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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Sima Farshid
Current Status
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch
Contact Information
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Department of English Literature (Graduate Studies) |
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Phone: +98 26 34 18 29 17 Email: sima.farshid AT kiau.ac.ir |
Educational Background
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2005 - 2010 |
PhD in English Literature Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch Dissertation: Acts of Subversion in Toni Morrison's Novels: A Foucauldian Study
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1993 - 1997 |
MA in English Literature Tehran University Thesis: Traces of Romanticism in Saul Bellow's Novels
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1989 - 1993 |
BA in English Literature Shahid Beheshti University |
Professional Experiences
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2011 till now |
Director of Graduate Studies in English Literature Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 till now |
Invited Professor Kharazmi University |
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2011 till now |
Member of Editorial Board European Scientific Journal |
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2011 till now |
Member of Alborz' Employing Committee Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2005 till now |
Member of Research Council Faculty of Literature, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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1999 till now |
Faculty Member Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2009 - 2011 |
Director of Graduate Studies in English Literature Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2005 - 2008 |
Invited Instructor Kharazmi University |
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2004 - 2006 |
Head of English Literature Department Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2002 - 2006 |
Member of Editorial Board of Faculty Journal Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2002 - 2004 |
Head of English Department Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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1997 - 1999 |
Invited Instructor Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
Research Projects
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2011 - |
Imaginative Reconstruction of the History of Slavery in Morrison's Beloved Authority: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2010 - 2011 |
Tenets of Sovereignty in a Historical Play and a Tragedy by Shakespeare Authority: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2008 - 2009 |
A Comparative Study of Saul Bellow's Ideas and Nihilistic Trends of the First Half of the Twentieth Century Authority: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
Publications
A) Journal Articles
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The Composing Mode of Jazz Music in Morrison's Jazz Journal: Journal of African American Studies, 16: 2 (2012): 363- 371 Author: Sima Farshid |
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Hamlet's Charisma Induced by its Indeterminacies Journal: Modern Journal of Language and Literature, 1: 4/5 (2012): 24- 31 Author: Sima Farshid http://mjll.world-academia.com/MJLL/145/MJLL-1-45-3.pdf
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Journal: Comparative Literature Studies, 13 (2011): 85- 100 Authors: Sima Farshid, Parvaneh Shahin Nedjad |
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Foucauldian Archaeology of Slavery in Morrison's Beloved Journal: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 5: 4 (2010): 303- 310 Author: Sima Farshid |
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A Foucauldian Reading of Morrison's Novels Journal: International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 3: 10 (2010): 295- 311 Authors: Sima Farshid, Jalal Sokhanvar |
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Subversion of Modernist Discourse in Saul Bellow's Work Journal: International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 3: 4 (2009): 52- 58 Author: Sima Farshid |
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Internalization of Paradise Journal: Pazhuhesh-e Zabanha-ye Khareji, 32 ( 2007): 77- 89 Author: Sima M. Zamani |
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Journal: Psychology and Society, 1 (2003): 40- 43 Author: Sima Zamani |
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Journal: Faculty of Literature Journal, 11 (2002): 67- 71 Author: Sima Zamani |
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Romanticism and Philosophic Idealism Journal: Faculty of Literature Journal, 11 (2002): 1- 7 Author: Sima Zamani |
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Journal: Faculty of Literature Journal, 8 (2001): 87- 95 Author: Sima Zamani |
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Journal: Herald, 1 (2001): 4- 5 Author: Sima Zamani |
B) Books
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Herzog Publisher: Simaye Danesh, 2007 Author: Saul Bellow, Translator: Sima Zamani |
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Dictionary of Literary Terms Publisher: Eshtiagh, 2002 Authors: Jalal Sokhanvar, Sima Zamani |
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature Publisher: Rahnama, 2001 Translators: Sima Zamani, Sasan Mozaffari |
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Reading Theory and Practicing Literature Publisher: Farzanegan, 1996 Author: Raman Selden, Translators: Jalal Sokhanvar, Sima Zamani |
Conferences
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Refutation of the Enlightenment Concept of the “Self” in Morrison’s Sula Conference: Seventh International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Abad Oliba University, Barcelona, Spain, 2012 (Speech) Drawing on Musical Techniques in Fiction: The Art of a Black Woman Writer Conference: Women and the Arts: Dialogues in Female Creativity in the U. S. and Beyond. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011 (Speech) |
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Globalization and the World Literature Conference: The Age of Communication and Globalization. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2011 (Speech) |
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A Foucauldian Reading of Morrison's Novels Conference: International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference. Provence, France, 2010 (Speech) |
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Foucauldian Archaeology of Slavery in Morrison's Beloved Conference: Fifth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Cambridge University, England, 2010 (Speech) |
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Conference: Naturalistic and Expressionistic Aspects of Eugene O'Neill's Works. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2009 (Speech) |
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Subversion of Modernist Discourse in Saul Bellow's Work Conference: International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference. Gottenheim, Germany, 2009 (Speech) |
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Conference: Twentieth-century American Drama. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2008 (Speech) |
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Conference: New Critical Approaches to Literature. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2008 (Speech) |
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Conference: A Critical Approach to Iranian Pop Songs. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2008 (Speech) |
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Feminism Conference: Contemporary Literary Criticism. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2002 (Speech) |
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Romanticism: Multi-dimensional and Influential Conference: English Literature. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran, 2002 (Speech)
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Theses Supervision
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2011 - |
A Gynocritical Reading of Katherine Mansfield's and Goli Taraqi's Selected Works Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - |
A Lacanian Reading of Eugene O'Neill's Selected Works Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
A Lacanian Reading of Selected Works of Edward Albee and Akbar Radi Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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New Outlooks toward Changes of Social Status in Lahiri's Short Stories: A Cultural Study Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - |
Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 and Delillo's White Noise as Apocalyptic Novels: A Boudrillardian Reading Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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The Impact of Colonial Trauma on Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl and James Joyce's Dubliners Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
A Marxist Study of Bond's and Radi's Selected Plays Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
An Althusserian Reading of Margaret Atwood's Selected Novels Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
Disintegration of American Values in David Rabe's Selected Plays: A Foucauldain Reading Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
Excavation of Black Females' Latent Potency in Gloria Naylor's Selected Novels in the light of Africana Womanism Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
Saul Bellow on Human's Side: A Moral-Philosophic Reading of his Selected Novels Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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A Lacanian Reading of Caryle Churchil's Selected Plays Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2012 |
Re/Mapping the Self in Brian Friel's Translations and Shelagh Stephenson's Mappa Mundi Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch
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2010 - 2012 |
A Foucauldian Study of Jack London's The Star Rover and Patrick Shanelley's Doubt: A Parable and their Cinematic Adaptations Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2009 - 2012 |
A New Historicist Study of Sam Shepard's The Tooth of Crime, A Lie of the Mind and True West Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2011 - 2011 |
Camus' The Fall and Bellow's The Victim in the Light of Nietzsche's Philosophy Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch
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2010 - 2011 |
Power Relations in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman and Shepard's Buried Child and True West: A Foucauldain Reading Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2010 - 2011 |
A Kristevan Study of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Absalom, Absalom! Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2010 - 2011 |
A Study of E. M. Forster's Howard's End and The Longest Journey in the Light of Martha C. Nussbaum's Ethical Theory Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2010 - 2011 |
Gender Roles in Edgar Allan Poe's Selected Gothic Stories Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2010 - 2011 |
A Moral-Philosophical Study of Murdoch's A Word Child and Henry and Kato Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2009 - 2011 |
A Cultural Materialist Study of Edward Bond's Bingo, Lear and The Fool Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2009 - 2011 |
A New Historicist Study of Howard Fast's Citizen Tom Paine Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2008 - 2010 |
A Comparative Study of Hafiz's "Nazarbazy" and Platonic Love in Sir Phillip Sidney's Sonnets Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2008 - 2009 |
A Marxist Reading of Theodor Dreiser's Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2008 - 2009 |
Neo-Aristotelian Tragedy in Jack London's Selected Fiction Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2007 - 2008 |
A Marxist Reading of Miller's All my Sons and The Crucible Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2007 - 2008 |
Barth's Labyrinthine Fiction: A Deconstructive Reading of The Sot-Weed Factor Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2007 - 2008 |
Rewriting Myth: Edward Bond's The Woman in the Context of Imperialism and Misogyny Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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2006 - 2007 |
The Metaphoric Invisibility of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man in the Light of Foucault's Philosophy Place: Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch |
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Honors, Prizes and Awards
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1998 |
The Best Student Book in the Field of Literature From Academic Jihad |
Research Interests
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Modern and Postmodern Drama and Novel |
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Film Studies, Fine Arts, History of Art |
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African American Literature |