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 |
9:15am - 10:15am | Persian Fiction at 100: A Retrospective | Houra Yavari |
10:15am - 11:00am | Contemporary Persian Literature: a look at book production in Iran | Dr Laetitia Nanquette |
11:15am - 12:15pm | Persian Crime Fiction and Formation of Modern State | Dr Omid A'zadibougar |
12:20pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
1:00pm - 1:10pm | Afternoon Session (in Persian): Welcome and opening address | Dr Zahra Taheri |
1:10pm - 1:30pm | "In the Name of Pen" | Dr Zahra Taheri |
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 | نشناسیرمانفارسی۱۳۰۰تا۱۴۰۰ | 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