Houda HAMDI | université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma

Experienced teacher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in lecturing, public speaking, editing, translation. Fluent in Arabic, French and English. Strong research professional with a Doctorate focused in Comparative Literature from University of Bouzerhea Algiers - Algeria, a Master 2 degree in cultural development and project management from the University of Lyon 2, France, a magister in comparative literature, and a Bachelor in teaching EFL. Highly involved in the cultural sector.

Teaching activities

Teaching activities:

About 20 years of teaching experience at licence and master levels.

Courses taught (non-exhaustive list): Algerian Literature, Contemporary Anglophone Literatures, Comparative literature, Literature and Arts, Communication practices, Oral expression.

Supervision of students

Supervision of students:

2019-2020
"Violence and trauma in Hafid Gafaiti’s The Slit Throat of the Sun and The Return of the Damned" (ongoing) by HAMAIDIA Imane & GOUADRIA Ouarda
"The use of young adult literature in literature classrooms" by DALI Amdjed & DAFRI Feriel.

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2017-2018
“The Coming of Age of Aisha in Ahdaf Soeuif’s I Think of You”
BOULOUH Safa

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2015-2016
“The portrayal of injustice in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born and Rachid Boudjedra’s La Répudiation.”
Submitted by Imane HAMLAOUI.

“From Shakespeare to Arab Screen: A comparative study between King Lear and the Series Dahcha”.
Submitted by Fatma Zohra AMIRAT & Nadira BOUTEMDJET.

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2014-2015
“The Use of Orality in: Gloria Naylor’s Bailey’s Café and Diana Abu-Jaber’s Arabian Jazz.”
Submitted by: Souraya BAKHOUCHE, Imen RAMDANI, Boutheina SOLTANI.

“Postmodernism in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Novel A Grain of Wheat.”
Submitted by: Imane FARAH & Ilhem LAGUEL.

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2013-2014
“Overcoming Violence Through Female Solidarity in Gloria Naylor’s novels The Women of Brewster Place and Linden Hills.”
Submitted by Wanassa HADDADI.

Teaching documents

Teaching documents:

M1 course "Introduction to Algerian Literature" (Polycopies)
Youtube channel: Algerian literature: book (Re)views. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLb6jPWKefTzI-8aPIeYLm5sfhnuJ30L

Research interest

Research interest:

Literature, culture, postcolonial studies, gender studies.

Ongoing research project

Ongoing research project:

Two major axes:
- The development of students' intercultural competence through the module of "Oral expression"
- Gendered war narrative in Algerian State sponsored war movies.

Scientific publications

Scientific publications :

Scientific publications

• Books :

Hamdi, H., Ed. (2019) Maïssa Bey : Deux décennies de créativité, Paris: l’Harmattan.
Hamdi, H., & Meriem Serhani, (2014) Cultural policies in Algeria. A Project. Bayrut: Culture Resource, 2014.

• Articles :

Hamdi, H., (Under review) “Maïssa Bey’s Au commencement était la mer… and Hizya: an ‘écriture de l’effritement’”
Hamdi, H., (Under review) “L’écriture de l’orature chez Assia Djebar”

Hamdi, H., (2019) “Compétence interculturelle dans l'enseignement des langues étrangères: enjeux et perspectives.” مشكلات الحضارة . vol. 8, n 2, pp. 70-78.
Hamdi, H., (2018) “Writing Violence in Bashīr Muftī’s ʾAshbāḥ al-Madīna al-Maqtūla (The Ghosts of the Murdered City)” in Journal of North African Politics. Special issue: Violence and the Politics of Aesthetics: A Postcolonial Maghreb without Borders, vol. 23, n° 1-2, Ed. Brahim El Guabli & Jill Jarvis. pp. 140-153.
Hamdi, H., (2016) “Why study literature in Algerian English Language Classroom: a Competence-based study” in. Annales des Lettres et des Langues de l’Université de Guelma, N° 15. pp. 1-9.
Hamdi, H., (2011) “Historical (re)construction in L’Amour la fantasia, Vaste est la prison, and La Femme sans sépulture by Assia Djebar” in. Expressions maghrébines. Écritures carcérales dans les littératures maghrébines, vol. 10, n° 2. pp. 145-160.
Hamdi, H., (2011) “The subjectivation of the female body in some novels by Assia Djebar and Gloria Naylor” in. Nivedini: Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 17. Sri Lanka: Women’s Education and Research Centre. pp. 25-41.
Hamdi, H., (2007) “La Subversion de l’espace dans Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement de Assia Djebar” in. Algérie Littérature / Action N° 103-104. Paris : Marsa édition.

• Book Chapters :

Hamdi, H., (2019) “Loin de Médine de Assia Djebar: vers une histoire de l’Islam au féminin” in. Femmes d’Islam dans la Littérature, le Cinéma et l’Art Contemporain. Ed. Catherine Perry. L’Harmattan.
Hamdi, H., (2019) “Du politique au lyrique dans Puisque mon cœur est mort de Maïssa Bey” in. Maïssa Bey : deux décennies de créativité. Ed. Houda Hamdi. Paris: L’Harmattan. pp. 83-98.
Hamdi, H., (2016) “Community (dis)integration and kinship (ab)use in Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills” in. L’Effondrement de la famille dans la littérature féminine noire américaine. Ed. N’Guessan Kouadio Germain. Saint-Denis: Edilivre. pp. 41-58.
Hamdi, H., (2013) “Chapter: Algeria” in. Monitoring Freedom of Creative Expression. Arterial Network Report. Artwatch Arterial Network project. Research for Arterial Network.

• Conference proceedings:

Hamdi, H., (2016) “The importance of the ICTs in the development of cultural tourism: a comparative study between Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco” in. Annales des Sciences Sociales et Humaines de l’Université de Guelma, N° 14. pp. 1-14.
Hamdi, H., (2012) “La langue en marche dans L’Interdite de Malika Mokeddem” in Dynamisme des Langues, Souveraineté des Cultures, Ed. Mongia ARFA et Sahnoun SAÏD. Publications de l’Institut Supérieur de Tunis, 2012. pp. 75-81.
Hamdi, H., (2016) “L’Anthroponomie au prisme de la brachylogie” in. Annales des Lettres et des Langues de l’Université de Guelma, n° 15. pp. 29-35.
Hamdi, H., (2010) “La polyphonie dans l’écriture féminine francophone algérienne: Cas de La femme sans sépulture de Assia Djebar et Bleu blanc vert de Maïssa Bey” in. Le Maghreb des années 1990 à nos jours: Emergence d’un nouvel imaginaire et de nouvelles écritures, Ed. Faouzia Benjelid & Mohamed Daoud, Editions CRASC. pp. 47-52.

• Interviews :

Hamdi, H., & Nassira Belloula (Forthcoming 2020) “Entretien avec Nassira Belloula : Trajectoire, engagements, et écriture »
Hamdi, H., & Christophe Martin “Entretien Avec Christophe Martin Autour de l’Adaptation Théâtrale de Bleu Blanc Vert De Maïssa Bey in. Revue Algérienne des Lettres. V. 3. N. 3.
Hamdi, H., & Charles Bonn “Entretien avec Charles Bonn” in. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. SITES. “Open Issue.” V. 23. N. 5.
Hamdi, H., & Bachir Mefti (2018) “Entretien avec l’écrivain Bachir Mefti” in. Limag.com

Scientific conferences

Scientific conferences:

Scientific conferences

Guest speaker at Lyon 2 University, France, September 25th, 2019, “Maïssa Bey: une écriture à contre silences »
Guest speaker at the American University, Washington DC, USA, April 2019, “The Politics of visual commemoration in Algeria: Gender in State Sponsored Cinema”.

(March 2019) “Maïssa Bey’s Fiction or le roman de l’éffritement”. Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference, Washington DC, USA.

2 – 3 May 2018: National colloquium Une Femme, une écrivaine, plusieurs voix, Abderrahmane Mira Bejaia University (Algeria)
“Le Français : langue de l’autre ou langue de soi ? L’évolution de la conscience linguistique chez Assia Djebar”

15 – 17 April 2018: International colloquium Les voies/voix interculturlles des langues et des cultures, Batna 2 university (Algeria)
“Education interculturelle et enseignement des langues étrangères: enjeux et perspectives”

8 - 9 November 2015: International colloquium L’Entrepreneuriat et son rôle dans le développement du secteur du tourisme en Algérie, 8 Mai 1945 University –Guelma (Algeria)
“The importance of the ICTs in the developement of (cultural) tourism in Algeria.”

3 - 4 November 2015: National conference Intercultural communication in the Digital Age, University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Algerian students between the Like, the Share and the Report: on the importance of intercultural education in the digital age”. Co-authored with Meriem SERHANI.
Also: Member of the scientific committee.

28 - 29 October 2015: International colloquium Définir les territoires de la brachylogie, University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Anthroponymie au prisme de la brachylogie: des noms qui disent l’être et le monde.”
Also: Member of the scientific and organizing committees.

11 May 2015: Study day on Literature 8 Mai 1945 University –Guelma (Algeria)
“Why study literature?”
Also: event coordinator.

14 April 2015: Study day: Tribute to Assia Djebar, 8 Mai 1945 University –Guelma (Algeria)
“Assia Djebar: a Life, an Œuvre.”
Also: event coordinator.

16-17 December 2014: International colloquium Women as Self, Women as Other: (De)constructing Female Identities and Representations.
University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Where are all the Women Gone? On the non-representation of Algerian Women Freedom Fighters in Algerian Cinema.”
Also: event coordinator and president of the scientific committee.

11 December 2013: Study Day Culture and University. University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Developing Students’ Competencies Through Cultural Activities.”
Also: Member of the organising committee.

28-30 October 2013: The First National Conference Twenty-first-century Africa in the Global Era: Between Stagnancy and Dynamism. University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Creative industries and higher education in Algeria: realities and perspectives.”

5-7 November 2012: International colloquium Jeux et enjeux de l’Histoire dans les représentations littéraires et artistiques, University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“New History or new historiography: Gloria Naylor tells Herstory in Linden Hills.”
Also: Member of the organising and scientific committees.

29 August -2 September 2012: 6ème Congrès international des recherches féministes francophones. University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
“Vers l’intégration de la dimension féministe dans une cursus universitaire : étude de cas.”

9-17 June 2012: 14ème Congrès international des Études Francophones, organized by la coordination internationale des études francophones (http://www.cief.info/), Thessalonique (Greece)
“Vers une histoire de l’Islam au Féminin dans Loin de Médine de Assia Djebar.”

16 April 2012: Study day Post-graduate study day on Literature, University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
Also: event coordinator.

8 March 2012: Study day: L’Écriture lieu du dé-voilement au féminin. University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria)
“Elles pèsent toujours leur pesant de poudre : femmes et écritures en Algérie, entre hier et aujourd’hui.”

16-18 June 2011: International graduate conference Colonial legacies, postcolonial contestations, University de Goethe -Frankfurt (Germany)
“From body-object to body-subject: The subjectivation of the female body in some novels by Assia Djebar.”

13-16 April 2011: International colloquium De Bagdad à Grenade, au miroir des mille et une nuits, Grenade (Spain)
“La Sultane et la sœur de l’ombre.”

20-22 June 2010: Closing conference of the FSP/SSH France Maghreb programme, Zéralda (Algeria), co-organized by la FMSH and the CREAD
Participation in conference works and round tables.

15-17 April 2010: International colloquium Dynamique des langues, souveraineté des cultures, University 7 Novembre Carthage. Institut supérieur des langues à Tunis (Tunisia)
“La langue en marche dans l’Interdite de Malika Mokkedem.”

20-21 April 2009: National colloquium “Multiculturalism in Post-colonial Contexts”, University 8 Mai 45 –Guelma (Algeria)
“From Multiculturalism to Crossculturalism in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day.”
Also: Membre of the organizing committee

18-20 November 2008: International colloquium Influences et enjeux des contextes plurilingues sur les textes et les discours, Ecole Normale Supérieure des Lettres et Sciences Humaines –Algiers (Algeria).
“Tangages des langages dans Vaste est la prison de Assia Djebar et L’Interdite de Malika Mokkedem.”

23-24 April 2008: International colloquium Ecriture féminines au Maghreb: Immigration, Identité, Exil, University Ibn Zohr – Agadir (Morocco).
“Écriture de la marge: femmes, espace, et quête identitaire.”

20 April 2008: Study day One World, diffrent visions.
University 8 Mai -Guelma (Algérie).
“World Heritage : diversity, richness of humanity.”
Also: Member of the organising committee

14 -15 April 2008: Two study days Cross-Cultural Discourses in Literature / Civilisation and Linguistics / Didactics, University of Algiers (Algeria).
“Gloria Naylor Bridges Wor(l)ds in Mama Day.”

24-25 November 2007: International colloquium Le Maghreb de 1990 à nos jours: émergence d'un nouvel imaginaire et de nouvelles écritures, Le CRASC –Oran (Algeria).
“Polyphonie dans l'écriture féminine francophone algérienne: cas de Assia Djebar et Maïssa Bey.”

12-13 May 2007: Two-day Postgraduate Conference in Literature and Linguistics/Didactics, University of Algiers (Algeria).
“Strategies of Language Subversion in the novels of Assia Djebar and Gloria Naylor.”

12 March 2007: Study day La femme Africaine militante pour une vie meilleure, Université 08 Mai –Guelma (Algeria).
“La Littérature Féminine Algérienne: état des Lieux.”

2-3 March 2007: International colloquium Esthétique du Mouvement dans les Arts et la Littérature. JEPTAV 6th Edition, University of Sousse (Tunisia).
“Corps en Mouvement: le Dévoilement du Corps féminin dans Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement de Assia Djebar.”

15-17 February 2007: International colloquium Etudes sur le Gender / Genre. Approches théoriques et Champs des recherches en Méditerranée, University of Tunis (Tunisia)
“Maghreb Women as Doubly Other: Maghreb Female Experience at the Margins of Post-colonial and Feminist Theories.”

12 December 2006: ‘The First Conference on Falling Standards in English Acquisition: Causes and Remedies, University 8 Mai –Guelma (Algeria).
“Language and Culture. Literary Texts as Means to Teach / Learn the Language.”

Scientific activities

Scientific activities :

Scientific activities

Collaboration and network

Collaboration and network:

Member of ‘La Coordination Internationale des Chercheurs sur les Littératures Maghrébines’ ‘CICLIM’. 2010 to present.
“Jeux et enjeux de la mémoire et de l'Histoire dans la représentation artistique et littéraire” University Badji Mokhtar –Annaba (Algeria). 2011-2016. Prof. Ahmed CHENIKI. Contact : acheniki@yahoo.fr
“Pratiques culturelles en Algérie : genèse et emprunts” 2009-2011. University Badji Mokhtar –Annaba (Algeria). Prof. Ahmed CHENIKI. Contact: acheniki@yahoo.fr
“Passages XX-XXI” programme LIMAG (littératures du Maghreb). University Lumière –Lyon 2. (France), 2009-2011. Prof. Charles BONN. Contact: bonn.charles@gmail.com
FSP France-Maghreb “Ecrire sous/sans le voile: femmes, Maghreb et écriture”, Ecole normale supérieure lettres et sciences humaines –Lyon (France). 2008-2010. Prof. Christine DETREZ. Contact: christine.detrez@free.fr

Honor and distinction

Honor and distinction:

Fulbright visiting scholar Alumna at the American University, Washington DC, USA. February 20 to August 20th, 2019.

Travel / accommodation external grants provided by events organizers: MedCulture (2017), Artwatch Africa (2014) ENACT (2013), UNESCO German commission (2012-2013), European Union (2013), 6ème Congrès international des recherches féministes francophones (2012), Swiss International Gender Studies Summer School (2010), AUF (2007, 2008, 2009).

Community services

Community services:

Talks:
Guest speaker at "Wikistage Guelma" (1st edition), February 29th, 2020.
Guest speaker at "She Blogs" (first workshop for women empowerment through journalism and blogging funded by the U.S embassy) Berlitz School, Algiers, December 29th, 2019.

Other:
President of the local association DAREC – Guelma (Développement ARtistique et Culturel)
Member and Vice-President of ‘La Coordination Internationale des Chercheurs sur les Littératures Maghrébines’ ‘CICLIM’. 2010-2016.
Co-organizer of the training workshop “Culture et Université pour le Dialogue Interculturel : l’Afrique”. University of 8 Mai 1945- Guelma. 28 May 2014.
Co-organizer and trainer: training-workshop “Management de Projets Culturels”. University 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma. 6 February 2014.
Supervision of students’ projects for their participation in “1er Forum Maghrébin des Arts à Rabat” (Morocco) 22-27 April 2013.
Organizer and co-animator of the training-workshop “Théâtre et rôle du comédien(ne)”. Main trainer Rodrigue BARBE (Actor, director and researcher). University of 8 Mai 1945 –Guelma (Algeria). 8 November 2012
Youtube channel: Algerian literature: book (Re)views. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLb6jPWKefTzI-8aPIeYLm5sfhnuJ30L