{"id":4838,"date":"2018-06-15T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=4838"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:42:38","slug":"shazia-sadaf","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/people\/shazia-sadaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Shazia Sadaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shazia Sadaf received a PhD in English from the University of London, and a master\u2019s degree from King\u2019s College London, United Kingdom. She earned a second doctorate in Postcolonial Studies at Western University in Canada, with a primary research interest in the field of human rights literature.<\/p>\n<p>Before emigrating to Canada in 2013, Shazia was a tenured associate professor at Peshawar University in Pakistan. Her personal and professional experience of marginalization as a Muslim woman in a patriarchal country affected by the global war on terror gives her an insight that is invaluable in teaching about human rights and social justice. Her research expertise lies in analysing human rights as an evolving linguistic and literary discourse, extending the field beyond traditional social science frameworks. Her work offers an expanded understanding of the various ways in which literature and other narrative modes (media, memoir, documentary, film, art, music) engage with the past and current political landscapes around issues of human rights and social justice, and the role of these narratives in representation, spectatorship, and power.<\/p>\n<p>Shazia Sadaf is also Associate Editor, Journal of postcolonial Writing, Taylor &amp; Francis, UK.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional Achievement Award 2021, Carleton University.<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Teaching Award 2020-2021, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong><br \/>\nSadaf, Shazia, and Aroosa Kanwal. 2023. Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction\u00a0and the\u00a0Global\u00a0Imaginary: Democratising\u00a0Human\u00a0Futures. New York: Routledge. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003256427<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/wp-content\/uploads\/shazias.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7078 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/wp-content\/uploads\/shazias.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/wp-content\/uploads\/shazias.jpg 180w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/wp-content\/uploads\/shazias-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2026 (forthcoming). \u201cOn the Cusp of South Asia: Situating Pakistani Canadian Diaspora Identities.\u201d In Umme Al-Wazedi and Aparajita De (Eds.) Whose South Asia: The Politics of Inclusion in Representations of Belonging and Identity. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2021. \u201cHuman Dignity, the War on Terror, and Post 9\/11 Pakistani Literature.\u201d In M. C. Frank and P. K. Malreddy (Eds.) Narratives of the War on Terror: Global Perspectives. Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2019. \u201cBiographies of Violence and the Violence of Biographies: Writing about Rape in Pakistan.\u201d In P. K. Malreddy and A. S. Purakayastha (Eds.), Violence in South Asia: Contemporary Perspectives, 100-114). Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2018. \u201cChapter 12: Divergent Discourses: Human Rights and Contemporary Pakistani Anglophone Literature.\u201d In A. Kanwal and S. Aslam (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing (pp.138-150). Routledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2026 (forthcoming). \u201c\u2018Desi-Queer\u2019 Identity Quest: Heeding Pakistani Immigrant Voices in Canada.\u201d Special issue: Migrant Portrayal: Precarity, Displacement, and Human Rights in South Asia. Journal of Postcolonial Writing.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2022. \u201cBenevolent violence: Bombs, aid, and human rights in Mohammad Hanif\u2019s\u00a0Red Birds.\u201d Special issue: Global Literature and Violence, Postcolonial Text, 17(2-3), 1-17. https:\/\/www.postcolonial.org\/index.php\/pct\/article\/view\/2740<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2020. \u201c\u2018We are all migrants through time\u2019: History and Geography in\u00a0Mohsin Hamid\u2019s\u00a0Exit West.\u201d Special issue: Writing Brexit: Colonial remains. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 56(5), 636-647. DOI:10.1080\/17449855.2020.1820667<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2018. \u201cHuman dignity, the War on Terror, and post 9\/11 Pakistani literature.\u201d Special Issue. Global Responses to War on Terror. European Journal of English Studies, 22(2), 115-127. DOI: 10.1080\/13825577.2018.1478255<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2017. \u201cI am Malala: Human rights, and the politics of production, marketing, and reception of the post 9\/11 memoir.\u201d Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 19(6), 855-871. DOI:10.1080\/1369801X.2017.1347053<\/p>\n<p>Saher, Najma, and Shazia Sadaf. 2017. \u201cWe are what we eat in A House for Mr. Biswas and The Inheritance of Loss.\u201d Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, 25(1), 73.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2014. \u201cDaniyal Mueenuddin\u2019s dying men.\u201d Special Issue: Mapping South Asian Masculinities: Men and Political Crises. South Asian History and Culture, 5(4), 490-504. DOI: 10.1080\/19472498.2014.936207<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia, &amp; Mujeeb Rahman. 2011. \u201cPostcolonial loss of identity and the food metaphor.\u201d Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, 19(2), 105-116.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2008. \u201cColour play in Arundhati Roy\u2019s The God of Small Things.\u201d ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 39(3), 73-84.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2010. \u201cWoolf\u2019s\u00a0To the Lighthouse: A Word about the Title.\u201d Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences,\u00a018(1).<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2009. \u201cDual Colonialism in\u00a0A House for Mr. Biswas.\u201d\u00a0Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, 17(2).<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2009. \u201cChanges in Late Anglo-Indian Phraseology.\u201d Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, 17(1).<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2008. \u201cTennyson\u2019s\u00a0In Memoriam: Balancing spiritual and physical evolution.\u201d Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, 16(2).<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2008. \u201cThe vocabulary of aesthetics in Virginia Woolf\u2019s\u00a0To the Lighthouse.\u201d\u00a0Journal of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences,16(1).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. (forthcoming 2025). Rewriting Islam: Decolonialism, Justice, and Contemporary Literature. Hasnul Insani Djohar. ESC (English Studies in Canada). Columbus: The Ohio State University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf Shazia. 2024. \u201cPakistan Desires: Queer Futures Elsewhere.\u201d Kasmani, Omar, ed. Utopian Studies. Duke University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2023. \u201cIsolated incident.\u201d Mariam Pirbhai. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, DOI: 10.1080\/17449855.2023.2179474<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Encyclopedia Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2023. \u201cUsman T. Malik.\u201d The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume\u00a010.3.2:\u00a0\u00a0Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture. First published 13 October 2023. https:\/\/www.litencyc.com\/php\/speople.php?rec=true&amp;UID=15061<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2021. \u201cKhaled Husseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns.\u201d The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume\u00a03.2.4:\u00a0\u00a0American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present. 30 July 2021. https:\/\/www.litencyc.com\/php\/sworks.php?rec=true&amp;UID=23018<\/p>\n<p>Sadaf, Shazia. 2019. \u201cJamil Ahmed: The Wandering Falcon.\u201d The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume\u00a010.3.2:\u00a0\u00a0Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture. 07 January 2019. https:\/\/www.litencyc.com\/php\/sworks.php?rec=true&amp;UID=38846<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HRSJ 1101\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Critical Issues in Social Justice Activism<\/p>\n<p>HRSJ 3302\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Culture, Religion and Gender Rights<\/p>\n<p>HRSJ 5901\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Critical approaches to Human Rights and Social Justice<\/p>\n<p>HRSJ 5306 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Terrorism and Islamophobia<\/p>\n<p>HRSJ 5304\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Narratives of Human Rights<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[8],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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