 12-13 July 2006, City University, Peshawar, Pakistan 9. Course of Instruction in English for Academic Purposes, 24-29 April 2006, British Council Pakistan & Higher Education Commission of Pakistan 10. Training Workshop for Writers of English Textbooks, 21-26 March 2005, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board, Peshawar, Pakistan 11. Certificate of Training, Teachers Refresher Course, June-July 1997, Pakistan Air Force, PAF College Samungli, Quetta, Pakistan LANGUAGES Pushto, Urdu, English, Hindko, Panjabi & Persian (familiar)] PERSONAL 1. Born in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Date of Birth: 1/1/1972) 2. Residing in Karak (Since October 2016 -) & Peshawar (Since 1988 -) 3. Lived in Murree/Rawalpindi/Islamabad (1972-1988), Peshawar (1988-2016) & Abbottabad (2015, 2016) 4. Travelled in India (2007, 2014) & UK (2014) 5. Married with two children 9