Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan

Associate Professor & HoD
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
PhD English Literature
International Islamic University, Islamabad

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan studied English Literature at Government College Lahore, Punjab University, and International Islamic University, Islamabad. He has taught English and Comparative Literature for over twenty years now.

With an interest in international relations and history, Dr. Khan believes that there is an applied dimension to the study of literature, and it should produce generations of students who not only enjoy the aesthetics of literature but also become cognizant of international events, culture, and civilization. His is a pioneering work in introducing Palestinian Literature as a focus of reading and research in Pakistani academia.

Dr. Khan envisions that the students and the research scholars of the English Department should develop a comparative and interdisciplinary approach and while they are optimally capacitated to use their linguistic and literary skills in various professions, they should also become custodians of their socio-cultural values and intellectual heritage. Dr. Khan is a life member of Iqbal Academy, Pakistan, and has been on the review boards of several academic journals. He is also a poet and a short story writer. These days he is working on his book, Iqbal for Beginners.

Teaching Interests

  • Romantic and Victorian Literature
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Comparative Literature

Research Interests

  • Comparative translations of Qur’an
  • Literature of resistance
  • Poetics and politics of Palestine

Selected Publications

  • “The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak in the Light of Schimmel’s Mystical Dimensions of Islam” in Multicultural Education Vol.7 Issue 12, 2021 ISSN: 1068-3844
  • “Concord between Palestinian Resistance and Literature: A Historico-Literary Analysis of Darwish’s Works” in Review of Education, Administration and Law Vol. 4(1), 2021 ISSN: 2708-3667
  • “Representation of Body in Postcolonial and Eco-Critical Context in Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid” in Psychology and Education Journal Vol. 58 (2), 2021 ISSN: 0033-3077
  • “Silencing of the Neo-Subaltern Voice: Historiography of the Oppressed” in Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences Vol. 3 (3), 2020 ISSN: 2708-2024
  • “A Literary Insight into Palestinian-Israeli Conundrum through the Works of Mahmoud Darwish and Kornberg-Weiss” in Pakistan Journal of Languages and Translation Studies Vol.1, 2019 ISSN: 2410-1230

Conference Presentations

  • “Colonial Dislocation and Feminine Sensibility as Mirrored in Palestinian Literature” at International Conference on Voices from the Periphery at Forman Christian College, October 17, 2019
  • “Palestinian Literary Response to the Trauma of Occupation” at International Multilingual Conference on Post Conflict Literature at NUML, April 30, 2019