Curriculum
Vitae
Valerie
J. Turner
Email: vjturner@chartermi.net
EDUCATION
M.A., Middle Eastern Studies
University
of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
May
1994
M.A.
Coursework:
History of Ottoman
Egypt and Syria; Islam, Nationalism and Revolution; Intellectual History
of Indo-Iranian Islam; Ethnicity in the Middle East; Independent Study of
Literature of the East-West Encounter;
Master’s
Report:
The Role of the Divine
Names in the Doctrine of Ibn ‘Arabi
B.A.,
History
University
of California at Santa Cruz, California, USA
June 1989,
Graduated with Highest Honors
B.A.,
Coursework:
Women in
Islam; Jihad; Ahl al-Kitab in Qur’an; Senior Thesis on the Historical and
Ideological Foundations of the Modern Islamic Revival.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
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Foreign Language and Area Study
Award in Arabic, 1993
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Caldwell Scholarship, 1987-1989
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John Neef History Award, 1986
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David Hannel Scholarship, 1986
LANGUAGES
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Reading
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Speaking
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Writing
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Native
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Native
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Native
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Arabic
(5 years formal study)
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Advanced
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Advanced
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Intermediate
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Persian
(2 years)
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Intermediate
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Beginning
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Beginning
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French
(2 years)
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Intermediate
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Beginning
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Beginning
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COMPUTER SKILLS
Systems:
MS DOS, MS-Windows, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0
Programs: MSOffice, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access
INTERESTS
Translation and Editing
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I
have translated Qisat al-iman, bayna al-falsafah wal-‘ilm, wal-Qur’an,
A
Story of Faith, Between Philosophy and Knowledge and Qur’an, an Arabic
book published by Shaykh Nadeem al-Jisr, Mufti of Tarablis and Northern Lebanon.
A first draft of the translation is being completed and prepared for review and
publication.
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I edit and proofread several online journals and newsletters
related to Islam and the Middle East.