Prime Minister

19.01.2015
Rami Hamdallah


Education:
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK (1988)
Master of Arts, Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK (1982)
Bachelor of Arts, English Language, University of Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1980)

Work Experience:
  • President, An-Najah National University (August 1998 – Present)
  • Member of Board, Association of Arab and European Universities (AEUA) (February 2012 – Present)
  • Member of Board, Arab Council for Training Students of Arab Universities' (ACTSAU), Association of Arab Universities (April 2012– Present)
  • Member of Advisory Board, Journal of the Association of Arab Universities (April 2012 – Present)
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Colleges of Humanities, An-Najah National University (1995 – 1998)
  • Dean, the Faculty of Arts, An-Najah National University (1992 – 1995)
  • Chair, English Department, An-Najah National University (1988 – 1992)
  • Instructor, English Department, An-Najah National University (1982 – 1985)
  • Member of the Executive Council, the Association of Arab Universities (2008 – 2010)
  • Trustee, International Academic Council (2008 – Present)
  • Trustee, Yasser Arafat Foundation (2008 – Present)
  • Member of Board, Yasser Arafat Foundation (February 2011 – Present)
  • Trustee, Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity (2008 – Present)
  • Trustee, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute – MAS (2008 – February 2012)
  • Member of Board, Palestinian European Academic Cooperation in Education – PEACE (2000 – 2005)
  • President, Palestinian-European-American Universities Program of Academic Cooperation (2005 – 2007)
  • Member of Steering Committee, Council of Arab Universities for Scientific Research
  • Vice President, Palestinian Scientific Academy
  • Chairman of the Board, Palestine Exchange – PEX (October 2008 – Present). He had held the same position from 2003 – 2006
  • Secretary General, The Central Elections Commission in Palestine (2002 – Present)
  • Member of Board, Council for the Presidents’ of Palestinian Universities
  • Member, Palestinian Constitution Committee
  • Member of the Steering Committee, Union of Islamic Universities (1998 – 2007)
  • Member of Board, the Commission for Universities and Communities in the EuroMed Region (University EMUNI) (2009 – Present)
  • Trustee, Al-Istiqlal University (Palestinian Academy for Security Sciences in Jericho) (2009 – Present)
  • Vice President, Mediterranean Universities Group in Spain

Selected Publications:

Articles:
  1. "English Word Formation and its Pedagogical Implications for EFL”, An-Najah Journal for Research, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1992, pp. 57-64.
  2. "Palestinian Surnames Derived from Nicknames”, Names, Vol. 40, No. 4, Dec 1992, pp. 237-252.
  3. "Problems and Approaches to Translation with Special Reference to Arabic”, Journal of King Saud University, Languages & Translation, Vol. 10, 1998, pp. 23-38
  4. “A contrastive analysis of selected English and Arabic prepositions with pedagogical implications”, Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, Vol. 28, 1993, pp. 181-190.
  5. “The Need for a Multi-Factor Approach in Explaining Learners Errors”, IATEFL Joint Sig Symposium, Vienna, 1993.
  6. “To Use or Not To Use Arabic in English Language Teaching”, An-Najah Journal for Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1999, pp. 285-296.
  7. “Contrastive Analysis of English and Arabic Relativization,” Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, Vol. 34, 1998, pp. 141-152.
  8. ELT Situation at the University Level in the West Bank.
  9. Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure

Books:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on “The Role of Higher Education in the Context of An-Independent Palestinian State”, An-Najah National University, 1997.
  • "University English II", Experimental Edition, An-Najah National University, 1992.