Ferial Ghazoul
- Position: Professor
- Department: Department of English and Comparative Literature
- Email: fghazoul@aucegypt.edu
Brief Biography
Ferial Ghazoul is a professor of English and comparative literature. She is the editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, an annual multi-disciplnary publication. She has participated as a judge for a number of prizes and awards, including the Naguib Mafouz Medal and Cavafy Award. She is on the advisory board of several journals and foundations, including Thaqafat, Fusul, Kitab-fi-jarida, and The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.
Research Interest
- Medieval Literature (European and Middle Eastern)
- Gender Studies
- Arabic, African, and French Literatures
- Postcolonial Theory
Education
Studied in Iraq, Lebanon, UK, France, and the US. PhD in comparative literature from Columbia University 1978.