Dr. Maha AlatawiDr. Maha Hamoud Alatawi
Associate Professor | Research & Development | Cultural Management | Career Guidance & Development | Instructional Design | Managing Editor
Profile
Dr. Maha Hamoud Alatawi is Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University and a researcher at the Asbar Center for Studies and Research, where she authors studies for the Ministry of Culture and the Theater and Performing Arts Commission.
She holds a PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies from University College Dublin, has published with Bloomsbury, Palgrave Macmillan, and Peter Lang, and serves as Managing Editor.
She is a Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP) with NCDA, holds ATD certification in Instructional Design and the ESG Professional credential, and has presented papers at conferences in Riyadh, Athens, London, Prague, and New York.
Areas of Expertise
Research & Development
Peer-reviewed studies in drama and theatre, and applied research for government projects in the cultural sector within Asbar's R&D team.
Research grant • 2025Cultural Management
Cultural project development, participation in Cultural Development Fund and Monsha'at programmes, and the ISOCARP congress on planning and urban regeneration.
Professional Certificate in Cultural Management • 2026Career Guidance & Development
Guiding students and professionals toward careers in the cultural and creative industries, and career-development initiatives at universities.
NCDA CCSPInstructional Design
Design and development of training programmes and curricula with universities and cultural institutions.
ATD certified • 2026Selected Publications
Her research explores the intersections of drama, literature, film, and cultural studies, with a focus on identity, justice, space, and social change.
- 2026
Representations of Justice in Literature, Drama, and Film
Co-Editor — Peter Lang
- 2025
“For me to Flourish you must be Quiet”
The Harold Pinter Review
- 2023
Perspectives on Lifespan and Regeneration in the Plays of Conor McPherson
Negotiating Age: Aging and Ageism in Contemporary Literature and Theatre — with Prof. Eamonn Jordan
- 2019
Narrativity and the Narrator Figure in Conor McPherson's Port Authority, The Veil, and Girl from the North Country
The Theatre and Films of Conor McPherson — Bloomsbury, Methuen Drama
- 2018
The Utilization of Domestic Space in Conor McPherson's New Translation of The Nest
The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance — Palgrave Macmillan
Conferences & Talks
61st ISOCARP World Planning Congress
Speaker and moderator of two sessions on culture and sustainable urban regeneration, with Riyadh Region Municipality
Riyadh
Madinah Book Fair
Session host — ‘Identity and Literary Translation’
Madinah
Film Criticism Conference
Paper presentation
Riyadh
14th International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts
Paper presentation
Athens
International Conference on Medical Humanities
Paper presentation
London
Dialogue, Performance, and the Body Politic
Paper presentation — Charles University
Prague
Available for keynotes, panels, and session moderation at conferences and cultural events.
Awards & Recognition
Research Funding — Future Economies
Cultural and creative economy research aligned with the SDGs
Second Place — Translation Challenge
Poetry in Pixels
Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission
Best Paper Award
International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC) — Madrid
Contact
For research collaboration, cultural-sector consulting, and conference participation.
Available for research collaboration, cultural consulting, and speaking engagements.