William Maynard Hutchins
 

Philosophy and Religion Department
Appalachian State University
Boone, N.C., 28608
Telephone: (828) 262-2427
email: hutchwm@appstate.edu


Date of Birth: October 11, 1944
Current Rank: Professor
Date of Appointment to Current Rank: July 1986

Education: B.A. Yale University 1964 (Art History)
M.A. University of Chicago 1967 (Philosophy)
Ph.D. University of Chicago 1971 (Near Eastern Languages)

Teaching and Professional Experience:
Instructor, English, Gerard Institute, Sidon, Lebanon, 1964-1965
Middle East Research Editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1971-1972
Islamic Civilization Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago, 1971-1972
Instructor, Arabic, Northern Illinois University, 1972-1973
Visiting Assistant Professor, Arabic, University of Chicago, 1973-1974
Lecturer and Head of Arabic Studies, University of Ghana, 1974-1977
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1977-1978
Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Religion, Appalachian State University, 1978-1979
Visiting Assistant Professor, Religion, Bowdoin College, Fall Semester 1979
Visiting Assistant Professor, History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Winter and Spring Terms 1980
Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Religion, Appalachian State University, 1980-1981
Associate Professor, Philosophy & Religion, Appalachian State University, 1981-1986
Director, A.S.U. Loft Facility, New York, Spring Semester 1983
Visiting Scholar, Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, Spring 1983
Fellow, American Research Center in Egypt, 1984-1985
Professor, Philosophy, Department of English & Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo, 1991-1993

Scholarly and Professional Memberships:
Middle East Studies Association
American Philosophical Association
Dissertation:
"Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on Knowledge," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Chicago, 1971, microfilm

Translations:
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Plays, Prefaces and Postscripts of Tawfiq al-Hakim, Volume One: Theater of the Mind, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1981; reissued Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996
______,Volume Two: Theater of Society, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1983; reissued Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996
Ibrahim 'Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini, Al-Mazini's Egypt, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1983; revised and expanded edition as A Night Unlike Any Other Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, forthcoming
Muhammad Salmawy, Come Back Tomorrow, translation revision with introduction, New Maadi, Cairo, Egypt: Alef Publishing House, 1985
Egyptian Tales and Short Stories of the 1970s and 1980s, editor & main translator, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1987, third printing, 1989
al-Jahiz, Nine Essays of al-Jahiz, editor & translator, New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 1989 ; introduction reprinted in Daniel G. Marowski & Amy K. Crooks, eds., Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Detroit, New York & London: Gale, 1998) vol. 25, pp. 321-326
Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk,  New York: Doubleday & Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1990; New York: Anchor Books, 1991
Tawfiq al-Hakim, Return of the Spirit, translation with introduction, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1990; reissued Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996; selection reprinted in Kenneth Brown & Hannah Davis Taieb, Alexandria in Egypt, Mediterraneans 8/9, Fall 1996, pp. 107-114
Naguib Mahfouz, Palace of Desire, New York: Doubleday & Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1991; New York: Anchor Books, 1992
______, Sugar Street, New York: Doubleday & Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1992; New York: Anchor Books, 1993
Tawfiq al-Hakim, In the Tavern of Life, editor & translator, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997
Dr. Nawal El-Saadawi, The Pages of My Life, New York: The Free Press, aborted translation project, 1997

Articles, Reviews, and Presentations:
"Islamic Rationalism: The Ethics of 'Abd al-Jabbar by George Hourani," Review, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 31.4
(October 1972)
30 short, unsigned articles, Micropaedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974
"Short Stories," translation of part of an essay by al-Jahiz, Playboy, XXII, 7 (July 1975)
"Ibn Rushd, Talkhis Kitab al-'Ibara. . ." Review, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 16.1 (March 1984)
"Report: A Biography of Tawfiq al-Hakim," American Research Center in Egypt Newsletter, 132 (Winter 1986)
"Averroes, Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics," Review, The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, XXIV (1987)
"Walker Percy and Tawfiq al-Hakim," Book World or 'Alam al-Kitab, Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization, July, August, September 1988
"The Theology of Tawfiq al-Hakim: An Exposition with Examples," The Muslim World, 78, 3-4 (July-October 1988)
"Translating and Editing the Cairo Trilogy of Naguib Mahfouz," Paper delivered December 29, 1989 as part of "Translating, Editing, and Publishing Arabic/Islamic Literature in the United States," a panel for the Modern Languages Association
"The Modern Arabic Short Story: Shahrazad Returns," Review, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1991 (?)
“Mona N. Mikhail, Studies in the Short Fiction of Mahfouz and Idris,” The Middle East Journal, Spring 1995, 49.2.349
“Hakim Meets Feminist Challenges,” paper delivered April 26, 1996, at Transitions: A Conference on World Literature, Appalachian State University
“Possession,” paper delivered to the Philosophy & Religion Colloquium, February 1,1996
“Communitas in The Enormous Room and in The Conference of the Birds,” paper delivered April 26, 1997 at the Second Annual World Literature Conference, Appalachian State University
“Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature,” Review, College & Research Libraries, November 1999, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 601-602.
Current Project:
Tawfiq al-Hakim: A Reader’s Guide , contract offered by Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998, in progress


Published Short Stories:
"Today's Mail," Cold Mountain Review, XII (Spring 1984)
"Dot and Dave Leave Home" and "The Pig and the Peacock," Cold Mountain Review, XIII (1985)
"A Lot about Pat," Cold Mountain Review, XIV (1986)
"A Pack of Lies," Cold Mountain Review, XV (1987)
"Cat Man's Search for Salvation," Crucible (Spring 1987)
"The Crazy Lady," Crucible (Spring 1988)
"The Animal Rainbow," Crucible (1991?)
Vikings in Africa and other stories, short story collection, ready for publisher
Carnal Grace, novel, second draft

Awards and Honors:
The Elizabethan Society, Yale University, 1963
Manuscript, Yale University, 1964
C.A.S.A. Fellow, American University in Cairo, 1968-1969
N.D.E.A. Title VI Fellow, University of Chicago, 1967-1968, 1969-1971
Selection of Plays, Prefaces and Postscripts of Tawfiq al-Hakim and of al-Mazini's Egypt for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, 1979-1982
Writer's Corner, Center for Instructional Development, Appalachian State University, November 22, 1982
Fellow, American Research Center in Egypt, 1984-1985 with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities
First Prize for Fiction, 1987 and 1991, Crucible
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