2021 Mirrors of Iran Conference: Contemporary Persian Literature "Storytelling and Fiction"

Date & time

Fri 01 Oct 2021, 9am–4.30pm

Location

Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia)

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2021 Mirrors of Iran Virtual Conference: Contemporary Persian Literature "Storytelling and Fiction"

The Association of Iranica in Australasia, in collaboration with the Australian National University, is hosting a conference on the theme of modern Persian literature.
The 2021 virtual conference presentations will be delivered by a team of high calibre international writers and scholars who will explore a wide spectrum of the history and development of modern Persian Fiction.

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Time	Session	Presenters
9:00am - 9:15am	Welcome by Co-convenors	A/Prof Karima Laachir Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), The Australian National University Mr Masoud Rowshan President of the Association of Iranica in Australia
9:15am - 10:15am	Persian Fiction at 100: A Retrospective	Houra Yavari Senior Research Scholar
10:15am - 11:00am	Contemporary Persian Literature: a look at book production in Iran	Dr Laetitia Nanquette University of New South Wales
11:15am - 12:15pm	Persian Crime Fiction and Formation of Modern State	Dr Omid A'zadibougar Hunan Normal University
12:20pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 1:10pm	Afternoon Session (in Persian): Welcome and opening address	Dr Zahra Taheri Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), The Australian National University
1:10pm - 1:30pm	"In the Name of Pen"	Dr Zahra Taheri Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), The Australian National University
1:30pm - 2:15pm	"داستانِ نوشتن رمان "عقرب کشی": تصمیمها و منکرات ادبی"	Shahriar Mandanipour
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Q&A Session	Moderated by Dr Zahra Taheri
2:45pm - 3:00pm	Break
3:00pm - 3:45pm	ن شناسی رمان فارسی ۱۳۰۰ تا ۱۴۰۰	Hassan Mirabedini
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Q&A session and closing remarks	Moderated by Dr Zahra Taheri

Houra Yavari, Senior Research Scholar, Centre for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
Dr Laetitia Nanquette, Senior Lecture, School of Arts and Media, University of New South Wales
Dr Omid A'zadibougar, Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, Hunan Normal University
Dr Zahra Taheri, Convener of Persian Studies Program, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), The Australian National University
Shahriar Mandanipour, Writer, literary theorist and author of 13 novels, Los Angeles
Hassan Mirabedini, Scholar, literary critic, writer, researcher on the history of modern Persian fiction, Teheran

Co-Convenors
A/Prof Karima Laachir, Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), The Australian National University
Mr Masoud Rowshan, President of the Association of Iranica in Australia