Yasser Derwiche Djazaerly
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Humanities
School of Arts and Sciences
yderwich@fitchburgstate.edu
978.655.3004
Office: Conlon Fine Arts 250
Office Hours
Spring 2026
Monday 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday 12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday 12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Friday 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
And by appointment.
Courses Taught
To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.
French for Beginners (FREN 1000/1100)
Arabic for Beginners (ARAB 1026/1100)
German for Beginners (GER 1000/1100)
Background
Ph.D., Stanford University (German Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities)
B.A., University of Wisconsin (French/German)
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and German literatures
Francophone literature of the Maghreb and Lebanon
Contemporary Arab World
Articles
“Contesting Orientalism: Amin Maalouf’s Le Rocher de Tanios”
“The Maghreb in the U.S. French Curriculum”
Books
"The King Without Care: Frederick the Great, Louis XIV, and the Remaking of Ancien Régime Monarchy"