Sandra Naddaff

Sandra Naddaff is a distinguished academic at Harvard University with multiple roles and areas of expertise. She currently serves as:

Academic Positions

• Director of Studies in the Literature Concentration1
• Senior Lecturer on Literature and Comparative Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature12
• Dean of Harvard Summer School123
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in Comparative Literature2
• Director of the Freshman Seminar Program4

Research and Expertise

Professor Naddaff's research focuses on:

• English, French, and Arabic narrative
• The 1001 Nights
• Translation studies
• Literature and music
• Arab-American ethnic identity
• Cross-cultural literary relations between the Arab Middle East and Western Europe12

Education

Sandra Naddaff's educational background includes:

• AB from Harvard College (1975)
• Graduate work at American University in Cairo (1975-1977)
• AM from Harvard University (1978)
• PhD from Harvard University (1983)12

Publications

Her notable publications include:

• "Arabesque: Narrative Structure and the Aesthetics of Repetition in the 1001 Nights" (Northwestern University Press, 1991)
• "Mirrored Images: Reverse Orientalism and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi" in Alif: A Journal of Comparative Poetics (1985)
• "1001 Nights" in the Dictionary of the Middle Ages
• "Magic Time: Narrative Repetition in the 1001 Nights" in Mundus Arabicus (1985)2

Sandra Naddaff's extensive experience and multifaceted roles at Harvard University demonstrate her significant contributions to the fields of comparative literature, Middle Eastern studies, and undergraduate education.