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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany (2006)
Certificate of teaching in German as a Second Language
University of Kassel and Goethe-Institute, Munich, Germany (2003)
Master in German Languages and Literature, Linguistics and Indo-European
Languages, University of Münster, Germany (2000)
Employment
Reseach Assistant/Instructor of German contemporary literatur & literature of
migrants, University of Bielefeld (2011-present)
Reseach Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle (2009-2011)
Instructor of German literature, University of Washington, Seattle (Summer 2009)
Instructor of German literature of 18th and 19th century, University of Münster
(2006-2008)
Instructor and co-organizer of the project "Pro-DaF", University of Münster
(2002-2008)
Lecturer in German as a Second Language, University of Münster (2000-2007)
Fellowships/Awards
Faculty Grant, University of Bielefeld, 2012
Humboldt Fellowship, University of Bielefeld, 2011
Humboldt Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, 2009-2010
Conference, Travel and Publication Grants of the Humboldt Foundation in 2009,
2010, 2011
Honorable mention at the Intercultural Conference of the University of Münster,
2007
Award of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2006 of the
Sybille-Hahne-Foundation of the University of Münster for my dissertation,
2007
Scholarship of the Goethe-Institute for professional qualification in teaching
German as a Second Language, 2001-2003
Departmental/University Service
Adviser of the Humboldt Foundation on campus, University Bielefeld, 2011-present
Graduate Advising, University of Münster (2006-2008), University of Washington
(2009), University of Bielefeld (2011-present)
Board Memeber of Examination Committee for BA, MA, Lehramt, University of
Münster (2006-2008), University of Bielefeld (2011-present)
Co-organizer and instructor of the project PRO-DaF, University of Münster
(2002-2008)
Member of Implementation Committee, University of Münster (2002-2008),
University of Bielefeld (2011-present)
Undergraduate Advising, University of Münster (2000-2008), University of Bielefeld
(2011-present)
Professional Activities/Organization of Conferences
Panel organizer: "Getting Back to Goethe. Literary Translation and Cultural
Transfer in West-East Encounters," German Studies Association,
Milwaukee, WI, October 2012
Roundtable organizer: "Persia in German Literature," German Studies
Association, Louisville, KY, September 2011.
Panel organizer: "Literature as Space," German Studies Association, Oakland,
CA, October 2010
Symposium co-organizer: "Außenraum-Mitraum-Innenraum. Heterotopien in Kultur
und Gesellschaft," University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, September 2009
Collaboration on the interdisciplinary book project about "Islamfeindlichkeit vs.
Islamverherrlichung," University of Münster, October 2007-March 2008
Collaboration with the "Encyclopaedia Iranica" in studies of the Influence of Persia
on the German Literature and Culture, Columbia University, New York
(2001-present)
Memberships
Modern Language Association
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
German Studies Association
Goethe-Gesellschaft in Weimar
Foundation of Iranian Studies
Press and Interviews
Hamid Tafazoli on Heterotopia and Tango, "UW Germanics”, Seattle (2011)
Review of my conference "Außenraum - MItraum - Innenraum. Heterotopien in
Kultur und Gesellschaft" at the University of Wsconsin, with Henning Warge
and Sabine Mödersheim, Madison (2009)
Interview with Elisabeth Cnobloch about my project "Heterotopia",
“UW Germanics”, Seattle (2009)
Interview with the “Deutsche Welle” about my book „Der deutsche Persien-
Diskurs,“ (2008)
Award of the „Sibylle-Hahne for Humanities and Social Science 2006 of the
University of Münster, “Westfälische Nachrichten”, "Münstersche Zeitung",
University Press Münster and the "Westdeutsche Rundfunk" (2007)
Iranica, MEALAC-Columbia University, New York, Newslatter, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2001) |
