Bahri, Hamid
Study Abroad LiaisonAssociate Professor
World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities
Phone: 718-262-2463
Office Location: AC-3C10
hbahri@york.cuny.edu
Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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PhD | Graduate Center, CUNY | French | 2004 |
MPhil | Graduate Center, CUNY | French | 1999 |
MA | Graduate Center, CUNY | Liberal Studies | 1994 |
certificate | Marymount Manhattan College/UN | Translation and Interpretation | 1992 |
Areas of Expertise
- French and Francophone Literature
Translation Theory in French Texts
Film & Cultural Studies
Women's Writings
Arabic Culture and Literature
Books in Field Of Expertise
Articles in Field Of Expertise
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Hamid Bahri. "Father-daughter relations in the Francophone Maghrebian novel: Assia Djebar’s Loin de Médine." Francographies,” Numéro Spécial 5, Nouvelle série 2. 2004: 71-84.
Chapters in Field Of Expertise
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Hamid Bahri. "Race and Color in the Age of the Arab Spring in North Africa." Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa. 2014: 135-156.
Hamid Bahri/Francesca Canade Sautman. "Crossing History, Dis-Orienting the Orient: Amin Maalouf's Uses of the "Medieval"." Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World. 2009: 174-205.
Hamid Bahri. "Music, Women in Muslim Africa." Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Vol. 3 2007: pp. 1047-1049.
Hamid Bahri. "Daughters of the Nile." Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Vol. 2 2007: 382.
Hamid Bahri. "Baths, Public: II. Muslim Middle East." Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Vol. 1 2007: 118-119.
Reviews in Field Of Expertise
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"Choice Literary Review of The Homoerotics of Orientalism by Joseph Allen Boone . New York: Columbia University Press" 2016: .
"Baghdad: the city in verse, ed. and tr. by Reuven Snir. Harvard, 2013" 2014: Vol. 51, No 10, 5432.
"Poems for the millennium: v. 4: the University of California book of North African literature, ed. by Pierre Joris and Habib Tengour. California, 2013." 2014: Vol. 51 no. 05.
"The Literary heritage of the Arabs: an anthology, ed. by Suheil Bushrui and James M. Malarkey. Saqi Books, 2012" 2013: Vol. 50 no. 11.
"Eberhardt, Isabelle. Writings from the sand, v.1: Collected works of Isabelle Eberhardt, ed. and introd. by Marie-Odile Delacour and Jean-René Huleu; tr. by Melissa Marcus. Nebraska, 2012" 2012: Vol. 50 no. 03.
"Martin, Florence. Screens and veils: Maghrebi women's cinema. Indiana, 2011." 2012: Vol. 49 no. 09.
"Cazenave, Odile. Contemporary Francophone African writers and the burden of commitment, by Odile Cazenave and Patricia Célérier. Virginia, 2011" 2011: Vol. 49 no. 01.
"Conteh-Morgan, John. New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres, by John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas. Indiana, 2010" 2010: Vol. 48 no. 10.
"Bourget, Carine. The star, the cross, and the crescent: religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010" 2010: Vol. 48 no. 03.
"Turnovsky, Geoffrey. The literary market: authorship and modernity in the old regime. Pennsylvania, 2010" 2010: Vol. 47 no. 11.
"Le Clézio, J. M. G. Desert, tr. by C. Dickson. [1st US ed.]. D.R. Godine, 2009." 2010: Vol. 47 no. 07.
Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances
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" Paper: Roundtable Panelist on “Édouard Glissant, Beyond Walls,” January 4, 2018 at the MLA in New York. (Forthcoming) " January 4, 2018: Modern Languaes Association Conference in New York.
" Francophone North African Jewish Authors and the Future of Roots” in “The Future " January 3-6, 2013: Modern Languages Association (MLA).
" The Power of Poetry: Tunisian Writing and Regional Change,” in “Cultures of Occupation and Boycott,” " January 3-6, 2013: Modern Languages Association (MLA) convention, Boston.
" “Between Blackness and Berberity: Negotiating Identities” in “Algeria Revisited: Contested Identities in the Colonial and Postcolonial Periods.” " April 11-13, 2012: International Conference, University of Leicester, UK,.
" “North African Identities and Race,” at “Franco-Maghrebi Crossings” " November, 3-5, 2011: International Conference by Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
" “Teaching Foreign Languages to First Learners: A Definitive Methodology?” " May 4th, 2012: Queens College (LOTE).
" Keynote speaker at “As the Region Explodes”: Forum on the revolutions in the Arab world. York College, CUNY. " March 15, 2011: York College.
" Discussion of Dr. Martin Atangana’s: The End of French Rule in Cameroun, New York: NY University Press, 2010. " November 10, 2010: York College.
" "The Location of "Terror," Globalization and Arab Reaction" " June 2-5, 2010: John Jay's Ninth Biennial International Conference, "Societies in Transition: Balancing Security, Social Justice and Tradition," Marrakech, Morocco..
" "Marginality in Francophone Twentieth-Century North African Literature" " December 27, 2009: MLA Annual Conference.
" Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Colonialism: "The Old and the New Generations of North African Writers and the Issue of French" " Spring 2008: York College Community.
" "Fissured Identites: Fathers, Daughters and Sons in the Francophone North African Novel" " Nov. 13, 2007: Graduate Center, CUNY.
" "The Colonial Language and Modern Arab Writing: Ambivalence, Identity and Agency" at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference in Boston-Massachussetts " Nov. 18-21: National/International Audience.
" The Rise of the Arab Novel: "Colonial Languages, French and English" " Dec, 2006: MLA Annual Conference, Philadelphia.
" "Francophone Intellectuals and the Post 9/11 War on Terro: Negotiations and Compromises" at Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) " 2007: University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships
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Certificat of Appreciation: Feb. 9, 2014.
Dean’s Award (Certificate of Recognition): 2014.
Dean’s Award (Certificate of Recognition): 2013.
Writing Fellow Fellowship: 2001-2003.
Grants-In-Aid
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PSC CUNY Grant, Race and Identities in North African Literature (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Summer of 2009: $2,250.
PSC CUNY Grant, Ethnicity and Race in the Algerian Sahara. Summer of 2010: $3,585.
PSC CUNY Grant, Race and Otherness in Tunisia. Summer of 2012: $6,000.
Other Professional Activities and Public Service
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The French Colonial Historical Society: 2013 - present.
Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique (SPFFA: 2005 - present.
Modern Language Association (MLA): 1998 - present.
American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA): 2005 - present.
Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC): 2003 - present.
Francophone Association of City University of New York (CUNY): 1995 - present.
Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc (MESA): 2005 - present.