Hasan M. El-Shamy

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Hasan M. El-Shamy (born 1938) is a professor of folklore (folkloristics) in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the African Studies Program at Indiana University. He received a B.A. with honors in Arabic and Islamic studies from Ain-Shams University in Cairo, Egypt in 1959. He then completed an intensive graduate program in psychology and education from Ain-Shams (Heliopolis) University in 1959–1960. Later he received an M.A. in folklore from Indiana University in 1964, as well as a Ph.D. in folklore with interdisciplinary training in folklore, psychology, and anthropology from Indiana University in 1967. [1] El-Shamy is retired and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington.

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El-Shamy taught as an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology for a year (1967–1968) at Morehead State University before becoming the director of the archives at the Folklore Center of the Ministry of Culture in Cairo, Egypt, a role that he held from 1967 to 1972. During this period he was also an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at The American University in Cairo. In 1972 he returned to Indiana University as a member of the faculty in the Folklore Institute (presently known as the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology). He has held numerous roles at Indiana University, including service as the director of graduate studies for the folklore program. He has held many visiting posts away from Indiana University, including as visiting professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan (Osaka) in 2002, as well as a visiting professor in the department of sociology at Tanta University, Egypt in 2003. [1]

El-Shamy's research publications introduced a number of innovative approaches to the study of traditional cultures in general and Arabic communities in particular. Among these are the concepts and research methodology of "Folkloric Behavior," and "The Brother-Sister Syndrome" in Arab family life and psychological practices. Some of his research interests include religion, myth and ritual, narrative folk poetry, typology and classification, kinship and folklore, which he has analyzed through comparative, ethnographic and psychological approaches. He has written numerous articles and books on African, Arabic and Middle Eastern folk narratives. [2]

In light of his contributions to the fields of Folklore and Middle Eastern studies, El-Shamy has been awarded a number of honors, including the Senior Scholar Award from Institute of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan in 2002. He also has been a Fulbright Fellow (1960–1961, 1987–1988) and has been elected as a Fellow of the American Folklore Society (2006). [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hasan M. El-Shamy: Curriculum Vitae (2016)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-24. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hasan El-Shamy". Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "About the American Folklore Society" . Retrieved December 18, 2009.
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