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Fahad Sasani , Faculty Member of Alzahra University

  1. PERSONAL DATA

fsasani@alzahra.ac.ir

fsasani@hotmail.com

 

  1. EDUCATION
  • BA in English translation and interpretation (July 1994)
  • MA in general linguistics: Barresi e Maqule e Sefat (A Study of Adjective Category, July 1997)
  • Ph.D in linguistics: Avāmel e Moasser bar Tafsir va Fahm e Matn (Key Parameters of Interpretation and Understanding Texts) (Tehran: Allame University, 2003)

 

  1. FIELDS OF Interest
  • Semantics
  • Semiotics
  • Pragmatics and sociolinguistic aspects of language
  • Persian language

 

  1. LANGUAGE FAMILIARITY
  • Persian: native speaker
  • English: four skills, working as a translator
  • Arabic: familiarity with Classical Arabic
  • Portuguese: reading is better that all other skills

 

  1. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
  • Co-director of Foreign Languages Group, Islamic Revolution Literature Bureau, Arts Center, 1992-1999
  • Research Vice-chancellor of Sooreh Art University, Oct. 2000-Sept. 2002
  • The head of Linguistics Department, Alzahra University, April-August 2006
  • Academic Deputy of the Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, September 2006-21 July 2007
  • Director of the Bureau for the Talented Students, Alzahra University, 24 December 2007-17 January 2009
  • Director of Educational Affairs, Alzahra University October 2008-July 2011
  • The head of Linguistics Department, Alzahra University, June 2012-21 May 2014
  • Research director of Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University May 2013-5 May 2014
  • The head of Assessment and Surveillance Office, Alzahra University, 22 May 2014-September 2015
  • Volunteer Professor of Persian Language and Iranian Studies in Universidade de Brasília (September 2015-September 2018).
  • The head of the Center for Persian Teaching to Non-Persian Speakers (AAZFA), Alzahra University, 9 December 2018-

 

  1. OTHER ACTIVITIES
  • A member of Linguistics Society of Iran
  • The organizer and chairperson of "Weekly Lectures on Art, Thought, and Literature in Islamic-Iranian Culture", Islamic Culture and Art Research Institute, Arts Center, July 2000- March 2000.
  • The organizer and chairperson of "Weekly Lectures on Cinema Studies: Spiritual Signs in Cinema", Islamic Culture and Art Research Institute, Arts Center, Jan.-Feb. 2001.
  • The organizer and chairperson of “Art Discusssions” in Sooreh University of Art.
  • Editor of Binab Bimonthly, Islamic Culture and Art Research Institute, Arts Center, no1 (December 2002)-no. 9 (December 2005).
  • A member of the Forum for the Indo-Iranian Studies, 25 November 2002-.
  • A founding member of the Group of the Semiotics of Art, Iranian Academy of Art, November 2003-2009, thence known as Tehran Semiotics Circle.
  • The chairperson of the Third Conference on the Semiotics of Art, Art University, Tehran, March 2006.
  • The organizer and chairperson of the First Conference on Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Alzahra University (January 2005).
  • The organzier and chairporson of the Second Conference on Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Alzahra University Tehran, 29-30 May 2007).
  • A member of the scientific committee of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth Conferences on Semiotics of Art (Tehran, February 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and March 2008), and the Conference on the Semiotics of Art of Isfahan (Isfahan, October 2004), the Conference on Globalization and Art: Iran and India (Tehran, 2003-2007).
  • The chariperson of the Third Conference of Semiotics of Art, Tehran, 2006.
  • The organzier and chairperson of the Third Conference on Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies: Language and Sociocultural Studies of Language, Alzahra University Tehran, 30 October 2013).
  • Editor of the Bimonthly Bināb, no. 1 (june 2003)- no. 9 (February 2005)
  • A member of the editorial board of the linguistic journal of Pāzand
  • A member of the editorial board of the linguistic journal of Zapānpazhuhi (Language Studies)
  • Translating more than 60  articles in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, art, philosophy, politics, and religion in the following journals and periodicals: Tamāshāgarān Weekly, Iran Newspaper, Fārābi Quarterly of Cinema, Honarhā e Tajassomi (Visual Arts) Journal, Pegāh Weekly, Bidār Bimonthly, Zibāshenākht, Khiyāl (the quarterly periodical of the Iranian Academy of Arts), Faslnāme e Motāleāt e Tārikhi (Historical Studies Quarterly), Pazhuheshnāme (Research Journal of the Iranian Academy of Arts), and some other articles for reader books.