Forough Farrokhzad: Iconic Iranian Poet (1934 1967)
Автор: Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
Загружено: 2023-02-03
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A discussion by:
Dr. Farzaneh Milani — Author, and Professor, Middle Eastern South Asian Languages and Cultures; Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Virginia
Farzaneh Milani is Raymond J. Nelson Professor of Iranian literature and Gender Studies at the University of Virginia. She is the former Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures and past Director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Middle East Studies Programs. Milani has published several books and articles in Persian and English. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Ms. Magazine, Reader's Digest International, USA Today, All Things Considered, among others. She has presented more than 270 lectures nationally and internationally. A past president of the Association of Middle Eastern Women's Studies in America and a Carnegie Fellow, Milani was the recipient of the All-University Teaching Award (1999), Zintl Leadership Award (2015), and Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Award and Professorship in 2020. The Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy invited Milani to join it as a member of its Board of External Experts for Literature in 2021. Milani will serve in that capacity for three years.
Tara Kangarlou — Global Affairs Journalist, Award-Winning Author "The Heartbeat of Iran," and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning Iranian-American journalist who has previously worked with news outlets such as NBC, CNN, CNN International, and Al Jazeera America. She is a frequent on-air contributor for various international news outlets covering the MENA region and global affairs and writes regularly for TIME magazine. She has also spent much time covering the rise and fall of ISIS, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, as well as other pressing humanitarian issues worldwide. Born out of her extensive reporting and firsthand knowledge of the global refugee crisis, in 2016, she founded Art of Hope, the first American nonprofit that strictly focuses on supporting the mental well-being of war-torn refugees and IDPs in vulnerable host communities. She is also the author of the award-winning book "The Heartbeat of Iran" that provides an unprecedented insight into the many nuances, textures, and complexities of life in today's Iran - as told through the stories of ordinary Iranians living inside the country. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service teaching at the intersection of journalism and public diplomacy. Tara was born and raised in Tehran, Iran until she moved to the States in her late teens. At the moment, she splits her time between London and Washington. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from UCLA and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from USC.
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