Summary
Prof. Naji Oueijan was Chairman of the Departments of English-Lebanese University and Notre Dame University. Currently, he is Professor of English at Notre Dame University, Lebanon. He is President of the Lebanese Byron Society, Chair of the First International Conference on Lebanese-American Literary Figures (NDU), Chair of the International Conference on Challenges of Translation and Interpretation in the Third Millennium (NDU), Chair of the “Common Platforms for Bridging World cultures” (NDU). Member of the Board of Directors of the International Council of the Byron Societies, Member of the Advisory Committee of the American Conference on Romanticism, Member of the Academic Council of the Ameen Rihani Institute, Member of the Modern Language Association of America, Member of the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Arabic-English Studies–IJASE, Member of the German Society for British Romanticism, Member of the Association of Professor of English and Translation at Arab Universities, and Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Student Conference, Greece. Prof. Oueijan lectured in universities and conferences in the USA, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Arab World. He teaches Literature Courses (Nineteenth Century British Literature, Poetry, Graduate Seminars in British Literature, and Advanced Language and Translation Courses). Research interests include: Orientalism, Romanticism, East-West Cultural Dialogue, and Lebanese-American Writers.   Education Ph.D., Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. Major: English Literature, 1985. M.A. in English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1979. B.A. in English Language and Literature, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1977.   Published Books Oueijan, N. (2012) Lord Byron's Oriental World. New Jersey: Gorgias Press. Oueijan, N. (2008) Sourat Al-Shark Fi El-Adab Al-Inglizi, tr. by Tala Sabbagh. Beirut: Arab Organization for Translation. Oueijan, N. and B. Sarru’. Eds. (2002) Challenges of Translation and Interpretation in the Third Millennium. Louaize: Notre Dame University Press. Oueijan,N. Trans. (2002) Hymns of the Valleys, by Ameen Rihani. New Jersey: Gorgias Press. Oueijan, N.  (1999) A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. Oueijan, N. Ed. (1999) Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani: Prophets of Lebanese-American Literature. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press. Oueijan, N. Trans. (1999) Hymns of the Summits. By Farid Mattar. Lebanon: Imprimerie Moderne Kreim. Oueijan, N. Ed. (1998) Excerpts from Ar-Rihaniyat. By Ameen Al-Rihani, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press. Oueijan, N. (1996) The Progress of an Image: The East in English Literature. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.