Education
2014 – PhD, English Literature, University of Aberdeen, U.K.
2004 – MA, 20th Century English Literature, University of Sussex, U.K.
2003 – MPhil (Coursework completed), English Literature, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
2000 – MA, English Literature, International Islamic University (I.I.U.), Islamabad, Pakistan
1996 – BA, English Literature & Indian History, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan
Instruction & Research
Dr. Awan has been trained as a modernist; however, his teaching and research interests have gradually gravitated towards global modernisms, with a focus on modernism in Urdu literature, postmodern fictions, and contemporary global fictions.