Amel Ben Ahmed
@amelbenahmed
Assistant professor of English literature specializing in drama, adaptation, and pedagogy.
TunisiaWhat I'm looking for
I am an Assistant Professor of English Literature with a Ph.D. (2017) and extensive teaching experience across BA and MA programs. I teach Shakespearean studies, British and American drama and poetry, film studies, adaptation, and cultural theory.
I have supervised and evaluated MA dissertations, coordinated literature modules, and served on scientific committees and national exam juries. I currently hold positions at the Higher Institute of Human Sciences, Tunis (University of Tunis El Manar) and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Tunis (University of Tunis).
My research focuses on Henry Fielding, narratology, performance and gender, and literary adaptation; I have multiple peer-reviewed and edited publications with Cambridge Scholars and indexed journals, and I edited conference proceedings and a journal volume in 2023–2024.
I am a multilingual scholar (English, Arabic, French, Spanish) with a record of curriculum coordination, internship supervision, and exam leadership, committed to rigorous teaching, interdisciplinary research, and mentoring graduate students.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Assistant Professor
École Normale Supérieure, Tunis
Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 1 month)
Teach Shakespearean studies and adaptation at master level, supervise MA dissertations and serve on the national admissions scientific committee since Sept 2024, supporting postgraduate training and exam governance.
Assistant Professor
Higher Institute of Human Sciences, Tunis
Sep 2020 - Present (5 years 1 month)
Deliver undergraduate and graduate courses in English literature and film studies, supervise MA dissertations, and contribute to the Master in Intercultural Studies' scientific committee since Sept 2020, enhancing program delivery and graduate supervision.
Assistant Professor
Higher Institute of Languages, Tunis
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 11 months)
Lectured on drama (Theatre of the Absurd and performative studies) in the MA Cross-Cultural Poetics program during 2021–2022, contributing to graduate-level drama pedagogy.
Teaching Assistant
Higher Institute of Human Sciences, Tunis
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 (2 years 11 months)
Taught British and American drama and poetry and Shakespearean drama from 2018 to 2020, supporting undergraduate instruction and course delivery.
Teaching Assistant
Higher Institute of Studies Applied in Humanities, Kef
Jan 2013 - Dec 2018 (5 years 11 months)
Delivered courses in British and American drama and poetry and supervised BA module coordination and jury duties between 2013 and 2018, coordinating literature modules and assessments.
Contractual Teaching Assistant
Higher Institute of Human Sciences, Tunis
Jan 2009 - Dec 2013 (4 years 11 months)
Provided instruction in British and American drama and poetry under contract from 2009 to 2013, supporting departmental teaching needs.
English Teacher
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Tunis
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Taught English tailored for geography students in the faculty department during 2007–2008, developing subject-specific language instruction.
Language Teacher
Various Language Centers
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008 (3 years 11 months)
Taught English in multiple language centers between 2005 and 2008, delivering general and exam-focused language instruction to diverse learners.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Faculty of Letters and Humanities Manouba
Doctor of Philosophy, English Language and Literature
Grade: With Honors
Ph.D. in English Language and Literature (specialty: Literature) awarded with honors; thesis on Henry Fielding's shift from drama to fiction.
Faculty of Letters and Humanities Manouba
Master Degree, English Language and Literature
Grade: With Honors
Master Degree in English Language and Literature (specialty: Literature) awarded with honors; thesis on laughter in Henry Fielding's fiction.
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Tunis
Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature
Grade: With Honors
BA in English Language and Literature (specialty: Literature) awarded with honors; thesis a feminist and post-colonial reading of Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
UAUniversity of Aberystwyth
Short-term Linguistic Training, Linguistics
2004 - 2004
Completed an 80-hour linguistic training course (5–29 July 2004).
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Tunis
Degree II, Spanish Language
Degree II in Spanish Language awarded by the faculty.
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Tunis
Degree I, Spanish Language
Degree I in Spanish Language awarded by the faculty.
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TunisiaAuthorized to work in
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