I’m Assistant Professor of Modern Irish and English Literature at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran; and IASIL Regional Bibliography Representative for Iran. I specialize in the modern Irish novel, with special interests in James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Flann O’Brien, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Disability studies, Memory studies, and reading modern literature in light of contemporary continental philosophy.
Research interests:
- Modern Irish literature
- James Joyce
- Samuel Beckett
- Flann O’Brien
- Disability studies
- Memory studies (SRE, Cognition, Politics and Lit.)
- Philosophy and Literature (Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
- Theory of the novel
Awards:
- 2021 University Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University
- 2020 University Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University
- 2013 Doctoral Research Award – University of Glasgow, UK, School of Critical Studies
- 2012 Doctoral Research Award – University of Glasgow, UK, School of Critical Studies
- 2008-2010 Graduate Research Fellow – University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Modern Languages
- 2008-2010 Research Assistant – University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Modern Languages
Professional Activities:
- Nov 2017-Oct 2019: Vice Dean, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Beheshti University
- March 2017- Nov 2017: Vice Dean, Shahid Beheshti University Center for Foreign Languages
- 2015-2020: Exec. Manager: Critical Language and Literary Studies – CLLS
- 2015-Present: International Advisory Board, Studi Irlandesi: A Journal of Irish Studies
- 2012-Present EFACIS (European Federation of Associations and Centers of Irish Studies)
- 20012-Present ACIS (American Conference for Irish Studies)
- 2011-present IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literature)
- 2011-present IASIL Regional Bibliography Representative For Iran
- 2010-Present Irish Pen Association