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I am an Assistant/ Associate Professor in Modern English Literature in the English Department, College of Languages, Sulaimani University, Iraqi Kurdistan, where I have worked since 2010. I have lectured on BA, MA and PhD modules in a wide range of subjects (the novel, drama and literary theory) and I have also supervised BA Hons and MA dissertations. I hold a BA in English Language and Literature (Sulaimani University - 2004), an MA in National and International Literatures in English (Merit) (University of London - 2009), a PhD in Modern English Literature (Brunel University London - 2016), and a PGCHE (University of Falmouth - 2021) in University Teaching. My PhD at Brunel University – London was on modernist British women writers and the philosophy of Henri Bergson and William James. Sections of my PhD have already been published in various journals, and more will follow.
I have also taught at the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani (AUIS); Al-Zahra College for Women, Oman (where I was Head of Department); Komar University of Science and Technology; the University of Human Development and Cihan University. I have supervised MA theses at the University of Kurdistan, Hawler, and, in addition, have served as an invited external MA thesis examiner at several universities in the region. 
My PhD research sought to explore and scrutinise the influence of William James and Henri Bergson on the role of selected British modern female writers of the early decades of the twentieth century, mainly from 1918 to 1929. The research provides a new interpretation of the way texts are framed and formed, writers' and characters’ inner perception of the outside world, and how the identity of women’s writing practice altered fluidly and aesthetically. 
As well as my original focus on Anglo-American and transnational modernism, my research interests now include contemporary British and American fiction, as well as literature in English about Kurdistan, whether by Kurds or by non-Kurds. I also like films and graphic novels, so don’t be surprised to hear me discuss these. Please see my publications list for examples. I am listed on: 

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5885-5832; 
Academia Edu: https://sulaimaniu.academia.edu/AlanAliSaeed 
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