Events at: Asian Centre, Room 604

The Origins of Awakening Literature in Modern Iran: A Study of the First Persian Short Stories

The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]

Political Resistance in Post-Revolutionary Poetry: Mohammad Mokhtari and Baktash Abtin

The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]

‘Don’t Be a Gap-Filler’, and Other Writing Advice for Graduate Students

“My study fills a gap in the literature” is a common—and terrible—way that researchers justify their studies. For one thing, “gaps in the literature” are infinite. Why fill this one? More importantly, by embracing this metaphor, the author presents themselves as a mere gap-filler and ignores their true potential as a researcher trying to solve […]

On the Correlations between Lee Sang’s Poems and the Film An Andalusian Dog: Why do Invisible Needles Prick his Skin?

This seminar aims to compare and analyze the artistic spirit of Lee Sang’s poetry and the film An Andalusian Dog which was co-produced by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Lee Sang was a representative Korean poet of the 1930s who frequently mentioned renowned film directors such as Jean Cocteau and René Clair in his poetry, […]

Turning Your Seminar Paper into a Journal Article

Should you try to turn that paper you wrote for graduate seminar into a journal article? If so, how? What additional work do you need to do to create an article manuscript—and how much? Whose advice should you request during the revision process? To which journal should you send the completed draft? What should you […]

Anti-War Literature: Realism vs. Idealism

The sessions are all in Persian Persian Literature Reading Club’s new panel discussion series in the year 2024-2025 will focus on: The Literature of Awakening Initiated by: Dr. Farzan Sojoodi Dr. Hessam Dehghani Location: Seminar Room, Department of Asian Studies Throughout history, the political role of poetics (and artistic creation in general) has been a […]