Dr Niveen Kassem is Assistant professor in Arabic Cultural Studies.
Her research activities are broad and build on interconnected thematic areas such as heritage, cultural studies, memory, identity and trauma in contemporary literature and culture. Her current research explores historical trauma and its impact on the shaping of contemporary identities and memories of disenfranchised communities within the Middle East and American culture.
Work with heritage and art sectors
As a published scholar working on the impact of the past in the present, Niveen intends to make her work accessible to the wider audience and beneficial to the sector and society. She has worked with several art galleries and heritage centres within the UK and has co-produced provision and provided training on the use of art in teaching to raise awareness about key issues. She has also curated exhibitions from archive material to raise awareness about marginalised communities whose heritage has been underrepresented.