Yasser Derwiche Djazaerly

PROFESSOR

Humanities School of Arts and Sciences

yderwich@fitchburgstate.edu 978.655.3004 Office: Conlon Fine Arts 250

Office Hours

Fall 2026

Monday 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Tuesday 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Wednesday 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Friday 1:00pm - 2:00pm

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)

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Education

Ph.D., Stanford University (German Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities)
B.A., University of Wisconsin (French/German)

Research Interests

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and German literatures
Francophone literature of the Maghreb and Lebanon
Contemporary Arab World

Selected Publications

“Contesting Orientalism: Amin Maalouf’s Le Rocher de Tanios”

“The Maghreb in the U.S. French Curriculum”

"The King Without Care: Frederick the Great, Louis XIV, and the Remaking of Ancien Régime Monarchy"