Salih Altoma
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Department of Comparative Literature
- Curriculum Vitae
Education
- EdD, Harvard, 1957 (Language Education)
- MAT, Harvard University, 1955
- BA, University of Baghdad, 1952 (Arabic, with honors)
Research Interests
- Modern Arabic literature
- Arab-American Literature
- Arabic-Western Literary Relations
- American Reception of Contemporary Arabic Literature
Contact Information
Email: salih@indiana.edu
Office: Goodbody Hall 102
Phone: (812) 855-5993
Courses Recently Taught
- Arabic-Western Literary Relations
- American Reception of Contemporary Arabic Literature
- The Literature of the Arabian Peninsula
- Classical/Modern Arabic Literature
- Modern Arabic Fiction
- Modern Islamic Literature in English Translation
- Arabic Poetry
Publication Highlights
- A Dictionary of Modern Linguistic Terms: English-Arabic/Arabic-English, with M. H. Bakalla. Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1983.
- Modern Arabic Poetry in English Translation: A Bibliography. Tangier: King Fahd School of Translation, 1993.
- Guest editor. Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 48 (2000).
- Modern Arabic Literature in Translation: A Companion. London: Saqi Books, 2005.
