Associate professor
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, professor Basalamah was educated in French and English. He began his undergraduate studies at the University of Geneva in French Literature and Philosophy and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Modern French Literature (poetry) from Paris3 La Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) in 1993. He also received a Masters degree of Translation Studies from Lyon2 Lumières (France) in 1998 and a Masters in Intellectual Property Law from Pierce Law School (New Hampshire, US) in 1999. He received his PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2004.
His research focuses on Translation Studies (including the philosophy of translation, translation rights, ethnographic translation and translation as metaphor), Postcolonial, Cultural and Religious Studies, as well as the study of Western Islam and Muslims. He is now working on a forthcoming book on the philosophy translation and its applications in the fields of the human, social and natural sciences.
Professor Basalamah taught at the University of Montreal, the University of Ottawa, Glendon College of York University (Toronto), and the UAE University. He currently teaches at the School of Translation and Interpretation (STI) and the Institute of Canadian and Aboriginal Studies (ICAS), University of Ottawa. During a recent leave, he was a visiting professor at the Postgraduate studies and research department at the Translation and Interpreting Institute (Qatar).
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa (Canada)
TII's Postgraduate and Research Dpt, HBK University, Doha (Qatar)
Department of Translation Studies, UAE University, Al-Ain (UAE)
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa (Canada)
School of Translation, Glendon College, York University, Toronto (Canada)
Department of Linguistics and Translation & Department of Political Science, University of Montreal (Canada)
Translation Studies
Université de Montréal, Canada
Master of Intellectual Property Law
Pierce Law, New Hampshire, USA
Master of lexicology, multilingual terminology and translation, Translation Studies Option
Université Lumière Lyon2, Lyon, France
Bachelor of Contemporary French Literature (poetry)
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris3, Paris, France