Aaisha Umt Ur Rashid
Department of English,LCWU
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Experience
- September 2007 to Date Lecturer, Department of English, LCWU, Lahore, Pakistan
- 2004-2007 Subject Teacher (English) , Defence Public School (JCZ), DHA, Lahore, Pakistan
Honor and Awards
The Intel Award for the Most innovative use of Computer Technology to promote inquiry based learning in students Certificate of Grand Winner
Intel Teach Program (2006-2007)
Memberships
- Member Board of Studies (BS), Department of English, LCWU, Lahore, Pakistan
- Incharge Shaukat Ara Niazi Literary Society, LCWU, Lahore, Pakistan
Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students
2007-2019 BS/MS Supervision of Approx. 45+ theses.
Service Activity
Teaching, Invigilation, Paper Setting, Paper Marking, Coordination of academic matters for Affiliated Colleges, Incharge Shaukat Ara Niazi Literary Society, Coordination of MS thesis, Supervision of BS and MS thesis, Member Board of Studies (BS).
Brief Statement of Research Interest
- Post Colonial Studies (South Asian and South African contexts)
- Psychoanalysis
- Literary Theories/ Literary Movements
- Drama/Poetry/Short Stories
- Curriculum Development
- Creative Writing
Publications
Books:
Manuscript submitted for Publication for a joint Creative Writing Project between International Islamic University, Malaysia and LCWU.
Title: The Bridge
Manuscript in the process of being compiled for poetry collection.
Title: Miracle of Love
Articles published on Gradesaver.com
Silencing the American: A Limitation or Success?” in The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (19th January, 2017)
“The Cinder Path: Andrew Motion’s Shift from Royal to Public” (27th January, 2017)
“Grapes of Wrath as a Compassionate Social Narrative” (27th January, 2017)
Comparative Analysis of the poems, “The Thought Fox” and “Horses” (31st January, 2017)
“Use of Similes and Metaphors in God of Small Things” (1st Feb, 2017)
“A Comparative Analysis of Heart of Darkness and A Passage to India” (30th January, 2017)
“A Feminist Study of Maya Angelou’s poem, Men” (30th January, 2017)
Other Research or Creative Accomplishments
Wrote two English Plays for the annual Parents’ Day at DHA Auditorium
Titles: 1) Lost and Found 2) Modern Version of “A Mid Summer Night’s Dream”
Writing Poetry (First collection of poems in the process of Compilation)-Proposed Title: Miracle of Love
Editor of The Bridge ( A joint creative writing project between IIUM, Malaysia and LCWU, Pakistan)
Manuscript sent for publication
Selected Professional Presentations
Presentations
- Introductory Presentation on the Working of English Department, programs offered and upcoming plans. (International Islamic University Malaysia)
- 16th April, 2019
- Post Colonial Response to the Colonial Representation of the ‘Other’, F-32, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
- 2013
- Presentation on Micro Teaching (Report Writing), Directorate of Faculty Development and Internationalization,
- 23 October 2013
- Absurd Wisdom in Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, Seminar on Modern Drama. IT Conference Room.
- 15 September, 2012
- Reader Response Theory, Seminar on Modern Critical Approaches to Literature, Sabiha Mansoor Auditorium, Lahore College for Women University,
- 2004