Ahmed Achrati
Ahmed Achrati, Ph.D., LL.M., L.L.B.
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Classics & Mediterranean Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago IL 60607-7112
achrati@uic.edu Tel.: 312-922 5411
Education
Ph.D., International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Arts.
LL.M., General, New York University School of Law.
Licence de Droit (LL.B.), University of Oran Faculty of Law.
Teaching Credentials, Ecole Normale de Tiaret, Algeria.
Publications
Achrati, A and B. M’hmamed, “Of light and horns and the site of Ain Maghsal (el-Bayadh),” (in press), Sahara 20 (2009).
Achrati, A. “Arabic, Qur’anic Speech and Postmodern Language: What the Qur’an Simply Says,” Arabic (2008) 54(2) 161-203.
Achrati, A. “Handprints, footprints and the imprints of evolution,” Rock Art Research (2008) 25(1):23-33.
Achrati, A. “Thamudic traces. Some remarks on “Regarding the Thamud” by Georges Lombry,” Rock Art Research 2008 25(1):121-124.
Achrati, A. “Body and embodiment: A sensible approach to rock art,” Rock Art Research (2007) 24(1): 47-57.
Achrati, A. “Rock art epistemology: where science trumps philosophy,” Rock Art Research, (2007) 24(1): 39-40
Achrati, A. “Breasts: ‘Mammarial’ moments in Saharan rock art and modern art,” Sahara (2007) 18: 197-205.
Achrati, A. “Deconstruction, Ethics and Islam,” Arabica (2006) 54: 472-510.
Achrati, A. “Arabian rock art: A Thamudic ‘informant’,” Rock Art Research (2006) 23(2): 153-164.
Achrati, A. “Australian Apocalypse. The story of Australia’s greatest cultural monument, by Robert G. Bednarik, 2006. Archaeological Publications, Melbourne. Book Review, Rock Art Research (2006) 23(2): 274-275.
Achrati, A. “Music and rock art: A Saharan note.” Rock Art Research (2006) 23(1):71-78.
Achrati, A & B. M’hamed. “Tears that never dry: The weeping animals of the Saharan rock art.” Sahara (2005), 16:156-161.
Achrati, A. “Birth, from rock art to modern art.” Sahara (2004), 15:153-157.
Achrati, A. “Hand and Foot Symbolisms: From Rock Art to the Qur’an.” Arabica (2003), 50:464-500.
Achrati, A. “The Adorned Ram of the rock art and al-Karraz of the classical Arabic sources.” Sahara (2003), 14:170-174.
Achrati, A. Contributions to The Arts of Africa. An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 8, 1998, and Vol. 9, 1999; and Art & Architecture Thesaurus.
Achrati, A. Take-or-Pay Provisions in Natural Gas Contracts, Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 50, No. 7, 1990 (UMI).
International Conferences:
Achrati, A. “Islamic arts: An epistemology of the ‘ab-surd’.” Paper accepted for, ‘Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives,’ Manchester, UK, Sept. 5-6, 2008.
Achrati, A. “Oral Poetry and Resistance to Colonialism in Algeria: Mohamed Belkheir, the Bard of the Revolt of Ouled Sid Cheikh in 1871,” MESA 2008 Washington, D.C, November 22-25
Achrati, A. “Islamic View(s) on Usury: A Comparative Perspective.” MEHAT Conference, University of Chicago, May 11-12th 2007.
Work in Progress:
Translation to Arabic of Rock Art Glossary: A Multilingual Dictionary (Ifrao). Robert G. Bednarik, et al. Belgium: Brepols.
Recent Service as a Peer Reviewer
Rock Art Research (2008)
Rock Art Research (2006)
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (2008)
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (2007)
Work Experience
Current: Lecturer - Classics and Mediterranean Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago:
- Arabic 101: Elementary Arabic I (4hs).
- Arabic 101: Elementary Arabic II (4hs).
- Rock Art. A Mediterranean Prehistory (3hs).P
- Pre-Islamic History of North Africa (3hs).
Translator- Geolibrary – The Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health: Translating medical and environmental literature from English to Arabic.
Languages: Fluent spoken and written Arabic, English and French.
Volunteer:
Volunteer Research Assistant, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian, (1998-2003).
Volunteer Research Assistant, Chicago Architectural Foundation (current).
Department Administrator :Nichole Hinkley
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