Academic positions •
Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Arts,
Cairo University, from September 1, 1996 – 1999. • Visiting Full-time Professor, Department of Arabic Studies,
The American University in Cairo, September 1992 - August 1996. • Professor of Modern History, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from December 30, 1981, to present. • Chairman, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from April 1982 to April 1988. • Associate Professor of Modern History, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from January 1, 1977, to December 29, 1981. • Seconded to
Qatar University, October 1974 - August 1978. • Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from June 16, 1971, to December 31, 1976. • Assistant, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, from November 21, 1967, to June 15, 1971.
Academic activities • Visiting fellow,
Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, April 1972 - January 1973; May - September 1977. • Visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
Tokyo University for Foreign Studies, February - September 1973; July - September 1987; October 1989 - September 1990. • Visiting professor,
Sorbonne University, Paris IV, February 1980. • Visiting professor, Essen, Kiel, Hamburg and Freiburg Universities, Germany, November - December 1982. • Part-time lecturer, CASA,
The American University in Cairo, 1983 - 1991. • Lecture Tour in United States organized by MESA, covered UCLA, USCLA, SCULA,
Stanford University,
Georgia State University,
Mills College (November 1990). • Organized and chaired six symposiums and conferences in Cairo and Ain Shams Universities, Egypt, 1978 - 1993. • Chairman, Historical Studies Unit, Center of Political and Strategic Studies, Al-Ahram Organization, Cairo, since February 1980. • Member, The Permanent Academic Committee of History, Supreme Council of the Egyptian Universities, since October 1985. • Member, History Committee, The Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt, Since 1991. • President, The Egyptian Historical Studies Association, since April 1999. • Editor in chief, Ruzname, Annual Bulletin of the Egyptian National Archives, Cairo 2003 to present.
Honors • Holder of Science and Arts Decoration, First class, Awarded by the
President of Egypt, February 1983. • State Prize of Distinguished Academic Achievement in Social Science, Egypt, June 2000.
Symposiums and conferences • International Conference on
Orientalism, Oriental Society of Japan, Tokyo, January 1973. • Symposium on
Methodology in History, Sorbonne University, February 1980. • Symposium on the Euro-Arab dialogue, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bonn, April 1982. • Workshop on the History of Traditions in the Middle East, Wissenschaft Kolleg Zu Berlin, April 1986. • Symposium on Urbanization in Islam, Oriental Studies Institute, Tokyo University, October 1989. • Special Guest Scholar, The 1990 MESA Annual Meeting,
San-Antonio,
Texas, November 1990. • Symposium on "The Middle Eastern Economy in a Prospect of Peace",
European Parliament,
Strasbourg, June 1994. • Xe Réunion des Chercheurs sur
le Monde, Arabe et Musulman, Afemam & Eurames, Aix-en-Provence, July 1996 • Conference on Archives and the Metropolis,
Institute of Historical Research, Centre of Metropolitan History,
University of London, July 1996 • Symposium on Mediterranean Cities, Municipality of Rome,
Rome, November 1996. • Panel on Abu-Qeir, History & Archeology, The Egyptian Academy, Rome, February 2002. • Symposium on the Archival Sources of Arab History, Centre for Documentation & History,
Abu-Dhabi, UAE, March 2002. • Round table on Private Papers as a Source of Arab Contemporary History, Institut de Monde Arabe,
Paris, March 2004. • Round table on
Iraq, The Royal Institute of Religious Studies, Amman,
Jourdan, January 2005. • Round table on Private Papers, The
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, March 2006 • International Conference on 1956 year of Crises, Hungary and Suez, Munk Centre For International Studies At
Trinity College,
University of Toronto, Canada, September 27–30, 2006. == Bibliography ==