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Dr Maryam Ghorbankarimi, Iran Heritage Teaching Fellow

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mg91@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office: Buchanan 105
Telephone: 01334 463639 

Full research profile

Research and Teaching

Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Maryam Ghorbankarimi moved to Canada in 2001 to continue her education in film at Toronto's Ryerson University. She is currently a PhD candidate in film studies at the University of Edinburgh in the UK and her research focus is on the representation of women in Iranian Cinema. Maryam is also a filmmaker and has made a number of short films, both fiction and documentary, which have been shown at festivals such as Montreal International Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival, and Tehran International Short Film Festival. Her research interests include women, gender, and cinema, and in general the cinemas of the developing countries.

Publications

The House is Black: A Timeless Visual Essay
Ghorbankarimi, M. 4-Jul-2008 20 p.
Research output : Contribution to conference Paper