Saeed Tawfik

Saeed Tawfik
Born	November 7, 1954
🏳️ Nationality	Egyptian
💼 Occupation
🏅 Awards	State Prize for Excellence in Social Sciences
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Saeed Tawfik (Arabic: سعيد توفيق) is an Egyptian writer born in Cairo on November 7, 1954.

He is a Professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University.

Biography

He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of Philosophy, College of literature, Cairo University in 1976 with a grade of very good, and a Doctorate in Philosophy with first honors in 1987, and he obtained a Master’s in Philosophy from the College of literature at Cairo University in 1983 with an excellent grade. He was a Former Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the college of literature, Cairo University from February 12, 2009 until February 11, 2012, and he is the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt from February 12, 2012 until May 30, 2013 (the date of his resignation) and from July 22, 2013 until June 23, 2014 (resigning again).

Jobs

• Worked as a teaching assistant in the Department of Philosophy, College of Literature, Assuit University, Sohag, from 1978 to 1983.
• Worked as an assistant in the Department of Philosophy, College of Literature, Cairo University, from 1983 to 1987.
• Worked as a teacher in the Department of Philosophy, College of Literature, Cairo University, from 1987 to 1994.
• Worked as a visiting professor at the UAE University, from 1989 to 1990.
• Worked as a teacher of metaphysics and aesthetics in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, both Colleges of Education and Literature, Sultan Qaboos University, from 1990 to 1996.
• Worked as assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, College of Literature, Cairo University, from 1994 to 1999.
• Worked as a professor in the Department of Philosophy, College of Literature, Cairo University in 1999 and still is.
• Worked as a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the UAE University from 2002 to 2006.
• Was the Chairman of the Philosophy Department Board, College of Literature, Cairo University, from February 12, 2009 to February 11, 2012.
• Worked as a General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Culture from February 12, 2012 to June 23, 2014.
• Taught contemporary philosophy, aesthetics and metaphysics courses (bachelor’s level) and “Scientific Research Methods” and “Reading and Interpretation Philosophical Text” (graduate level) at Cairo University and its branches in Egypt and Sudan.
• Taught the Scientific Research Methods course throughout his visiting professor's career, and taught courses in Metaphysics, Aesthetics and Ethics while on loan work at UAE University.
• Taught courses in metaphysics, aesthetics, modern and contemporary philosophy, and philosophy of values (for six years) at Sultan Qaboos University.
• Taught the Aesthetics of theater and of music for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Academy of Arts in Cairo.
• Taught Scientific Thinking course at Egypt University for Science and Technology.

Membership

• Active member of the Egyptian Writers Union.
• Member of the Philosophy Committee in the Supreme Council of Culture from 1999 to 2011.
• Member of the Egyptian Philosophical Society.
• Member of the American Society of Phenomenology, Fine art, and Aesthetics affiliated to the International Institute for Graduate Phenomenological Studies.
• Member of the Cairo Atelier.
• Member of the Fine Arts Lovers Association in Cairo.
• Member of the Promotion Committees at the Art Academy.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Philosophy and Time, which is annually published by the Supreme Council of Culture (until the date of his resignation in 2011).
• Member of the House of Poetry Board trustees affiliated to the Culture Ministry since 2010.
• Advisor of the translation committee at the National Centre for Translation.
• Member of the State Encouraging Awards jury in 2008.
• Head editor of the Philosophy Series (The Public Authority of Cultural Palaces).
• Head editor of the Contemporary Thought Journal (General Egyptian Book Organization- Second Edition) until the date of his resignation in June 2014.
• Member of the scientific committee of Sheikh Zayed Book Award during its eighth round.
• First honorary membership for the Syndicate of Specialized Psychological Professions.
• Member of the Higher Committee of Graduate Studies at the Art Academy in Cairo from 2015.
• Member of the Culture and Knowledge Committee at the Scientific Research Academy since 2013.

Publications

Books

• Philosophy of Interpretation, its outlooks and path (The Supreme Council of Culture – January 1, 2018).
• Creativity’s Crisis in Our Contemporary Culture (University Institute of Studies and Publishing – January 11, 2006).
• Aesthetic Experience, (A Study in the Phenomenological Philosophy of Beauty) (University Foundation of Studies and Publishing – January 1, 1992).
• The Nature of Language and the Philosophy of Interpretation (University Foundation of Studies and Publishing- August 1, 2002).
• Aesthetic Experience, (A Study in the Phenomenological Philosophy of Beauty) (The Egyptian Lebanese house – October 15, 2015).
• Representational Art (Egyptian General Book Authority – January 1, 2017).
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• The Meaning of Beauty in Art, (ntroductions to Aesthetics) (The Egyptian Lebanese House – February 1, 2016).
• Art and Creativity (Visions Publishing and Distribution – October 12, 2020).
• Interpretation of Art and Religion (The Egyptian Lebanese house – January 1, 2019).
• Thoughts (First Thoughts on the Phenomena of Life and Existence) (The Eye Publishing House – January 1, 2021).
• Thoughts (A Philosophical Autobiography) (Battana Publishing and Distribution – January 1, 2019).
• The World of Al-Ghitani: Articles in the logbooks (The Eye Publishing House – January 1, 2008).
• Controversy Over Aesthetics (The Egyptian Lebanese House – January 1, 2015).
• Interpreting Art and Religion: Philosophy and Psychology (1 January 2017).
• Contemporary Mentality – October 2015 (General Egyptian Book Organization – January 1, 2014).
• Thoughts (Battana Cultural Foundation – January 1, 2019).
• The Universality of Art and its World (The Egyptian Lebanese House – January 1, 2019).

Articles

• The Hermeneutics of the Literary Text Between Heidegger and Gadamer (Nizwi Magazine – March 1995).
• The Philosophy of the Mirror (Nizwi Magazine – April 1996).
• The Mirror’s Philosophy in Mahmoud Rajab’s Vision (Creativity Magazine – January 1997).
• Manifestations of the Female Presence in ….
• Aesthetics of Sound and Musical Expression (Nizwi Magazine – July 1998).
• Salah Qansouh, a human being and a scientist (Creativity Magazine – July 1999).
• Traveling in the Corners of Existence, the train experience in the novel of (Approaching and Dangling) (Creativity Magazine – November 1999).
• The Ordeal of philosophy and the Crisis of Humanities in Gulf Universities (Nizwi Magazine – October 2004).
• The Sea Mountains in Oman – Memories Nostalgia (Nizwi Magazine –July 2005).
• Time Flashes in (flashes of arid) in Al-Ghitani's(Nizwi Magazine – January 2007).
• With friendship we face our estrangement and alienation in life (AL-Faisal Magazine – January 2019).

Awards

• Sheikh Mustafa Abdel Razek Award for his doctoral thesis from the College of Literature, Cairo University, in 1988.
• State Prize for Excellence in Social Sciences in 2007.

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