Fatemeh Keshavarz

Fatemeh Keshavarz ( _fa. فاطمه كشاورز) (born 1952 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian academic, writer and literary figure. She is a professor of Persian Language and Comparative Literature and chair of the department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis.

Fatemeh Keshavarz holds a B.A. (1976) in Persian Language and Literature from Shiraz University, and an M.A. (1981) and a PhD (1985) in Near Eastern Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Professor Keshavarz has taught at Washington University since 1990. She has served as Director of the Graduate Program in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Islamic Societies and Civilizations, and President of the Association of Women Faculty. She currently chairs the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures.

Among Keshavarz's works is her book "Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran." The book offers ideas in contrast to Azar Nafisi's ' (Random House, 2003) that explores the relationship between literature and society in the post-revolutionary Iran. Keshavarz believes that Nafisi's book presents "many damaging misrepresentations" of Iran and its people, relying more on stereotypes and easy comparisons than on an accurate portrayal of the country and its people. [Reading More than "Lolita" in Tehran: An Interview with Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Monthly Review" (12 March 2007). [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/keshavarz120307.html] ] [Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Banishing the Ghosts of Iran", The Chronicle Review of Higher Education, Vol. 53"', No. 45, p. B6 (13 July 2007). [http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=sl8sg6vbqmx5djhq3ps40y17gvvx6scz] ] [Hamid Dabashi, "Native informers and the making of the American empire", Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, Issue No. 797, Special (1-7 June 2006). [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/797/special.htm ] ] On April 2, 2008, the radio program "Speaking of Faith: The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi", on which Fatemeh Keshavarz was a featured guest in 2007 for American Public Media, was granted a Peabody Award. Peabody Award is considered electronic media's most coveted trophy in the USA.

Books

* Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Talashi dar Aghaz" (An Effort at the Beginning), collection of poems (Shiraz University Press, Shiraz, 1976).
* Fatameh Keshavarz, "A Descriptive and Analytical Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine" (The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, 1986) — Winner of the Dunne & Wilson Award. ISBN 0854840524
* Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Reading Mystical Lyric: The Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi", Studies in Comparative Religion (University of North Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., 1998). ISBN 1570035849
* Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Recite in the Name of the Red Rose: Poetic Sacred Making in Twentieth-century Iran", Studies in Comparative Religion (University of North Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., 2006). ISBN 1570036225
* Fatemeh Keshavarz, "Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran" (University of North Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., 2007). ISBN 0807831093

Awards

* "Dunne & Wilson Award" for the PhD Thesis selected as "a work of distinction" at University of London (1986).
* "Association of Women Faculty Appreciation Award" (2000).
* "Faculty Mentoring Award" (2000-2001).

References

* "Curriculum vitae", Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa ( [http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Efatemeh/CV.htm Washington University in St. Louis] ).
* Peabody Awards, April 2, 2008, [http://128.192.29.189/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=151 "Complete List of 2007 Peabody Award Winners"] .

Notes

External links

* Website of Professor Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa ( [http://artsci.wustl.edu/~fatemeh/ Washington University in St. Louis] ).
* "Speaking of Faith: The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi", with Krista Tippet, American Public Media, December 13, 2007:
— [http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/rumi/index.shtml Program's Main Page]
— [http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/rumi/particulars.shtml Program Particulars]
— [http://publicradio.org/tools/media/player/speakingoffaith/20071213_rumi Listen Now] ("RealAudio", 53 min)
— [http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/speakingoffaith/20071213_rumi.mp3 Download] (mp3, 53 min)
— [http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/rumi/particulars.shtml#video Video Performance: "The Musicality of Rumi"]

ee also

* List of notable Iranian women