Faculty of Arts Asia Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Muhammad Kamal

Arabic and Islamic Studies



Professional Address

Asia Institute
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia

Tel: +61 3 8344 8197
Fax: +61 3 9349 4870
E-mail: muhammad@unimelb.edu.au

Degrees, Qualifications

1988 Ph.D. in Philosophy,
The University of Karachi, Pakistan
1985 M.A. in Philosophy,
The University of Karachi, Pakistan
1983 B.A.(Hons.) in Philosophy,
The University of Karachi, Pakistan
1977 Diploma in Education,
Teachers Institute Arbil, Iraq

Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held

2006- Senior Lecturer, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1997-2006 Lecturer, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1997 Tutor, Department of Philosophy, LaTrobe University, Victoria, Australia
1995 Tutor, Department of Philosophy Monash University, Victoria, Australia
1989-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Karachi, Pakistan
1990-1991 Visiting Lecturer, Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, Pakistan
1986-1989 Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Research Interests


Principal Publications

Sole-authored books and chapters

  1. Hegel's Metalogic, A Critical Study of Hegel's Logic. A Foreword by Prof. Manzur Ahmed, Karachi, Royal Book Co., 1989.
  2. Towards Hegel's Anthropology. Introduction By Bernd M. Scherer, Karachi, Karachi University Press, 1992.
  3. Essential Dictionary of Islamic Thought. Co-author, Seaview Publisher, Adelaide, 2001.
  4. “Religion and faith in Kurdistan”. A chapter contributed to Fire, Snow and Honey: Voices from Kurdistan. Gina Lennox (ed.). Sydney: Hallstand. 2001.

  5. Mulla Sadra’s Transcendent Philosophy, London : Ashgate Publishing Limited 2006.

Articles and research papers

  1. "A Happy Blend of Self-effacement and Self-abnegation". Third World International, October 1984, Karachi, Pakistan.
  2. "Aristotle's Political Theory". Third World International, March 1985, Karachi, Pakistan.
  3. "Iranian Left in a Political Dilemma", in Pakistan Horizon, No. 3, Vol. XXXIX, 1986, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi, Pakistan.
  4. "A Critique of Critical Philosophy". The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, No. 3, 1987, Faculty of Arts, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
  5. "Hume's Concept of Personal Identity". The Journal of European Studies, No. 1, 1988, Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
  6. "Frankfurt School: The Rise of New Marxism". The Journal of European Studies, No. 2, & No. 1, for July 1988 and January 1989, Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
  7. "The Frankfurt School" in History of Philosophy in Urdu, edited by Qazi Qaisarul Islam, Karachi, National Book Foundation, 1990.
  8. "Hegel's Legend of Self-determination". Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. 3, July 1990, Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, Pune, India.
  9. "The Self and the Other". Quest, Vol. III, 1993, Department of Philosophy, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  10. "Consciousness and Nothingness". Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XX, No. 4, October, 1993, Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, Pune, India.
  11. "Heidegger's Concept of the World", Indian Philosophical Quarterly, No. 3, Vol. XXII, July 1995, Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, Pune, India.
  12. "Master-Slave Relationship in Hegel’s Phenomenology". Indian Philosophical Quarterly, No. 3, Vol. XXII, October 1998, Department of Philosophy, University of Poona, Pune, India.
  13. "The Revival of al-Qadariyyah in Modern Islamic Thought", Journal of Arabic, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, Vol 5, No 1, 1999.
  14. “Critique of Heidegger’s Understanding of the Meaning of Being”, Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, July 2001, University of Poona, Puna, India.
  15. “Heidegger and the Transition to Postmodernity”, Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, January 2002, University of Poona, Puna, India.
  16. “Mu’tazilah: The Rise of Islamic Rationalism” published in Australian Rationalist, Journal of the Rational Society of Australia, No. 62, Autumn 2003.
  17. “Al-Ghazali’s Hermeneutics and Phenomenology”, published in Religion East and West, No. 4, June, 2004, The Institute of World Religions, California, U.S.A.

Sole-authored books in Kurdish

  1. Ontologi benerati e buni mrov [Fundamental Ontology and Human Existence], Adelaide: Dasgai Hewar, 2001.
  2. Falsafai Hegel [The Philosophy of Hegel], Sulaimani: Dasgai Sardam. Sulaimani, Iraq, 2001.
  3. Keshai boon le mezuy felsefeda [The Problem of Existence], Sulaimani: Dasgai Sardam, Iraq, 2002.
  4. Falsafai Sartre w khwendeneweweki neo [The Philosophy of Sartre: A New Reading], Nawendi Roshinbiri Kurd, Sydney, 2003
  5. Boon e Dahenan [Being and Creativity], Sulaimani: Dasgai Sardam, 2004

Articles and research papers in Kurdish

  1. “Seretayak le falsafai hindi”, published in Roshinbiry Neo, periodical journal for scientific research, Ministry of Culture and Information, Baghdad, Iraq, No.107, September 1985.
  2. “Dialectiki zat e babet”, published in Mamostay Kurd, A Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No.7, 1989, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  3. “Hume e gumankeri”, published in Mamostay Kurd, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No.13, 1992, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  4. “Dialectiki Hosh”, Part One, A study of Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind, published in Mamostay Kurd, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No.14, 1992, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  5. “Dialectiki hosh”, Part Two, A study of Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind, published in Mamostay Kurd, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific research, No.16, 1993, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  6. “Heidegger Gorani Falsafi”, published in Mamostay Kurd, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No. 24, 1995, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  7. “Namoye”, published in Mamostay Kurd, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No. 26, 1995, Sollentuna, Sweden.
  8. “Chon le naweroki mirov begein?”, published in Rahand, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No. 5, 1998. Stocholm. Sweden.
  9. “Heidegger e Postmodernity”, Published in Zurwan, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research. No. 1. 1998. Holland.
  10. “falsafa chiya?”, Published in Hewar, a Kurdish Educational Journal, No. 1, February, 2000, Adelade.
  11. “Chon le berhemi huner begeyn?”, published in Rahand, a Kurdish Journal for Scientific Research, No. 11, 2000. Stocholm. Sweden.
  12. “Nihilis e Rehendekani Birkirdenewe”, No. 36, 2002, Govari Ayinde, dasgai Sardam, Sulaimani.
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