Curriculum Vitae
Dr Adrian GullyIslamic Studies Professional Address Asia Institute Fax: +61 3 9349 4870 E-mail: agully@unimelb.edu.au |
Degrees, Qualifications
- 1991 PhD Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK
- 1983 BA Hons (summa cum laude) Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK
Committees, Memberships
- British Society of Middle Eastern Studies Board member
- American Oriental Society
- Editor, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1996-1999
- Editor, Curzon Press Arabic Linguistic Series, 1997-
Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held
- May 2005- Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Literatures
- 2003-4, Leverhulme Fellow, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney
- 2000-5- Professor of Arabic Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK
- 1997-2000- Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, American University of Sharjah and Chair, Arabic, Humanities and Social Sciences
- 1995-96- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 1992-2003 - External Examiner for BA and Masters programmes at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, SOAS, Westminster and Salford, and PhD theses at University of Leeds and Oxford Higher Academy
- 1989-91- Director of Studies, Centre for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, and Visiting Professor, University of Alexandria, Egypt
- 1987-89, 1991-97- Lecturer in Arabic Language, Department of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK
Research Interests
- Cultural history
- Role of the Muslim intellectual
- Communication and power
- Literary culture
- Muslim women
- Tradition and modernity
Grants and Prizes Awarded
- 2003-04 Leverhulme Fellowship 20,000 GBP
- 1999 American University of Sharjah Research and Travel Grant 4,500 USD
- 1996-97 British Academy Small Research Grant 3,500 GBP
- 1995-96 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 42,000 DM
- 1991 Leigh Douglas Prize for most outstanding UK PhD thesis, 500 GBP
Principal Publications
Books
- Gully, Adrian, The Culture of Letter-Writing in Islamic Society (5th-9th centuries A.H./11th-15th A.D), Edinburgh: University Press, forthcoming 2008.
- (co-authored with ElSaid Badawi and Michael Carter) Modern Written Arabic: a Comprehensive Grammar. London:Routledge, 2004
- Gully, Adrian Grammar and Semantics in Medieval Arabic. London: Curzon, 1995
Articles published in refereed journals/chapters in edited books
- Gully, Adrian (2006). "Two of a kind?: Ibn Hisham al-Ansari on nahw and Ibn al-Athir on balagha", in Lutz Edzard and Janet Watson (eds.), Grammar as a Window onto Arabic Humanism: a Collection of Articles in Honour of Michael G.Carter, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2006, 84-107.
- Gully, Adrian (2005). “The Sword and the Pen: a Literary Representation of an Important Historical Relationship”, in Sebastian Gunther, ed. Insights into Arabic literature and Islam: Ideas, Concepts and Modes of Portrayal. Leiden: E.J.Brill, 2005, pp.403-430.
- Gully, Adrian (2004), “Sa’id al-Shartuni” in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden:E.J.Brill.
- Gully, Adrian and Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada (2003), “The Political Role of Women in al-Andalus” in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol.30 (ii), 183-209.
- Gully, Adrian and Hinde, John (2003), “Qabus ibn Wushmagir: a Study of Rhythm Patterns in Arabic Epistolary Prose from the 4 th century A.H. (10 th century A.D.)” in Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures, vol.6/2, 177-197.
- Gully, Adrian (2001), “al-Yazidji family” in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden:E.J.Brill.
- Gully, Adrian (1997), “Tadmin ‘implication of meaning’ in medieval Arabic” in Journal of the American Oriental Society. vol. 117/3, 466-480.
- Gully, Adrian (1996), “Arabic Linguistic Issues and Controversies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries” in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol.42/1, 175-219.
- Gully, Adrian (1996), “Epistles for Grammarians: Illustrations from the insha’ literature” in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 23/2, 147-66.
- Gully, Adrian (1996), “The Discourse of Arabic Advertising: Preliminary Investigations” in Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (electronic journal, first paper), 1996/1, 1-49.
- Gully, Adrian (1994), "Medieval Arabic as a form of Social Contract, with special reference to Ibn Hisham's Mughni al-Labib" in Yaser Suleiman (ed.), Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives, London: Curzon Press, 251-273.
- Gully, Adrian (1994), “Synonymy or not Synonymy: that is the question. The case of the particle in medieval Arabic” in Zeitschrift fur Arabische Linguistik, 27, 36-46.
- Gully, Adrian (1993), “The Changing Face of Modern Written Arabic: an update” in al-Arabiyya, 26, 19-59.