009 - Between Chaos and Discipline: Iranian Comparative Literature
Session 1: The Institution of Comparative Literature
- Laleh Atashi, Shiraz University
“Children’s Literature and Comparative Literature: Hansel and Gretel in the House of Step-Parents”
- Mahsa Moosavi, University of Western Ontario
“The Limitations of Studying Comparative Literature as an Independent Discipline in Iran”
Session 2: Comparative Literature in the Periphery
- Amirhossein Vafa, Shiraz University
“American Studies in Shiraz”
- Abolfazl Ahangari, University of Hong Kong
“The Enigma of Method: On Comparatism in the Postcolonial History”
Session 3: Translation and Transnation
- Christoph Werner, University of Bamberg
“Cultural Translation in Reverse: The Case of German-Iranian Literature”
- Behnam Fomeshi, Monash University
“Translation Studies and Comparative Literature in Collaboration”
Session 4: Transnational Literary Studies
- Aria Fani, University of Washington
“Literary Circulation and Poetic Genres”
Goulia Ghardashkhani, University of Bamberg
“Renegotiating the Contemporary Iranian/Persian Literary Landscape: Afghan-Iranian Prose Literature”
- Omid Azadibougar and Laetitia Nanquette, Hunan Normal University and UNSW
“Conclusion: Disciplining the Chaos”
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The Project was supported by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG) [grant number MG-ISE-22-170]
