الدكتور ياسر سليمان-معالي

عميد كلية العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية

البريد الإلكتروني

deanchss@hbku.edu.qa

الدكتور ياسر سليمان-معالي

عميد كلية العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية

المؤهلات العلمية

PhD in Linguistics

MA

الكيان

كلية العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية

السيرة الذاتية

Professor Yasir Suleiman-Malley has vast academic leadership experience in the UK and the Arab World. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, formerly His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said chair of Contemporary Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Iraq chair of Arabic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is Chair of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), Member of the Board of Trustees of the Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge, and a member of the Panel of Judges of the British Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize for Middle Eastern Studies. Professor Suleiman-Malley is a former Vice President and Chair of Council of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Former Chair of the British Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize, and former member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Edinburgh. Professor Suleiman-Malley is an internationally leading scholar in Arabic sociolinguistics and Middle Eastern Studies. His edited book ‘Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora’ won the Palestine Book Award, Narrative Section in 2016. The Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh set up graduate awards and prizes in his name in recognition of his significant contributions to both institutions.

PhD in Linguistics

University of St. Andrews, Scotland

1984

MA

University of Cambridge, UK

2010

BA in Classical Arabic and Syriac

University of Durham, UK

1986

BA in English Language and Literature

University of Jordan

1972

  • Sociocultural linguistics
  • Arabic literature
  • Translation studies
  • Diaspora studies

Dean

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2025 - Present

Founding President, Acting President, and Provost

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

2015 - 2020

Founding Director

Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

2008 - 2017

Head of Department of Middle Eastern Studies

University of Cambridge

2007 - 2010

Chair of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

University of Edinburgh

2006 - 2007

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (2011, Queen Elizabeth II)  
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (2001, RSE Council and President)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, FRCPE (2016, College Council and President)
  • Ambassador of the University of Sarajevo (2013, University Council and President)
  • Emeritus Professor in Linguistics, University of Jordan (2024, University Deans Council and President)