C.V Syed Akhtar Husain Professor, Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Language Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] (M) 9868937774 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: 1994 PhD. Degree awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Title of the PhD. Thesis: Critical Edition of Jam i Jam i Hindustan of Waqarul Mulk Syed Ali Tabrezi with Introduction and Notes; Thesis supervisor: Professor S.J. Havewalla LANGUAGES English, Persian, Urdu (native fluency) Bengali, Hindi (spoken) Arabic (elementary) Present Position Professor, Centre of Persian & Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Publications:- Books Published: 1. Essays on The Arabian Nights, (co-editor), Primus Books, 2014, ISBN-9789384082000 2. Tales From Iran, Collection of Persian Short Stories (Translation), 1990, New Delhi, India 3. Barrasi Dastanha-e-Kutah Mohammad Hejazi, 1990, New Delhi 1 Research Articles/Papers published in Journals /Periodicals /Conference proceedings/Newspapers Sl. Title of research article / Name of journal (with city/ Year,Page No. & ISBN/ISSN No. paper(s) country) Place 1 Alexander in the Shahnameh Firdawsi Millennium Indicum: 2016, 61-65, 9789381324103 Proceedings of the Shahnama India Millenary Seminar, The KR Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai 2 Impact of Mavlana on India Mitra 2016, 38-43 23486716 Vol II No.1 India 3 Ghalib at Kashi Annual Journal, Department of 2015-16, 4-7, 23949635 Arabic and Persian, University India of Calcutta 4 The Story of Sohrab in an English Conference Volume of the 2015, 93-97, 978-91-554-9133-8 Translation International Shahname Sweden Conference The Second Millennium 5 Ghubar i Khatir: A Repository of Proceedings of the International 2015, 01-07, Persian Poetry Seminar on Arabic and Persian India Accounts of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Dept. of Arabic and Persian, University of Calcutta and MAKAIS, Kolkata 6 Imaging India in Buf-i-Kur Mitra 2014, 08-14 23486716 Vol.1. No.1 India 7 Aesthetics in Persian Ghazal from Proceedings of the seminar of 2014, 34-39 9788192368580 A comparative Study of Tradition to Modernity Aesthetics in Sanskrit Persian India and Hindi Literature; Dept. of Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 8 Amir Khosrow: An Exponent of Proceedings 2013, 88-93 9789994795888 Of Int. Conf. of Amir Khosro Central Asian Culture in India Dehlavi, org. by UNESCO & Tajikistan Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 9 Manzumeh-i- Indo-Iranica Vol. Sixty-five 2012, 23-30 03780856 Numbers: 3 &4, SohrabWaRustamShahkari Dar India Kolkata 2 Adabyat-i-Englisi 10 Shiklgiri-i-Hunar-i-Gandhara Dar Indo-Iranica Vol. Sixty-five 2012, 6-12 03780856 Numbers: 1 & 2, Sayeh-i-Hindukash India Kolkata 11 Sitar: A Representative Story of Proceedings of the seminar on 2011,10-14 9788192702315 Bisvin Sadi Mein farsi Novel, Modern Persian Literature India Afsana Aur Dastan-Navisi Ka Tarikhi Wa TanqidiJaiza, by Dept. of Persian, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P 12 Bu Ali Sharaf: The Qalandar of HU: The Sufi Way Vol. 4 2010, 36-39 RNI No. India Panipat India DELENG/ 2008/26606 13 Bakhtrian in Afghanistan Proceedings of International 2009, 33-36 81-7975-168-6 Seminar on Bakhtrian And Afghanistan Gandhara Languages During The Kushan, by Unesco and Academy of Science, Afghanistan 14 Hindustan Dar Aieneh-i-Buf-i-Kur Sadegh Hedayat, Complete 2009, .. 9789186131357 Works, Vol. IV, The Blind Owl New York 15 Rumi The Story Teller of ICANAS 38, Abstracts 2007, 1063-64 Gnosticism Turkey 16 Hazin: A Gem in the Indo Persian Udyana, New Horizons in 2007, 211-213 81-7975-168-6 Treasure Trove History, Classics and Inter – India Cultural Studies. 17 Ghalib : An Epistle Writer of Indo Journal of the Department of April 2002- Persian Literature Arabic & Persian Studies March 2003 Calcutta University , Kolkata Pg.35-48 Vol. V India 18 A Glimpse at Amir Khosrow the JNU News, New Delhi 2003-04 (5) Muse of India Pg. 20-21 India 19 The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam JNU News , New Delhi 2003 -2004 (1) Pg. 23-24 India 20 Alexander : A myth or reality in JNU News, New Delhi March-April the Shahnameh 2003 Pg. 3-5 India 3 21 Sho’ara-i-Darbar-i- Timuryan-i- Qand-e-Parsi, New Delhi; June Hind; (Translation) Issue No.18 Sept.2002 India 22 Encounter of the Titans: The Story Proceedings of the All India Pg. 211-218, of Rustam & Isfandiyar Seminar on Ferdowsi and his 2001 Shahnameh; K.R. Cama India Oriental Institute & Culture House of the IR of Iran, Mumbai,2001 23 “Living With Satan” – The Monday 9th BLASPHEMY: A novel by Statesman,; Calcutta. November 1999 Tahmina Durrani; Book Review India 24 Better than 1001 nights (News The Statesman, 26th March, 1999 Paper) Down Town, Calcutta India Article 25 “Matter of Faith” – Religion at the The Statesman, Calcutta. Monday 17th Service of Nationalism and other Book Review May, 1999, Essays by India Madhu Kishwar 26 Divided We Fall” – The Price of The Statesman, Calcutta Monday 17th Partition : Recollections and Book Review August 1998, Reflections by India Rafiq Zakaria 27 Rudaki : Pioneer of Neo-Persian Khuda Baksh Oriental Public 1996 Poetry Library Public Library Journal, Pg.148-51 Patna India 28 Safarnameh-e-Jam-e-Jam-e- Danish, Islamabad, Pakistan, Summer 1995, Hindustan Sl.No.41 Pg. 30-46 Pakistan 29 Hind dar Aine-e-Buf-e-Kur Danish, Islamabad, Pakistan Summer & Autumn 1994 Sl.No. 38-39 Pg. 17-25 Pakistan 4 30 In Qite Rahaward Ast az Bahr Dil Qand-e-Parsi, New Delhi. Winter 1993 Akhwan Pg.220-227 India 31 Towards Understanding Firdousi : Danish; Islamabad, Pakistan Spring 1993, The Story of Zahak Sl.No. 33 Pg.8-17 Pakistan 32 Tagore and Iran (Translation) Danish Quarterly Journal, Spring and Islamabad, Pakistan Summer, Sl. No.29-30 Pg 1-13 Pakistan 33 A Comparative Study of Sadi and Danish, Islamabad, Pakistan; Summer 1991, Hafiz Sl.No.26 Pg.1-8 Pakistan 34 Nigahi be Shakshiyat Ali Akbar Danish, Islamabad, Pakistan Summer 1990, Dehkhoda Sl. No.22 Pg.19-24 Pakistan 35 On Study of Literature JNU News, New Delhi January 1989 Pg. 35 India 36 Shiva-e-amuzish wa parwarish-e- Hind, Kabul, Afghanistan May 1988 zaban hai-e-kharja dar-hind Afghanistan 37 The Swami for All Mankind; 1987 Evening Brief, Calcutta. April 1987 Pg.7 India Participation in the International Conferences, etc. outside India 5 1. Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference; Presentation: Hedayat in Harmony with the Savants of Indo Persian Literature; held at University of Vienna, Austria, 2-5 August, 2016 2. Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference; Chaired the Session- Persian Beyond Persia held at University of Vienna, Austria, 2-5 August, 2016 3. International Conference on India Iran , Two Great Civilization: Retrospect and Prospects; Performed a Poetic Session titled: Qand-e-Farsi wa Tutiyan-e-Hind (Persian Candy and Indian Parrots), Indo Persian Poetry: A Bridge Between Two Great Civilizations, hosted by ICCR, India Foundation, Academy of Persian Language and Literature and Sadi Foundation; held at Tehran, Iran. 23-25 May, 2016 4. Workshop on Tuti Nama and Persian Translation of Sukasaptati hosted by Department of Arabic, Indian and Iranian Studies, University of Sorbonne; Presentation: Tuti Nama of Nakhshabi; held at 13 rue Santeuil, Paris, France, 14 December, 2015 5. International Colloquium on Thousand and One Nights: Sources, Transformation in Literature, Arts and Sciences; Presentation: Arabian Nights in Urdu Translation; held at INALCO, Paris, France, 9-11 December 2015 6. The Seventh Biennial Convention of the Association For the Study of Persianate Societies; Presentation: Impact of Rumi on Medieval India; held at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Findikli Campus, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-11 September, 2015 7. The Seventh Biennial Convention of the Association For the Study of Persianate Societies; Chaired the session- Rumi and the Indian Parrots; held at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Findikli Campus, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-11 September, 2015 8. Tenth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference; Chaired Session- Persian Nightingale in Indian Garden; held at Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal Quebec, Canada , 6-9 August, 2014 9. Literary and Art Festival of Herat, hosted by Writers Association and US Consulate, Participated and delivered address in the Literary Fest, held at Herat, Afghanistan, 28- 29 October, 2013 10. Postgraduate Conference on Translation Studies and Literature in English, hosted by Cankaya University, Presentation: Secrets of the Self in an English Translation, held at Depts. Of English Language and Literature and Translation and Interpreting Studies, Ankara, Turkey, 13-14 May, 2013. 11. International Conference on The Contribution of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi to the Culture of Central Asia, hosted by Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, UNESCO, IICAS; Presentation: Amir Khosrow: An Exponent of Central Asian Culture in India, held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 11-12 April, 2013. 6 12. International Conference on Asian Writers and Literatures in the West, hosted by the Faculty of Literature, Istanbul University; Presentation: Story of Sohrab in an English Adaption held at Istanbul, Turkey. 1-5 August, 2012 13. 1st Triennial Iranian Studies Conference hosted by the Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies, Presentation: Imaging India in Buf-e-Kur (Blind Owl) held at University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 30 March, 2012 14. Delivered Lecture on Persian Studies in India,held at College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages Literatures and Cultures Studies, University of Maryland, USA, 28 October, 2011 15. Delivered Lecture on Indo Persian Literature, at AMESALL Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, 26 October, 2011 16. International Shahname Conference The Second Millennium, Hosted by Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University; Presentation: The Story of Sohrab in an English Translation, held at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 15-16 October, 2011.