About
Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu (she/her) is a Ph.D.student in the English department at Michigan State University. She works on the politics of representation of Middle Eastern societies, cultures, and people within the boundaries of film/cinema with a theoretical approach informed by postcolonial, gender, and cultural-racial studies. Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Aug.2023-Dec.2027
- Ph.D.Student, English-Emphasis: Literature
- Graduate Certificate in Film Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities
University of Nevada, Reno, NV Aug.2021-July.2023
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transferred to MSU)
- Ph.D.Student, English-Emphasis: Literature (GPA 4/4)
University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran Sep. 2018 – Feb 2021
- Master of Arts, English Language and Literature-Emphasis: Literature (GPA 3.8/4 )
- Thesis: Cosmopolitan Competency and Inclusivity in Jill Worrall’s Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart. (Thesis grade:19.50/20)
University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Sep. 2014 – Aug 2018
- Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature.
Publications
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. “Spotlight: Kaveh Askari “, An interview, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS), vol 62.4. 2023.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit (2022) and Iranian Cosmopolitanism: A Cinematic History (2019), Dual Book review. Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS), vol 62.4. 2023.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900, Book review, Abstracta Iranica. 2021.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, Cosmopolitan Competency and Inclusivity in Jill Worrall’s Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart, Master’s Thesis published by Urmia University Press.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh, “Amir-Reza Kuhestani, kargardan-e namayesh-e Ivanof: Emza midahim hama-ye mas’uliyat-ha garden-e kargardan ast,” Ruznameh-ye Sharq. 2011.
Projects
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, “Inglorious Heroes/Qahremanan, Obscure Invincible Six (1970): A Failed Magnificent Seven-Style Hollywood-Iranian Adventure”. Paper in-preparation.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, “Neo-Orientalism and Representation of Women in Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman (2016)”. Paper in-preparation.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, “Murder in The Name of God: Misogyny, Gendered Violence, and Brutal Killing of Women in Holy Spider (2022). Paper in-preparation for publication in Modernity/Modernism/Visualities forum (Print-plus platform of Modern Studies Association).
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. “Representing Post-Revolutionary Iran. Captivity, Neo- Orientalism, and Resistance in Iranian–American Life Writing“, Book review in-preparation for publication in Abstracta Iranica.
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, “Chauka, The Harbinger of The Purgatorial Encampment, Kyriarchy, and Colonization of The Refugees on Manus Island in Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time”. Paper submitted to Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, 14-17 March 2024.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. “Narrating the Past, Re-writing the History in Negar Djvadi’s Disoriental (2018)”, paper presented in UCLA’s “The Iranian Diaspora in Global Perspective” conference, 16-17 Feb 2023.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu. “Everyday Resistance and Quite Encroachment in Shirin Neshat’s Women Without Men (2009) and Mahdokht (2004), paper presented in The Middle East Studies Association’s 56th annual meeting, 1-5 December 2022 .
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu.“Textual and Photographic Representations of Persia in Ella Durand’s An Autumn Tour to Western Persia (1902)”, paper presented in The 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences,
- Oxford –United Kingdom, November 2021.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu.“Cosmopolitan inclusivity and consuming the difference in Jill Worrall’s Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart”, paper presented in MCLLM conference, Northern Illinois University, 2-3 April 2021.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, Farah Ghaderi.“Cosmopolitan Competency and Inclusivity in Jill Worrall’s Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart”, paper presented in Persianisms colloquium, University of York, 10-12 December 2020.
- Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu, Farah Ghaderi.“Performing Cosmopolitical Perspective in Jill Worrall’s Two Wings of a Nightingale, Persian Soul, Islamic Heart”, paper presented in The First International Conference on English Language Studies, University of Isfahan, 11-13 December 2019.
Memberships
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Middle East Studies Association
