Jyhene Kebsi

Dr. Jyhene Kebsi is a tenured Assistant Professor. She has held different roles including the MA Program Convenor, Early Career Representative, Research Strategy Committee Representative and Director of Learning & Teaching. Before Joining Macquarie University, Dr. Kebsi taught at the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, SME College and the University of Saint Thomas in the United States.

Dr. Kebsi's scholarly research has appeared in Journal of World Literature, Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/New Zealand Literature, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies, Postcolonial Text, The Journal of North African Studies and Law & Literature. Dr. Kebsi had her sabbatical last semester. She is currently working on a book under contract with Texas University Press.

Dr. Kebsi's op-eds, interviews and poems have appeared in Berkley Forum, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Conversation, Sunday Times, Jadaliyya, The New Arab, Overland, Arena, En-Gender, The Eastleigh Voice and Africa Is a Country. She is also the founder and convenor of the Gendered Transnational Texts & Communities Network. This network organizes panels, workshops and conferences. In addition to academic events organization, Dr. Kebsi gave more than 40 conference papers, including multiple Keynote Speeches. She was also invited to give different talks and presentations. A select list of these conference papers and presentations is below. 

Dr. Kebsi welcomes supervision of Ph.D. and MA (MRes) students in the following areas:

. Refugee and migrant literature & cinema

. Arab-Australian, Arab-American, Arab-Canadian and Arab-British literature & cinema

. Anglophone Arab women's literature & cinema

. Colonial and imperial feminisms