Department of English

Durr - E- Najaf Hussain

Durr - E- Najaf Hussain
Durr - E- Najaf Hussain

Lecturer 
Department of English
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Educational Qualifications 

Nov - Dec, 2021
Peace and Conflict Studies, Scholarship Course
  • Group Discussions.
  • Critical Analysis and Panel talks.
  • Youth engagement and Speaker Sessions
  • Peace Proposals and Research.
Online
By Australian Awards in Collaboration with IBA, Karachi.
2019 – 2021
MPhil. in English Literature
CGPA:
03.51
Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore
2015 - 2019
B.A (Hons). in English Literature (Major) & Political Science (Minor)
CGPA:
03.40
Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore.
2013 - 2015
A-Levels (English Literature &
Language, World History, Economics, Psychology)
1st
Division
Lahore Grammar School, Johar Town, Lahore.
2011 - 2013
O-Levels (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, English etc)
1st
Division
Crescent Model High Secondary School for Girls, Shadman, LHR.
 
EXPERIENCE: ( JOB/ INTERNSHIP)
 
Lecturer (BPS-18), Lahore College for Woman University (LCWU), from January 23, 2023 to – date.
Visiting Lecturer, LCWU, Lahore from September, 2021 to January 22, 2023.
  • English Core & Literature Courses for Undergraduate Programs
Fiction (Novels & Short Stories)
Post Modern Fiction
Poetry 14th to 18th Century
Folk Literature
Islam & the West
Expository Writing
Technical Writing
Communication Skills
Functional English
American Literature
Literary Criticism
20TH Century Literary Movements
 
·         Thesis Supervision 
·         Course Design
·         Managing Editor, Research Journal of Language & Literature
     (RJLL), LCWU, Lahore. https://rjll.org.pk
·         Newly Inducted Faculty Development Program, March 2023
 
Lesson Planning, Course Design, Blended Learning & Assessment Techniques
 
Sub Editing Intern – Metropolitan Desk, DAWN Office, Lahore. July – August, 2022.
  • Proof-reading & editing content for any grammatical errors.
  •  Précis Writing and content formatting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Visiting     Faculty,      National University          of         Modern Languages         (NUML), Lahore Campus Sept, 2021
- Dec, 2021.                                
 
English Literature Courses
  • Victorian Novel.
  • Academic Writing
Content Writing Internee, Communications & Research Department, CSC - Empowerment & Inclusion Program, May-Aug 2021
 
  • Creating and editing content for yearly report and quarterly published newsletter
  • Social media handling
  • Digital Story-telling
  • Researching and preparing course material for clientele training.

Internee, Spokesperson Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Islamabad.     June 2017-

August 2017
  • Compiling material for weekly press briefings
  • Social media management
  • Conducting research on various international systems
  • Preparing research reports
  • Analyzing news reports

 

Screen Play Writer/Content Creator, See’Me Productions June, 2017- December, 2017
  • Screenplay writing
  • Content initiation & creation
  • Novels adaptation
  • Character sketches

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
  • Community Service - Active Citizenship Project by British Council
  • Contributed in College Events in administrative capacities as Student Council Member 2018 – 2019. (social media management , logistical support , event coordination and management , sponsorship and marketing).
  • Direction and Script - Writing in collaboration with and for Pakistan Navy War College September, 2018.
  • Attended theatre and literature workshops organized by Kinnaird College in collaboration with Lahore
  • Literary Festival and Olomopolo Media.

Achievements

  • Awarded Lily Najmuddin Gold Medal for all-rounder performance in academics and extra-curricular activities.
  • Member of Student Council Session 2018-2019 – President, Najmuddin Dramatics Society, Kinnaird College University, Lahore.
  • Runner-Up Inter-Disciplinary Parliamentary Debates Kinnaird College 2017.
  • Winner of Start-Up Challenge at Kinnaird Business Week 2017
  • 3rd Best Play at National Accountability Bureau Anti - Corruption Competition 2018 as writer and
  • Best Team Spirit award at Kinnaird College Inter- Semester Drama Competition April, 2016.

Conferences

  • Emerging Feminine Dynamics in South Asian Literature; A Socio-Linguistic Analysis of Fawzia Afzal Khan’s ‘Lahore with Love’; 1st International Conference on Gender and Social Sciences; Diversity, Challenges & Opportunities in collaboration with LCWU & USEFP.
  • Insurgencies in India & Unlawfully Occupied / Disputed Territories, Kinnaird's 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences & Humanities, Abstract Page : 67. 
  • "Things-Small & Apart- A Comparative Analysis of the Choice of Titles in Roy and Achebe's Novels", Institute of Communication &  Cultural  Studies  1st  National Conference on    TESOL,    Linguistics    and    Literature, Abstract Page : 20 
  • “Education Through Simulation”, Poster Presentation at International Conference on Breaking Barriers through Diversity and Inclusivity, February 2024. 
  • Spatial Nostalgia & Counter-Memory; Revamping Narratives of 1971 through a Post-Colonial Study of Raihana Hasan’s Sips From a Broken Tea Cup at International Conference on Literature-Narratives of Resilience.

SDG's

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