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Winner, Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

University Researcher of the Year (Highly Commended)

2017
BBC/Arts and Humanities Research Council

BBC New Generation Thinker

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the Milton Society of America

Member of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

Member of the Emerging Literary Translators’ Network

Member of the Birmingham Translation Studies Research Forum

Member of the Birmingham Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies

‘Certainly the Muslim is the very devil incarnation’: Islamophobia and The Merchant of Venice

Dr Islam Issa is Reader in Literature and History in the School of English at Birmingham City University. He is an award-winning writer, curator, and broadcaster. As a literary critic and historian, his work has focused primarily on the modern-day reception of Renaissance and Early Modern English literature in global contexts, particularly Shakespeare and Milton, and the cultural history of the Middle East. His book Milton in the Arab-Muslim World received the Milton Society of America’s First Book award. He is co-editor of Milton in Translation, winner of the Milton Society of America’s 2017 Irene Samuel Memorial Award, and of Digital Milton. 

Islam has curated a number of exhibitions at prestigious venues. "Stories of Sacrifice" (2016-18) at the British Muslim Heritage Centre won the Times Higher Education Awards 'Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences', the Muslim News Awards 'Excellence in Community Relations' prize, and the Manchester Culture Awards 'Highly Commended Exhibition'. His other exhibitions include "Shakespeare in South Asia" at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (2017) and "Ageless Cleopatra" (2018), both at Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Islam has appeared on television and radio well over 100 times on more than 50 different stations worldwide.

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Reader in Literature and History

BBC New Generation Thinker, Dr Islam Issa, talks about the importance of looking at how identity shapes how we interpret works of literature. https://www.bcu.ac.uk/english

Dr Islam Issa on literary receptions

Staff profile oF Dr. Islam Issa, Lecturer in English at Birmingham City University, with some glowing five star reviews from students. https://www.bcu.ac.uk/english

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