Prof. Naji Oueijan was Chairman of the Departments of English-Lebanese University and Notre Dame University. Currently, he is Professor of English at Notre Dame University, Lebanon. He is President of the Lebanese Byron Society, Chair of the First International Conference on Lebanese-American Literary Figures (NDU), Chair of the International Conference on Challenges of Translation and Interpretation in the Third Millennium (NDU), Chair of the “Common Platforms for Bridging World cultures” (NDU). Member of the Board of Directors of the International Council of the Byron Societies, Member of the Advisory Committee of the American Conference on Romanticism, Member of the Academic Council of the Ameen Rihani Institute, Member of the Modern Language Association of America, Member of the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Arabic-English Studies–IJASE, Member of the German Society for British Romanticism, Member of the Association of Professor of English and Translation at Arab Universities, and Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Student Conference, Greece. Prof. Oueijan lectured in universities and conferences in the USA, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Arab World. He teaches Literature Courses (Nineteenth Century British Literature, Poetry, Graduate Seminars in British Literature, and Advanced Language and Translation Courses). Research interests include: Orientalism, Romanticism, East-West Cultural Dialogue, and Lebanese-American Writers.

Ph.D., Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. Major: English Literature, 1985.

M.A. in English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1979.

B.A. in English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1977.

Books

Oueijan, N. (2010) Into the Matrix of Cyberspace: The Reloading of Romantic Aesthetics. Imitatio-Inventio: The Rise of ‘Literature’ from Early to Classic Modernity. Ed. By Mihaela Irimia and Dragos Ivana. Bucharest: Bucuresti: Institutul Cultural Român, 394-402.

Oueijan, N. (2008) Sourat Al-Shark Fi El-Adab Al-Inglizi, tr. by Tala Sabbagh. Beirut: Arab Organization for Translation.

Oueijan, N. and B. Sarru’. Eds. (2002) Challenges of Translation and Interpretation in the Third Millennium. Louaize: Notre Dame University Press.

Oueijan,N. tr. (2002) Hymns of the Valleys, by Ameen Rihani. New Jersey: Gorgias Press.

Oueijan, N.  (1999) A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Oueijan, N. Ed. (1999) Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani: Prophets of Lebanese-American Literature. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Oueijan, N. Trans. (1999) Hymns of the Summits. By Farid Mattar. Lebanon: Imprimerie Moderne Kreim.

Oueijan, N. Ed. (1998) Excerpts from Ar-Rihaniyat. By Ameen Al-Rihani, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Oueijan, N. (1996) The Progress of an Image: The East in English Literature. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Articles in Books

Oueijan, N. (2011) Western Travelers and the Orientals. Breaking the Stereotype: From Orient and Occident to a Mutual Understanding of Images. Eds. Veronika Bernard and Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press: 243-251.

Oueijan, N. (2010) Into the Matrix of Cyberspace: The Reloading of Romantic Aesthetics. Imitatio-Inventio: The Rise of ‘Literature’ from Early to Classic Modernity. Eds. Mihaela Irimia and Dragos Ivana. Bucuresti: Institutul Cultural Român: 394-402.

Oueijan, N. (2006) Perceptions and Misconceptions: Islam in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature. God in Multicultural Society. Ed. Edward Allam. Beirut: Notre Dame University: pp. 85-98.

Oueijan, N. tr. (1998) To Gibran. By Ameen Al-Rihani. Excerpts from Ar-Rihaniyat. Ed. Naji Oueijan. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, pp. 57-64.

Oueijan, N. (1998) Orientalism: The Romantic’s Added Dimension. Romanticism in its Modern Aspects. Ed. Virgil Nemoianu. Wilmington: Council on National Literatures: pp. 37-50.

Refereed Journal Articles

Oueijan, N. (2010) Oriental Antiquity and Romantic Locality: The Gaze Backward and Inward. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, Vol. 11: 17-27.

Oueijan, N. (2004) Western Travelers and Oriental Taboos. University of Bucharest Review: A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (6:4): 109-119.

Oueijan, N. (2006) Sexualizing the Orient. Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism 14: 7–25.

Oueijan, N. (2005) Transculturalization: The Case of the Qasida. Folia Translatologica, Vol. 9, ed. Jana Králová. Prague: FF UK 89-100.

Oueijan, N. (2005) Byron, Delacroix and the Oriental Sublime. Revue de l’Université de Moncton. Numéro hors série: 115-125.

Oueijan, N. (2006) Perceptions and Misconceptions: Islam in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature. Palma Journal. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, Special Issue 1, pp. 85-98.

Oueijan, N. (2003) The Amorous Dynamics of Romanticism. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies-IJASE, (4), pp. 17-30.

Oueijan, N. (2002) Byron’s Eastern Quests: A Liberation of the Spirit. Palma Journal, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press (8), pp. 83­-96.

Oueijan, N. (2001) The Romantic Selflessness: Sufism in Romanticism. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies-IJASE, 2, (1&2), pp. 43-54. 

Oueijan, N. (2001) Sufism, Christian Mysticism and Romanticism. Palma Journal, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, (7), pp. 9-22.

Oueijan, N. (1998) Western Exoticism and Byron’s Orientalism. Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism (6), pp. 27-39.

Oueijan, N. (1997) Byron’s Notions of the American Revolution. NDU Palma Review, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, (7), pp. 51-62.

Oueijan, N. (1993) Historical Criticism and the World of Art. NDU Palma Review, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, (2), pp. 94-101.

Oueijan, N. (1992) Structural Decorum in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and 'The Knight's Tale'. Heritage English Journal (1), pp. 73-80.

Oueijan, N. (1992) Balance in the Structure of 'Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift'. Heritage English Journal (1), pp. 35-44.

Oueijan, N. (1987) The Orient in Dr. Johnson's Rasselas. Dirasat ( 22), pp. 41-48.

Conference Proceedings

N. Oueijan. (2011). Byron, D’Herbelot and the Oriental Culture. Proceedings of the 37th International Byron Conference, Valladolid, Spain. Available at:
http://www.internationalbyronsociety.org/images/stories/pdf_files/conference_proceedings/valladolid/ouijean.pdf

Oueijan, N. (2011) Managing Cultural Diversity: The Role of the Teacher. Cross-Cultural Education: http://www.adyanonline.net/file.php/12/Papers_Conference/Panel_5-Naji_Oueijan.pdf

Oueijan, N. (2006) Lord Byron’s Childe and Ameen Rihani’s Khalid. The 32nd International Byron Conference, Le Sorbonne. Lord Byron Correspondence(s). Société Fancaise d’Etydes byroniennes. Paris: Francois-Xavier de Gibert: pp. 357-364.

Oueijan, N. (2005) Echoes from the Orient in Romantic Visions. The 10th International Symposium of the German Society of English Romanticism, University of Regensburg. Romantic Voices, Romantic Poetics. Ed. by Christophe Bode and Katharina Rennhak. Trier: Wisssenschchaftlicher Verlag Trier: pp. 177-185.

Oueijan, N. (2004) The Formation of a Universal Self: Byron and Rihani. International Conference on Ameen Rihani, University of Washington, DC., USA. Ameen Rihani: Bridging East and West. Ed. Nathan Funk and Betty Sitka. New York: University Press of America, Inc.: pp. 83-82.

Oueijan, N. (2003) Futile Encounters between East and West: Islam and Christianity in Byron’s The Giaour. The 28th International Byron Conference-Kyoto, Japan, Byron the Traveller. Ed. Reiko Aiura et. al. Kyoto: The Japanese Byron Society: pp. 193-208.

Oueijan, N. (2002) Byron’s Notions of the American Revolution. The 21st International Symposium on Lord Byron, University of Salzburg, Austria, Byronic Negotiations. Ed. Katerina Bachinger. Frankfurt: Peter Lang: pp. 106-116.

Oueijan, N. (2000) Byron’s Eastern Bride. The 7th International Conference of the Society for English Romanticism in the University of Duisburg, Germany. Byron as Reader. Ed. by Petra Bridzum and Frank Erik Pointer. Essen: Die Blaue Eule: pp. 100-108.

Oueijan, N. (2000) Byron and Sufism: His Concept of Selfless Love. The 25th International Byron Conference in Messilonghi, Athens. Byron: A Poet for all Seasons. Ed. by Marios Byron Raizis. Athens: The Messolonghi Byron Society: pp. 258-67.

Oueijan, N. (2000) Western Exoticism and Byron’s Orientalism. The 24th International Byron Conference, Charles University, Prague. Byron: East and West. Ed. by Martin Prochazka. Prague: Charles University: pp. 95-102.

Oueijan, N. (1999) Sufism, Christian Mysticism and Romanticism. The International Conference of the Society for English Romanticism, The University of Erfurt, Germany. Remapping Romanticism: Gender-Text-Context. Ed. Frank Erik Pointer. Essen: Die Blaue Eule: pp. 125-136.

Oueijan, N. (1995) Byron's Eastern Literary Portraits. The 20th International Byron Conference, Athens, Greece. Byron and the Mediterranean World. Ed. by Marius Byron Raiziz. Athens: The Hellenic Byron Society: pp. 93-103.