Dr Parmis Mozafari
Associate Lecturer in Persian
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 3639
- pm215@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- Room 105
- Location
- Buchanan
- Office hours
- Tuesday 10-12
Teaching
Teaching and Research
I joined the University of St Andrews in 2018 as an Associate Lecturer in Persian. Since then, I have been the module coordinator and the main instructor for the core language modules PR1001, PR1002, PR2001, PR2002, PR3001, and PR3002.
Apart from different cultural components that I use as teaching material, what makes my core language modules exceptional is the use of music/songs. Given my fast-paced approach, I introduce songs as soon as week 8 of PR1001 when the students learn to sing Persian songs. As repeatedly stated in students’ feedback, this activity has been one of the most enjoyable components of Persian.
Drawing on my background as a trained musician in Persian classical music and a researcher on women musicians in Iran, I contribute to several interdisciplinary modules. These include MU1006 (An Introduction to Ethnomusicology), GD5503 (Interdisciplinary Topics in Gender Studies), and MH5414/5604 DL (Themes in Middle Eastern and Iranian History). My lectures and seminars cover critical topics such as music censorship, gender relations, and religion-related restrictions, with a specific focus on the contemporary status of Iranian women singers and dancers.
I am an active member of the University’s Institute of Iranian Studies and have participated in many different outreach events including teaching Persian language, Persian calligraphy lessons and workshops, Persian music performances and lessons and workshops.
I am enthusiastic about supervising MLitt and PhD students. My research interests and areas of potential supervision include music in Iran and the Middle East, religion and religious minorities in the musical culture of the Persianate world, and Persian language and literature.
PhD supervision
- Farhad Aref
- Casper Sanderson
Selected publications
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Carving a Space for Female Solo Singing in Post-revolution Iran
Mozafari, P., 15 Jan 2013, Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Cultures: Literature, Cinema and Music. Laachir, K. & Talajooy, S. (eds.). New York and London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 262-278 17 p. (Research in Postcolonial Litertaures; vol. 44).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Dance and the Borders of Public and Private Life in Post-Revolution Iran
Mozafari, P., 15 Jun 2013, Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic . Sreberny, A. & Torfeh, M. T. (eds.). London and New York: I. B. Taurus, p. 95-108 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter