Dr Aliy Abdulwahid Adebisi
Associate Professor
Arabic
Aliy Abdulwahid Adebisi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Arabic, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria with 13 years of university teaching, research, and administrative experience. He teaches Arabic language and Translation studies. He is currently Ag, Director, Institute of Translation Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. His research majorly focuses on Arabic Language & Literature, Translation with three working languages Arabic, English, and Yoruba. He holds an M.A. in Arabic language, a Ph.D. in Arabic language and literature, and a post-graduate Diploma in Journalism.
He has to his credit over thirty publications in reputable outlets covering journals, edited conference proceedings, chapters in books, and Books. He has successfully supervised four master dissertations while two Ph.D. theses are in progress. Dr. Adebisi is a fellow and national president, the Nigerian Institute of Translators and Interpreters. He is also a member of many professional bodies within and outside Nigeria.
He is a grant awarded by the British Academy on African Translation and Interpretation Studies writing Workshop in South Africa.
Qualifications
- B, A (Ed) Arabic
- M.A Arabic
- Ph.D. Arabic and Literature (Translation)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
Professional Affiliations
- Nigerian Institute of Translators and interpreters (NITI)
- Translation Studies Association of Nigeria (TSAN)
- Association of Translation Studies in Africa (ATSA)
- European Society for Translation (EST)
Undergraduate Teaching
- ARA 125: Introduction to Arabic Literature
- ARA 127: Introduction to Islamic Literature (Adab Islamiy)
- ARA 141: Beginners' Arabic Conversation1
- ARA 142: Beginners' Arabic Conversation1I
- ARA 143: Beginners' Arabic Reader I
- ARA 143: Beginners' Arabic Reader II
- ARA 225: Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature
- ARA 226: Arabic Literature of the Early Islamic and Umayyad Periods
- ARA 241 Intermediate Arabic Reader I
- ARA 251: General Survey of Arabic Literature
- ARA 261: Arabic for Textual Reading I
- ARA 262: Arabic for Textual Reading II
- ARA 321: Arabic Literature of the Early Abbasid Period
- ARA 328: Arabic Composition and Translation
- ARA 361: Arabic Structures
- ARA 382: Arabic Composition
- ARA 386: Phonetics and Phonology
- ARA 421: Arabic Literature of Post-Classical Period
- ARA 426: Modern Arabic Literature in Nigeria
- ARA 423: Modern Arabic Literature II
- ARA 484: Advance Translation
Postgraduate Teaching
- ALA 801: Research Methodology
- ALA 808: Applied Linguistics
- ALA 812: Translation
- ALI 802: Composition and Performance of Arabic Poetry
- ALI 803: Literary Theory and Criticism
- ALI 806: Classical Arabic Poetry
- ALI 810: Modern Arabic Poetry
- ALA 923: Practical Translation from Arabic
- ALA 924: Practical Translation into Arabic
- ALA 925: Doctoral Seminar in Arabic Language I
- ALI 927: Three Major Arabic Playwrights
Research Interests
- The History and Development of Arabic Language and Literature in Offa Metropolis between 1910-2010
- Annotated Translation of D. O. Fagunwa's Igbo Elodumare
Research Affiliations
- Dynamics Research Group, University of Ilorin.
- Department of Arabic Research Group, University of Ilorin
Links to Publications
Get in Touch
For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.
Office Address
Room FG-28, New Faculty of Arts Building, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
Department of Arabic, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
08035136157
arabic@unilorin.edu.ng