Zahra Taheri Haghighi, Ph.D (ザフラー・ターヘリー・ハギーギー)

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学歴 EDUCATION  

1996 Ph.D. Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Major: Near Eastern and Persian Studies.

Dissertation Topic: “The Depiction of Women in Persian Ethical Texts.”

Dissertation Advisor: Professor Hamid Algar.

Committee: Professors Hamid Algar, Bruce Pray and Martin Schwartz.

1983 M.A. Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Iran.

Pajuhishkada-yi Farhang-i Iran.

Thesis Topic: “Siphiri, a Contemporary Mystic Poet”.

Thesis Advisor: Professor Taqi Purnamdariyan.

1977 B.A. Department of Persian Language and Literature

{University of Shiraz (Pahlavi), Iran.

Thesis Topic: “Satire in Persian Language, Dihkhuda and Charand-u Parand”.

Thesis Advisor: Professor Manuchihr Amiri.

職歴 TEACHING POSITIONS  

2002- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan.

2001-02 Lecturer in Persian Language, University of California, Davis.

1998-2002 Lecturer in Persian Language and Literature, Department of Near Eastern Studies,University of California, Berkeley.

1995-96 Graduate Student Instructor of Persian Literature, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

1990-94 Graduate Student Instructor of Persian Literature, University of California, Berkeley.

1977-79 Instructor of Persian Literature, Organization for the Education of Gifted Student,Tehran, Iran.

Teaching Experience  

Courses Taught at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies  

Readings in Classical Persian Prose (Graduate Course)

Persian 052C4: Introduction to Persian Epic Literature

Persian 6114: Classical Persian Poetry

Persian 6232: Contemporary Persian Literature

Persian 052C2: Elementary Persian

Persian 052C3: Intermediate Persian

Courses Taught at the University of California Berkeley  

Persian 10: Intensive Persian Language

Persian 106: Reading and Composition for Students with Knowledge of Spoken Persian.

Persian 101: Selected Readings in Persian Prose and Poetry.

Persian 104: Contemporary Persian Literature.

業績一覧(主な業績)PUBLICATIONS  

Books  

Sukut-I Kohan-i Ayeneha: negahi be zendegi va shi’r-i Alamtaj Ghaem-Maghami, (silence of the mirror: Alamtaj Ghaem-Maghami’s life and poetry), (forthcoming).

Pigah-i Nukhustiin (The Primal Dawn), A Collection of Poems, Langley Printing, Inc., Maryland, 1997.

Milad, A Collection of Poems, Iranian Studies Group, Berkeley, 1990.

Articles  

Women and the primal sin: looking for the roots of the ethical rules in Nasihat al-Muluk, (forthcoming)

“The depiction of women in Persian ethical literature: The case of Naserian Ethics.'' (forthcoming)

'The sword of the Satan: The image of women in Shi’i ethical texts.'' (forthcoming)

“Taswir-i vajguni-yi zan dar Hubut (the inverted image of women in the myth of Adam’s fall: the image of women in Nasihat al-Muluk)'', Iranshenasi, A Journal of Iranian Studies, Maryland, Vol.17, No.3, winter 2005. (in press).

“Shi’iri ki ayenast” (The Poetry which is a mirror: a critical study of the life and poetry of Alamtaj Ghaem-Magahmi, Jaleh), [part 2], Iranshenasi, A Journal of Iranian Studies, Maryland, Vol.17, No. 2, summer 2005, pp. 271-275.

“Shi’ri ki Ayenast” (The Poetry which is a mirror: a critical study of the life and poetry of Alamtaj Ghaem-Magahmi, Jaleh, [part 1], Iranshenasi, A Journal of Iranian Studies, Maryland, Vol. 17, No. 1, summer 2005, pp. 96-110.

“Na bistord dasti dar in rah ghobaram” (No one ever wiped the dust off my face: reviewing the critical writings on the poetry of Jaleh Ghaem-Maghami), The Persian Book Review, A quarterly on Arts and Literature, Summer 2005, Los Angles, Vol. 15, No. 45, pp. 98-113.

“Az zahid-sufiyan-i Bayn al-Nahrayn ta sufiyan-e Khurasan (From the Ascetics of Mesapotamia to The Sufis of Khorasan: sufi women in the early Islamic period)'', Book of the Month, Literature and Phylosophy, Tehran/Iran, Vol. 8, No. 7, May 2005. pp. 18-37.

“Early Sufi women” (translated into Japanese by Kimie Maeda), The Journal of Trans-Cultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 8, 2004, pp. 122-158.

“A miniature Image of Japan” (translated into Japanese by Shuri Suzuki), '''65 introductory chapters on Persia''', Ed. Emiko Okada, Keiichi Kitahara, Shuri Suzuki, Tokyo, Japan, Akshi Shoten, 2004, pp.366-367.

"Allegorical Epics in Persian Literature, the Case of Gul va Nawuruz", Quarterly Literary Review, 1999 Kerman/Iran, No. 3-4 (Spring & Summer) pp.243-274.

"The English Introduction to 'The Complete Poetical Works of M.J Vajid'", 1st edition, 1998, M.A. Publications, Tehran/Iran.

"Haksariyye", Turkiye Diyanet Vakfi Islam Ansiklopedisi, 1997, vol. 15, Istanbul, pp. 208-209.

"Celaliyye", Turkiye Diyanet Vakfi Islam Ansiklopedisi, 1993, vol. 7, Istanbul, pp. 258-259.

"Dilgiriha-yi Sade-yi Ghurbat", Nime-yi Digar, Cambridge, MA, 1990-91, No. 12/13, pp. 84-86.

"A Survey of Education for Hearing-Impaired Students in Iran", Payk-i Javanan, 1979, Tehran/Iran.

"Education in Elementary Schools", Payk-i Javanan, 1978, Tehran/Iran.

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES  

"From Sana'i to Jami", four lectures on the history of Sufism, Persian Language Advisory Committee of the Sacramento Public Library Foundation, Sacramento, Jan., Feb., and March 2002.

"Women Poets in Classical Persian Literature", Center for Dialogue, UC Berkeley, 2001.

"Firaydun Mushiri's Work", Persian Language Advisory Committee of the Sacramento Public Library foundation, Sacramento, 2000.

"Women in Medieval Persian Ethical Texts", Persian Cultural Group, UC Berkeley, 1998.

"My Experiences as a Woman, a Mother and a Poet", Iranian Women’s Society, San Jose State University, 1994.

"Women in Qajar Period", Iranian Cultural Society, Sacramento State University, 1993.

"The Enameled Dome, Cultural Traditions in the Lyrics of Hafiz", Iranian Alumni Association, UC Davis, 1992.

"Khaksariyya: In Search of Wandering Dervishes", Iranian Cultural Society, Sacramento State University, 1991.

"Mysticism in Persian Poetry", Iranian Alumni Association, UC Davis, 1990.

SEMINARS ORGANIZED AND TAUGHT  

1998-Present Founder, organizer and instructor, Outside-the-Department Seminar, “One Thousand Years of Persian Literature,” University of California Berkeley, (in Persian)

Summer 2005 “Women poets in Persian classical poetry”

Summer 2004 “Sa’eb, Persian poetry in Safavid period”

Summer 2003 “Reading selected lyrics from Hafiz”

Summer 2002 “Hafez and the magic of poetry”

Spring 2002 “The Master of Word, Sa’di”

Winter 2001 “Reading classical Persian poetry, the case of Khayyam – Nizami”

Fall 2001 “Sufism and Persian poetry, the case of Rumi”

Summer 2001 “Sufism and Persian literature, the case of Sana’i – Attar”

Fall1998-Spring 2001 “One thousand years of Persian prose: from Abūmansūr-i Mu’ammirī to Dihkhudā”

ACADEMIC PROJECTS  

2006 Contributor to the project “Studies on the Mystical interpretation of the Quran in the third section (al-Nawbat al-Thaliths) of the Kashf al-Asrar-i Meybudi,” based on a grant from the ministry of higher education, directed by professor Morio Fujii. Department of Persian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

 

2006 Produced two CDs, Reciting selected poems from the work of master Persian poets for Persian Studies majors. Department of Persian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

2006 Editing the Persian section of a text book, provided by Dr. Yoshie, for teaching Persian studies majors. Department of Persian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

2005 Editing a text book for teaching Persian to the students whose major is not Persian. Contributed to the producing of 5 CDs for the reading sections of the book.

GRANTS AND AWARDS  

2005 Faculty research grant, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

1995 Mellon Foundation, administered by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.

1991 George C. & Helen N. Pardee Scholarship, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,

1991 Provost’s Research Fund Award, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,

1992 Melon Foundation, administered by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley. 77 Full Scholarship from Shiraz University for Undergraduate Studies.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES  

1933-94 Librarian, Near Eastern Studies Library, UC Berkeley.

1989-95 Librarian, Middle East Section, Main (Dow) Library, UC Berkeley.

1992-96 Cataloguer, periodicals department, Middle East section, Main (Dow) Library, UC Berkeley.

1976-1979 Columnist, Payk-i Javanan Magazine, Tehran/Iran.

連絡先  

E-mail: tanha@tufs.ac.jp

研究室電話番号:042(330)5344


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