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Charles G. Haberl Iii
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Assistant Professor
School of Arts and Sciences
Department of African, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Literatures (AMESALL)
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway , NJ 08854
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Tel: 732-445-8444 ext 10
Fax: 732-445-8446
Cell Phone: (917) 301-6531
Email Address: haberl@rci.rutgers.edu
Alternate Email: mustashriq@gmail.com
Homepage Address: http://tinyurl.com/haberl
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Highest Earned Degree:
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PhD (Harvard University, 2006)
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Dissertation:
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The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr (2006)
Advisor: Dr. John Huehnergard
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Linguistic Ability:
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English
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Italian
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Arabic
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Professional Identification:
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Field Linguist
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Historical and Comparative Linguist
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Epigrapher
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Mandaeologist
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Aramaicist
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Positions Held:
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2009-ongoing: Assistant Professor, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
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2008-2009: Instructor, African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
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2006-2009: Instructor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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Titles or Assignments within Positions Held:
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2009-2012: Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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2006-2009: Assistant Director for Development and Communication, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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Books:
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2009: The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009)
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Edited Books, Anthologies, Collections, Bibliographies:
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2009: Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2009).
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Chapters in Books or Monographs:
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2012: Predicate Nominals and Related Constructions in Neo-Mandaic, in Papers presented to John Huehnergard on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday (Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications Office, 2012)
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2011: Neo-Mandaic, in Semitic Languages: An International Handbook/Ein internationales Handbuch, Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 36, ed. Stefan Weninger in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, and Janet C.E. Watson (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2011)
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2007: Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann’s Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl, ed. Charles G. Häberl (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2007)
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Articles in Refereed Journals:
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2011: Neo-Mandaic in Fin de siècle Baghdad, in the Journal of the American Oriental Society 130.4 (2010) (New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society)
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2007: The Relative Pronoun d- and the Pronominal Suffixes in Mandaic, in Journal of Semitic Studies 52.1 (2007): 71–78 (Oxford University Press, on behalf of the University of Manchester)
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2006: Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages, in the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 341 (2006): 21–30 (Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research)
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Published Conference Proceedings:
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2011: Aramaic Incantations between Orality and Textuality, in Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World, eds. Julia Rubanovitch and Shaul Shaked (Leiden: E.J. Brill, Forth.)
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2011: The Demon and the Damsel: A Folktale in Iraqi Neo-Mandaic, in “Durch Dein Wort ward jegliches Ding!” / “Through Thy Word All Things Were Made!” - II. Mandäistische und Samaritanistische Tagung / 2nd Conference of Mandaic and Samaritan Studies, Mandäistische Forschungen 4, ed. Rainer Voigt (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Forth.), pp. 7-26
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2010: Flights of Fancy: A Mandaean Folktale of Escape from Persecution, in ARAM Periodical 22 (2010): 549–72 (Leuven: Peeters)
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2010: The Cultural Survival of the Mandaeans, in ARAM Periodical 22 (2010): 209–26 (Leuven: Peeters)
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2009: The Production and Reception of a Mandaic Incantation, in Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics, ed. Charles Häberl (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2009), pp. 168–89
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Reviews:
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2013: Steven E. Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2010), in the Journal of the American Oriental Society (New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society)
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2012: Olga Kapeliuk, Selected Papers in Ethiosemitic and Neo-Aramaic Linguistics (Jerusalem: Magnes, 2009), in the Journal of the American Oriental Society (New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society)
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2012: Rainer Voigt (ed.), Und das Leben ist siegreich! And Life is Victorious (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008), in the Journal of the American Oriental Society (New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society)
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2012: Bogdan Burtea, Zihrun, das vorbergen Geheimnes (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008), in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71.1 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
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2012: Holger Gzella and Margaretha L. Folmer (eds.), Aramaic in its Historical and Linguistic Setting (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2010), in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71.1 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
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2012: J.N. Postgate (ed.), Languages of Iraq: Ancient and Modern (Cambridge: University Press, 2007), in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71.1 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
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2010: Jorunn J. Buckley, The Great Stem of Souls (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2006), in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 69.2 (2010) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
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2010: Shabo Talay, Die neuaramäischen Dialekte der Khabur-Assyrer in Nordostsyrien. Einführung, Phonologie und Morphologie (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2008), in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 105.4–5 (2010): 517–18 (Berlin: Oldenbourg)
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2007: Bogdan Burtea, Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005), in the Journal of the American Oriental Society 127.2 (2007): 208–10 (New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society)
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2005: Lynne Long (ed.), Translation and Religion (Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2005), in LINGUIST LIST 16.2711 (2005), http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2711.html (accessed November 26, 2010)
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2004: Mandaean Studies Since the Millennium, in Folia Orientalia 40 (2004): 361–68 (Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk)
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Works in Progress:
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2011: Flights of Fancy: Folklore in Iraqi Neo-Mandaic (monograph; two chapters completed)
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2011: The Mandaean Book of John: Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary (co-authored book; four chapters translated)
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2011: The Sound System of Late Punic (article; draft completed, pending revisions)
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Courses Taught:
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Introduction to Middle Eastern Folklore and Mythology, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Sp09, Sp10, Sp11
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Introduction to Aramaic, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Sp09
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Elementary Arabic I, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Sp08
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Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Sp08
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Ta’ziyeh: Introduction to Shiism, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Fa07
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Classical Arabic I, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Fa06, Fa07, Fa08, Fa09
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Classical Arabic II, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Sp07, Sp08, Sp09, Sp10
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Multiple Identities of the Middle East, Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Fa06, Fa07, Fa08
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ARABIC A: Elementary Arabic, Undergraduate, Harvard University, Fa02, Sp03, Fa03, Sp04
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Curricular Development - Courses and Programs Developed:
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2009: "Documenting the African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian (AMESA) Languages of New Jersey" Course
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2009: "African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian (AMESA) Languages in Peril" Course
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2009: "Introduction to Aramaic" Course
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2009: "Introduction to Middle Eastern Folklore" Course
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2008: "Comparative Semitic Linguistics" Course
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2006: "Introduction to Qur'anic and Classical Arabic" Course
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2006: "Multiple Identities of the Middle East" Course
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Instructional Development:
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02/2010: Invited Lecturer, US/ED Title VIA Annual Directors Meeting, "Persian on a Shoe-String: A Collaborative Approach to Building a Language Program"
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11/2009: Organizer, RCHA K-12 Workshop on "Sciences in the Islamic World"
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04/2009: Co-Organizer, RCHA High School Teachers Workshop, “Arab-American Heritage”
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10/2008: Organizer, RCHA K-12 Workshop on "Iran in the Classroom"
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10/2008: Organizer, Rutgers Faculty Development Workshop on "The Iranian Cultural Sphere"
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04/2007: Moderator, Workshop on Arabic Curriculum: Facts and Prospects (Rutgers University)
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Teaching Other:
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2004: English Language Instructor (Harvard-Koç Osmanlıca Yaz Okolu, Alibey Adası, Turkey)
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2004: ARABIC A: Elementary Arabic, Undergraduate, Harvard University
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2003: ARABIC A: Elementary Arabic, Undergraduate, Harvard University
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2002: CLAS-HEB A: Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Harvard University) Teaching Fellowship
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2001: CLAS-HEB 138: The Historical Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (Harvard University) Teaching Fellowship
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2001: LIT&ARTS C-37: The Hebrew Bible and its Interpreters (Harvard University) Teaching Fellowship
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1997: English Language Instructor (PDS, Bologna, Italy)
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Papers, Abstracts, and Lectures
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Other Invited Addresses:
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2010: “Persian on a Shoe-String: A Collaborative Approach to Building a Language Program” (with Jo-Ann Gross) – Title VIA Annual Directors Meeting (New Orleans) February, 2010
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2010: “Mesopotamian Incantation Texts between Orality and Textuality” – Rutgers Linguistic Colloquium (Rutgers University) December, 2009
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2009: “Language Documentation and Cultural Survival: The Case of the Mandaeans” – AMESALL Lecture Series (Rutgers University) May, 2009
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2009: “Aramaic Incantation Texts as Oral Compositions” – Workshop on Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) December, 2008
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2009: “Late Punic Phonology” – Harvard University Semitic Philology Workshop (Cambridge, MA), November 2008
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2009: “Der Dämon und die Jungfrau – ein irakisches Volksmärchen auf Neumandäisch” – II. Mandäistische und Samaritanistische Tagung (Freie Universität Berlin) October, 2008
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2008: “Cultural Survival and the Mandaeans” – Princeton Teacher’s Institute (Princeton University) May, 2008
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2008: “Mandaean-Muslim Relations in Light of Sectarian Claims” – Workshop on Rethinking Sectarianism (Princeton University) May, 2008
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2007: “Loanwords and Pedagogy” – Workshop on Arabic Curriculum: Facts and Prospects (Rutgers University) April, 2007
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2006: “Working with New Data – Fieldwork in Semitic Languages” – Harvard University Semitic Philology Workshop (Cambridge, MA) October, 2005
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2005: “The Relative Pronoun d- and Pronominal Suffixes in Mandaic” – Harvard University Semitic Philology Workshop (Cambridge, MA) November, 2004
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2004: “Mandaic: Yesterday, Today ... and Tomorrow?” – Harvard University Semitic Philology Workshop (Cambridge, MA) May, 2004
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Papers, Abstracts, and Lectures:
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2011: "Resituated Metaphors: The Case of 'The Soulfisher'” – NACAL 39 (Austin, TX) February, 2011
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2010: “The Demon and the Damsel, Part II: Escape to Mšuni Kušta” – ARAM 26 (Oxford, UK) July, 2009
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2009: “The Demon and the Damsel: A Folktale in Iraqi Neo-Mandaic” – AOS 219 (Albuquerque, NM) March, 2009
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2009: “Late Punic Phonology” – NACAL 37 (Albuquerque, NM) March, 2009
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2007: “The Oral Universe of the Aramaic Orient” – NACAL 35 (San Antonio, TX) March, 2007
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2007: “Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages: The Origin of the Mandaic Script” – ASOR Annual Meeting (Washington, DC) November, 2006
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2006: “Pragmatics in the Middle Eastern Marches: Identifiability and Objective Referentiality” – NACAL 34 (Seattle, WA) March, 2006
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2005: “Languages in Contact: Neo-Mandaic and Iranian” – NACAL 33 (Philadelphia, PA) March, 2005
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2004: “The Neo-Mandaic Dialects of Khorramshahr and Ahwaz,” AOS 214 (San Diego, CA) March, 2004
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1999: “The Marsala Punic Shipwreck” – Harvard Shipwrecks Seminar (Cambridge, MA) March, 1999
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Other Presentations, Lectures, Demonstrations (TV, Radio):
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2011: Interview with Nicole Pride (Rutgers Today) for "An Ancient Language on the Brink of Extinction Finds New Life" (November 9, 2010)
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2010: Interview with Sam Roberts (New York Times) for "Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages" (April 28, 2010)
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2009: Interview with David Grant (Associated Press) for "Mandaeans, Members of Iraqi Sect Predating Christianity, Struggle With Cultural Pressure in US" (July 1, 2009)
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2008: Interview with Ian Wilhelm (Religion News Service) for "Obscure Mandaean Faith Risks Extinction in Iraq" (November 2, 2008)
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2007: Interview with Ashanti M. Alvarez (Rutgers FOCUS) for "Rutgers linguist works to preserve Mandean language and culture" (March 5, 2007)
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2007: Interview with Chris Newmarker (Associated Press) "Casualties of the War in Iraq: The Mandaeans" (February 8, 2007)
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Organizing and Chairing Activities
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Participation in Organizing or Chairing Conferences, Workshops, and Organizations:
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11/2009: Organizer, RCHA Arab Heritage Workshop for Teachers (New Brunswick, NJ)
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11/2009: Organizer, Panel Discussion on "Language Ecologies in the Balance" (New Brunswick, NJ)
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10/2008: Moderator, RCHA Workshop on Iran in the Classroom (New Brunswick, NJ)
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10/2008: Organizer, Rutgers University Faculty Development Workshop on "Iran in the Classroom" (New Brunswick, NJ)
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10/2008: Co-Organizer, “Iran Today” Conference (New Brunswick, NJ)
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03/2008: Co-Convener, the 36th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (Chicago, IL)
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04/2007: Moderator, Panel Discussion on “Evaluation of the Arabic Textbooks in Use,” Rutgers Workshop on Arabic Curriculum: Facts and Prospects (New Brunswick, NJ)
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03/2007: Convener, the 35th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (San Antonio, TX)
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03/2005: Webmaster and Assistant Organizer, the 34th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (Seattle, WA)
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06/1999: Assistant Organizer, 13th International Conference of the ARAM Society (Cambridge, MA)
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07/1998: Event Staff, 45th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT)
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Membership/Offices Held in Scholarly and Professional Societies:
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2008-ongoing: Member, American Institute of Yemen Studies
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2006: Member, American Schools of Oriental Research
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2001-ongoing: Member, American Oriental Society
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1999-ongoing: Member, Webmaster, and past Convener, North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics
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1998-ongoing: Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society (Alpha of Rhode Island)
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Externally-Funded Research and/or Training Grants:
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07/2010-08/2012: (Grant Amount: $130,000) Co-Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Scholarly Editions Grant, "The Mandaean Book of John: Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary", Charles G. Haberl (50%), James McGrath (50%)
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07/2009-08/2010: (Grant Amount: $8,100) Co-Principal Investigator, American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) Fellowship, "Collection, Organization, and Transcription of a Mahri Digital Archive", Charles G. Haberl (50%), Sam Liebhaber (50%)
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07/2007-09/2010: (Grant Amount: $179,080) Principal Investigator, US/ED Title VIA UISFL Grant "Proposal to Expand the Rutgers Contemporary Iranian Studies Program (CISP)", Charles G. Haberl
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Contributions to the Advancement of the Academic Profession:
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12/2010: Referee, Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences (Antwerp: De Gruyter Mouton)
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10/2009: External Reviewer, The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania
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09/2009: Referee, Politics (Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons)
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Service to Other Public Bodies:
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01/2010: External Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation
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06/2008-08/2008: Consultant, "Proposal for encoding the Mandaic script in the BMP of the UCS"
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12/2007-ongoing: Reviewer and Selection Panelist, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
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02/2007-ongoing: Founding Member, Mandaean Crisis International
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05/2007-01/2008: Consultant, "Islamic Science Rediscovered" (Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ)
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04/2006: Consultant to FBI re: Stolen Antiquities from Iraq
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Service to Rutgers University:
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2011-ongoing: Faculty Advisor, RU Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
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2010-ongoing: Faculty Advisor, RU Arab Cultural Club
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2010: Search Committee, AMESALL Language Coordinator (AMESALL)
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2009-2010: Search Committee, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL)
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2008-ongoing: Rutgers Undergraduate Fulbright Faculty Advisor
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01/2008: Faculty Chaperon, RU Middle East Coexistence House
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05/2007-ongoing: Study Abroad Advisory Committee for Middle East Programs
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Students Supervised for Independent Studies:
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2011: UG: Jordan Kutzik, Senior Honors Thesis on "Hasidic Yiddish Pedagogical Materials: A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Survey"
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2010: UG: Christopher Aquino, Independent Study on Media Arabic
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2009: UG: Phoebe E. Youhanna, Senior Honors Thesis on "The Role of the Copts in Egyptian Identity"
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2009: UG: Samantha Helwege, Senior Honors Thesis on "The Coverage of Suicide Bombings in Arab and American English-Language Media"
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2009: UG: Diego Santelices, Independent Study on "The Iraqi Refugee Crisis"
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2007: UG: Hanif Yazdi, Independent Study on Syriac
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