Sajid Siddique Nizami

Dates of stay in Oxford: March 21, 2022 to January 20, 2023

Position held at other institutions:

  • Assistant Professor of Urdu Language and Literature, Govt. M. A. O. College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Research Scholar, Administrative Committee for the Literary History of Muslims of Indo-Pak, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Correspondence Address: 

Oriental Institute, Faculty of Oriental Studies

Email address: sajid.nizami@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Profile:

More than thirteen years’ experience of teaching and research in Urdu language and literature with the Higher Education Department, Government of Punjab and University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan---- Doctorate in Urdu Literature from University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan with research on Transformations in Urdu Prose Styles, From Beginning to 1869, Dissertation can be seen at: http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/12699 ---- One year diploma in Hindi Language.

Research Interests:

  • Literary history
  • History of Urdu Literature
  • Editing of classical texts
  • Urdu prose styles
  • Research methodology

Current Project:

Contribution of Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee to the enrichment of Urdu prose

Publications:

Books

  1. Essays of Abdul Sattar Siddiqi, Vol. II, (Compilation) published by Majlis e Taraqqi e Adab, Lahore, Pakistan. 2015
  2. Tarikh e Asham, published by West Pakistan Urdu Academy, Lahore, Pakistan. 2015 (This manuscript by Mir Bahadur Ali Hussaini was edited and published after 210 years for the first time)

Chapters in Books

  • Sketch Writing in Urdu Literature in Tarikh e Adabiyat e Musalmanan e Pakistan-o- Hind (Urdu literature) تاریخ ادبیات مسلمانان پاکستان وہند، اردو ادب Vol. 6, published in 2014. University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. (Co-Authored)
  • 23 detailed essays on various Urdu fiction writers including Rashid ul Kahairi, Sultan Haider Josh, Muhammad Ali Radolvi, Qazi Abdul Ghaffar, Mrs. Abdul Qadir, Sudarshan, Sajjad Zaheer, Krishan Chander, Ismat Chugtai, Balwant Singh, Andleeb Shadani, A Hameed, Meerza Adeeb, Ch, Afzal Haq, Rehman Muznib, Kh. Ahmad Abbas, Mumtaz Sheerin, Abul Fazal Siddiqi, Mansha Yaad, Anwar Sajjad, Asad Muhammad Khan, Ikram ullah, Rasheed Akhter Nadvi; in Tarikh e Adabiyat e Musalmanan e Pakistan-o-Hind (Urdu literature) تاریخ ادبیات مسلمانان پاکستان وہند، اردو ادب Vol. 5, published in 2013. University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Other Centers of Urdu Poetry in the 18th century (Punjab, Sindh, Bihar, Bengal) in Tarikh e Adabiyat e Musalmanan e Pakistan-o-Hind (Urdu literature) تاریخ ادبیات مسلمانان پاکستان وہند، اردو ادب Vol. 2, published in 2009. University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. (Co-Authored)

Articles

  • ‘Nou Ayin e John Horace Ford’: a Rare Qissa from the 18th Century. نو آئین جان ہارس فورڈ؛ اٹھارہویں صدی کے اواخر کا نایاب نثری قصہ Bazyaft, Vol. 39, July-Dec 2021. Institute of Urdu Language and Literature, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

          http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/Bazyaft/article/view/4950

  • ‘Khair ul Bayan’ and the Debate over the First Book in Urdu Prose. خیر البیان اور اُردو کی پہلی نثری تصنیف کا قضیہ Bazyaft, Vol. 35, July-Dec 2019.  Dept. of Urdu, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

         http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/Bazyaft/article/view/4713/2259

  • Rai Munnu Lal, a Forgotten Translator of Thomason Civil Engineering College Roorkee. رائے منّو لال، تھامسن سول انجینئرنگ کالج رُڑکی کے گمنام مترجمMe’yar, Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan-June 2020. Dept. of Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

        http://irigs.iiu.edu.pk:64447/ojs/index.php/meyar/article/view/2137

        https://www.iiu.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/downloads/journals/mayar/articles-wise/Meyar-23-2020/7.pdf

  • Role of the Missionaries in Advancement of Urdu Prose (In the first half of the 19th century). اردو نثر کےفروغ میں مسیحی مبلغین کا کردار، انیسویں صدی کے نصف اول میںBunyad, Vol. 11, 2020.  Gurmani Center for Languages and Literature, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.

         https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f9889b34d6d0/file/5f9889cc2d4c3/view

  • A Rare Specimen of Rekhta in Punjab from the 18th Century. کا ایک قدیم نمونہ، اٹھارہویں صدی میںپنجاب میں ریختے  Bunyad, Vol. 9, 2018.  Gurmani Center for Languages and Literature, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.

         https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f97ec9a7a78c/file/5f97ecb3ca18c/view

  • ‘Gulraiz’: a Rare Mathnavi of Urdu in Punjab. پنجاب میں اردو کی ایک قدیم مثنوی Bazyaft, Vol. 15, Jul-Dec 2009. Dept. of Urdu, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Technical Prose in Urdu: Contribution of Thomason Engineering College, Roorkee. اردومیں فنی و تکنیکی نثر: تھامسن انجینئرنگ کالج، رڑکی کی خدمات Tesheel, Vol. 4, Jan-July 2019. Islamic Research Academy, Karachi, Pakistan.

         https://tehseel.com/index.php/tehseel/article/view/82/97

  • Feminism in the Poetry of Pakistani Poetesses. فیمینزم: پاکستان کی تحریکِ آزادیِ نسواں کی روشنی میں Fikr-o-Tehqeeq, Vol. 22, Issue 1, Jan-Mar 2019. National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, New Delhi, India.
  •  Persian Letters of Shibli Nomani. شبلی کے فارسی خطوط Ma’arif, Vol. 192, Issue 2, August 2013. Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, India.
  • Critical Edition of Kulliyat e Faiz by Nouman ul Haq; A Review.  تدوینِ کلیات فیض از نعمان الحق: ایک جائزہ Makhzan, Vol. 37-38, 2020. Quaid e Azam Library, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Technical Prose in Urdu: Contribution of Thomason Engineering College, Roorkee; A Short Introduction. اردومیں فنی و تکنیکی نثر اور تھامسن انجینئرنگ کالج، رڑکی: مختصر تعارف The PARTICLE, Issue No. 15, July-Sep 2020. Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • An Overview of Adbistan (Sketches by Nayyar Masood). ادبستان (نیر مسعود) پر ایک نظر Sukhan, 2008. Dept. of Urdu, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Trainings and Workshops Attended

  • Induction Training Workshop of College Teachers at University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan organized by Higher Education Department, Govt. of the Punjab, in 2016.
  • New Pedagogies for Language Teaching organized by LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan in collaboration with BULPIP (Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan), in Sep 2018.
  • Training Course on Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s) at Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, Lahore, Pakistan in Apr 2019.
  • Orientation Workshop for the External Review Committees for the Review of Drafts of Textbooks Manuscripts for Single National Curriculum 2020 at Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, Lahore, Pakistan in Apr 2021.

 

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