Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


   A/Prof. Hakeem Kasem

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Position Associate Professor
Email hakeem.kasem@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 924 43915
Campus Burwood
Location Burwood (Room D/2.10)
Role and profile Course Coordinator, Arabic Studies

Abdel-Hakeem Kasem lectures in Arabic language and culture studies and coordinates Deakin's Arabic In-country program. His research interests involve Arabic language and culture studies, language acquisition and cross-cultural communication. He has contributed to national and international conferences on issues related to second language acquisition, language and culture studies, and cross-cultural communication. Mr. Kasem has also been appointed as a research associate with Monash University and supervises MA students in translation studies.


Professional Associations

  • Interpreter/Translator Educators' Association of Australia
  • VCE Arabic Examination Panel
  • Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)

    Areas of Supervision

  • Second Language Acquisition Research
  • Arabic Langauge and linguistics
  • Arabic cultural studies
  • Interpreting and Translating Studies
  • Diaglossia


    • Awards
  • Received ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2008.
  • Winner of the 2007 'Faculty Of Arts Teaching Excellence Award’.
  • Winner of the 2005 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the category of ‘Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence’.
  • Winner of the 2000 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the category of ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Community.’
    • Teaching responsibilities AIB151, AIB152, AIB251 and AIB252
    Bachelor of Arts
    Research interests
  • Arabic language and Linguistics
  • Focus on Form in Second Language Acquisition
  • Intercultural communication
  • Theories of Interpreting and Translating
    • Research link View Deakin associated research data

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    22nd April 2013