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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Reza Farokhfal Address in the US: 1350 20th St., Apt. A-54 Boulder, CO, 80302 Cell: 720)292-7348 [email protected] [email protected] Address in Canada: 6384 Rue de L’Aiglon, Laval (Montreal), QC, H7L 4W2, Canada Tel: (450) 963-3096 Nationality Iranian –Canadian LANGUAGES Persian (mother tongue) English (writing, reading, speaking, comprehension) Classical Arabic (reading, comprehension) French (reading, comprehension) Education M.A. in Communications, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada B.A. in History, Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran Professional affiliation As a language instructor: Member of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Member of National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) Member of American association of Teachers of Persian (AATP) CLS study abroad/fellowship advisor As a writer: Present member, Pen Canada Present member, the Writers League of Iran Member of the board of directors of Iran Editors Association (1992-95) Teaching experience 2008-2016 Instructor and coordinator of the Persian program, Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, UC- Boulder 2006- 2008 Lecturer in Persian, Department of languages and Cultures of Asia UW-Madison Summer 2007 Lecturer in Persian, Persian Immersion Program, UW- Lacrosse Summer 2006 Lecturer in Persian, Persian Immersion Program, UW- Lacrosse 2001- 2005 Lecturer in Persian, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal Recent activities 2016 Invited by Stanford University (Dept. Iranian studies) for delivering a lecture at the conference “A Portrait of Houshang Golshiri in Texts, Contexts, Manuscripts and Fragments” held on January 14th 2016. 2015-2016 Coordinating the project “A Digital Concise Persian Vocal Dictionary”, in collaboration with CU-Boulder's Anderson Language Technology Centre. 2012-2016 Evaluator of Critical Language Scholarship Program. 2010-2016 Participation in the reading sessions on language pedagogy conducted by ALTEC (Anderson Language Technology) at CU- Boulder. Summer 2013 Conducting a workshop on “creative writing” at Mecik Cultural Center in Montreal (Canada). 2009 Participation in the two days workshop on “Persian Language Education” held by the University of Maryland's Persian Flagship Program. Recent publications 2016 ‘Election: a Fable’ a short story, published on the literary site Pencil and Coffee. 2015 Seven Weaver Sisters, a short story, published on the literary site Pencil and Coffee. 2015 The Georgian Tavern, a short story, published on the literary site Pencil and Coffee and in the literary quarterly Zendeh-rood (Iran). 2015 The Cobani’s kid and Theology: A Maghameh, a short story published at Davat literary site (Paris). 2014 The Plain’s Sentence, a short story published on Davat literary site (Paris). 2014 Where are You Still? a short story published on Davat literary site (Paris). 2013 The Written, the Corporeality of language: an analysis of Persian current writing system, Published on the cultural site Zamaneh. 2013 ‘Of Ayda’s Golfing’ a critical analysis of Ayda Moradi Ahani’s novel: Golfing on the Gunpowder, published on Davat literary site (Paris). 2013 “Islamic Republic’s Emblem and the Iranian National Identity”, a semiotic analysis, published on the cultural site Zamaneh. 2013 ‘Metro, Metropol, Pigeons…’ a short story published on Davat literary site (Paris). 2 2012 ‘Promise, Friendship, and Signature” a deconstructive reading of Hooshang Golshiri’ Novel: The Lost Sheep of Rai, published in the literary /cultural journal Andishe Pooya (Tehran) and on Davat literary site (Paris). To be published At the presence of Vatan’s (Homeland) Secret (A Collections of Essay on literature and Culture) Work experience 1999-2002 chief editor of Sokhan-e-Azad (Free Speech), a bimonthly published in Montreal 1997-1996 freelance producer of the CKUT a radio station in Montreal 1995-1992 producer of the BBC, World Service, London, UK 1992-1986 editor in literature and Humanities, Center of University Press, (Markaz e Nashr e Daneshgahi) Tehran, Iran 1995- 1985 working for “Adine” and “Takapoo” two popular monthly journals on politics, arts and culture, published in Tehran, Iran 1986-1978 working as editor for, Zaman, Faryab, Azaad publishers 1978- 1980 Lecturer in Persian literature at Tehran College of Decorative Arts. 1979- 1977 chief editor of “Niavaran”, Cultural Center publications, Tehran, Iran. 1979-1977 assistant producer and research consultant of a series of documentary films on Persian arts for the NITV (National Iranian Television) Tehran, Iran 1977-1972 working for “Ayandegan”, a daily newspaper published in Tehran, Iran Publications (selected) Books: 2016 Oh...Istanbul! (third edition) A collection of short stories, published by Cheshme pubilshers, Tehran, Iran. 2014 Persian: Here and Now (Book Two), a course book for Persian language (intermediate level) Published by Mage Publishers Washington DC. 2013 Persian: Here and Now (Book One) a course book for Persian language (introductory level) published by Mage Publishers, Washington DC. 2009 Sa’di’s Narrative of Exile (Essays on Exile, Literature, and Culture) published by Nashr-e Markaz, Tehran. 1989 Persian translation of Monsignor Quixote, a novel by Graham Green, published by Nashr-e-nou, Tehran, Iran. 1985 Persian translation of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, A novel by Alexander Solzhenitsin, published by Faryab, Tehran, Iran. 1984 Persian translation of a selection of essays on T.S. Eliot’ Waste Land. Published by Faryab, Tehran, Iran. Essays (selected): ‘Of Neda’s Gaze’, on the cultural site Zamaneh, January 2010 3 ‘The Violin and Our (Iranian) Modernity’, a lecture delivered at Mekik Cultural Center, Montreal- August 2007. Interview with the Iranian daily Ham-mihan, on the Jong and the literary circle of Esfahan, June 2007. ‘Rumi in the US’, Jadid on Line Site, May, 2007 “Poetry to come…” (Deleuze’s concept of “minor literature” and the recent trends in the Iranian poetry) on Davat literary site, June 2005. A short story in Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature. (New York: Arcade Publishing, April 2005). ‘The Other Subjectivity’ (Iranian Feminism and News Discourse), published at www.Irane-emrooz.de and www.Iranian Feminists Tribune. April 2004. ‘The Iranian Culture in Exile’, published by the B.B.C world service on its designated web page for 25th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, February 2004. “The Crisis of ‘Meaning’ in the Contemporary Iranian Poetry”, the literary quarterly Zendeh-rood, Iran, winter 2004. ‘The Importance of Being Exotic’: A Critical Analysis of Shirin Neshat’s Works), published in the quarterly profession: Art, Tehran, Iran, winter, 2003, and Shahrvand (Toronto) September 2003. ‘Media and Modernity in the Pre-revolutionary Iran’ paper presented at 19th Annual Conference of CIRA (Center for Iranian Research and Analysis), April 2002, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Works as editor (selected) 2005 Montreal Talks (a Selection of Essays on the Iranian Literature and Culture) Montreal, LCI. 1985 Elam: History and Civilization (Author: Usef Majidadeh) Tehran, Center of University Press. 1984 Three Treatises on the Traditional Persian Music (10th -11th Century Sources) Tehran, Center of University Press. 1976 Tehran: Cultural Places, Published by the Ministry of Arts and Culture, Tehran. 1978 The Social Origin of Arts (a Selection of Theoretical Essays) Published by Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran. Biography 1975 Abol Hasan Sabaa (the Persian Musician): His Life and works, Published by the Ministry of Arts and Culture (Saba Museum), Tehran. 4 .
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