Full Name
Bassem Hosny
First Name
Bassem
Last Name
Hosny
Affiliation
Faculty
Title
Program Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, Advisor, Modern Hebrew Instructor
Phone
541-346-3355
Office
Friendly Hall 311
Office Hours
MW 10:50 - 11:50 and by appointment
Departments
Judaic Studies Program
School of Global Studies and Languages
Affiliated Departments
Middle East and North African Studies
Teaching Level
Undergraduate
Interests
Modern Hebrew language and literature, Medieval Hebrew language and literature, Judeo-Arabic, Comparative literature, and Semitic studies.
Profile Section
Statement
Bassem earned his Ph.D. in Hebrew Literature from Alexandria University in 2013. He also obtained his Master's degree in Oriental languages ( Hebrew Specialization ) from The Institute of Oriental Languages At Alexandria University in 2008, and got his Bachelor of Arts, from the Department of Arabic Language and Literature & Oriental Languages and Literature in 2005. He taught Hebrew at Alexandria University. He also taught Hebrew and Standard Arabic at UNC at Chapel Hill.
His literary research analyzes various aspects of Jewish culture and Hebrew literature, and his comparative linguistic research shows the close ties between Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac, especially in phonetics and syntax.
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