Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:55:48 -0400
From: Lesk Andrew <leska-AT-MAGELLAN.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: Conversion



Wolf

You might try the Universite de Montreal.  Their Comparative Literature
department has an excellent array of postcolonialists...naturally, comp lit
invites a cross-section of literatures, so it might be an easier "in" than a
straightforward English department.

Andrew

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Wolf Factory wrote:

> Dear list members,
> I would like your advice regarding a personal matter.
> I have been on this list for a number of years. Issues
> relating to postcolonial studies particularly those
> touching on the history of the middle east have held
> an enormous fascination for me. I have wondered for a
> number of years whether there is a suitable
> institution where one might take an MA degree in the
> subject without having an academic background in the
> humanities. 
> 
> I currently hold a PhD in molecular biology, I am 29
> years old and still a very fast learner. Such a
> conversion is radical but I would like to find out if
> it is at all possible. I can carry out my studies in
> the UK or the US.
> Yours
> W.F.
> 
> --- "Dr. Salwa Ghaly" <sghaly-AT-sharjah.ac.ae> wrote:
> > I read that book in a completely different light. 
> > T. Hussein was a lot
> > more nuanced than to suggest slavish and wholesale
> > imitation of the
> > West.  What he essentially argued was that Egypt's
> > links with the
> > Mediterranean/Western world were multifaceted and
> > ran deep in history.
> > Egypt, he maintained, had a composite identity and,
> > therefore, could not
> > be considered merely "Arab" or "Muslim."  The 
> > intellectual milieu and
> > context in which that particular book was penned are
> > rather complex.
> > 
> > Salwa
> > 
> > chemicalis wrote:
> > 
> > > rebecca,
> > > an Egyptian writer-Taha Hussein-  wrote a
> > > controversial book (The Future of Culture in
> > > Egypt,1938) stating that Egypt should be part of
> > the
> > > West and should follow its model.
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> ====> "All the wolves in the wolf factory paused at noon, 
> for a moment of silence."
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