Maryam Ghodrati
Email: mghodrati@complit.umass.edu
Phone: 617-600-4222
Education
MA, English Literature, University
of Massachusetts Boston, MA, June 2010
Thesis:
The
Wasteland of the Mind: A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of War on Virginia
Woolf’s Mrs.
Dalloway and Mahmoud Darwish’s Memory for Forgetfulness
BA, Persian Literature,
Azad University of Tehran Central Branch, Tehran, Iran 2000
Research Interest
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Middle Eastern Literature
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Comparative Literature
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Literature and
Psychoanalysis
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Modern and Contemporary
Literature and Culture
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Work Experience
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2010-2011, Research Fellow, The William Joiner Center for the Study of
War and Social Consequences, University of Massachusetts Boston MA;
o Conducting research into
issues of chemical and biological poisoning, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
Traumatic Brain Injury, The impact of war on women and minority groups, on art
and culture, and on the process of trauma and recovery as relating to
individuals, families, and cultures.
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2011, Teaching English in Adult Education Center, Tehran
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2007-2010, Research Assistant, College of Liberal Art,
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA
o Research on philanthropic
and charitable schemes in late 18th-century American fiction.
o Newsletter Editor for M.A program in English Department.
o Research on 19th-
century British Literature; Medicine and Sanitary Reforms.
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2002-2006, volunteer research
assistant and teacher, Massachusetts Boston.
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Conducting research on
ancient Zoroastrian divine books, Department
of Near Eastern Language and Civilization at Harvard University
o Teaching Arabic and Religious Studies , Non Profit organization
Boston
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1999-2000, Tehran, Iran
o Teaching 4th grade in elementary school
o Working with University Professor Dr. Halabi, writing the bibliographic index of his translation of Friedrich Nietzsche: Philosopher of Culture by Charles Copleston.
Publications
- Translation by Maryam Ghodrati, “A Poem about War,” Massachusetts Review, A Quarterly of Literature the Arts and Public Affairs, October 2011.
- Translation by Maryam Ghodrati, Three poems by Gheysar Aminpoor, Newsletter, The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, December 2010.
- Work in progress: my short story, Bitter Fruits, and translations of Persian war poetry to English
Awards
and Honors
· Research Assistantship, 2007-2010, University of Massachusetts Boston,
English Department
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First place in the short
story writing contest in home town (Karaj, Iran) 1995
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Fourth place in the short
story writing contest in province (Tehran, Iran) 1996
Some
Courses Taken
· Writer’s Workshop, Memoir and Translation
Workshop, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences,
UMass Boston, Summer 2011
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Contemporary American
Fiction
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Literature of the Middle
East
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Metaphysical Poetry
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The Epic Imagination
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Teaching English with
Technology
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Comparative Authors: Woolf
and Forster
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Modern and Contemporary
Drama
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Medieval Studies
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