Fawzia Ahmad, PH.D.
French and
Italian/Women’s Studies
University
of Colorado, Boulder
After receiving
her bachelor’s degree from the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan,
Fawzia Ahmad moved to the United States to complete her academic work. She
earned an MA in French Literature with a concentration on Nineteenth-century
Romanticism from the University of Notre Dame in 1984 and a Ph.D. in French
Literature with a dissertation titled "Patrie/Watan: Representations of Algeria
in the Early Works of Albert Camus, Mouloud Feraoun and Mohammed Dib" from
Boston University in 1996. Dr. Ahmad's inter-disciplinary teaching interests
include the literatures and theories of the post-colonial era and feminist
perspectives in French literature and from the subcontinent region (India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh). She also teaches 'Women in Islam' for the Women's
Studies Department.
Before joining the University of Colorado, Boulder, Dr. Ahmad taught at Bryant College, Rhode Island College, and Roger Williams University before coming to CU in 1998. Currently, she is a member of the Minority Affairs Committee and the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs. Her current projects are title "Patrie/Watan: Representations of Algeria in the Early Works of Albert Camus, Mouloud Feraoun and Mohammed Dib" (Edwin Mellen Press, New York), “Adopted Lands: Harmonies of Self and Place,” (Sentient Press, Boulder, CO) and “Negotiating Mothering and Individuality: The Maternal and French Feminism and Literature of the Twentieth Century.” When not pursuing academic interests, she busies herself with horse-back riding, running and raising her two children in the foothills of the Rockies.
My courses:
Fr 3050/3060
Race, Gender, Class
Women in Society
Postcolonial Literature