Ms Narguess Farzad

Overview

Near and Middle East Section, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies (Education)

Centre for Global Media and Communications

Associate Member, Centre for Media and Film Studies

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member

Equality & Diversity Committee

Member

Name:: Ms Narguess Farzad
Email address:: nf1@soas.ac.uk
Telephone:: +44(0)20 7898 4346
Address:: SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:: Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:: 440
Academic Support Hours:: Thursday 1-2pm, Friday 1-2pm

Biography

Teaching Persian as a foreign language, translation studies, poetry of the Persian-speaking world, Persian poetry of Sacred Defence

Teaching

Programmes Convened

Modules Taught

Research

Modern and classical Persian poetry; grammar of Modern Persian language; poetry translation

Expertise

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Available for

TV
Radio
Press
Briefings
Special Study Programmes
Short Term Consultancy
Long Term Consultancy

Regional Expertise

Near and Middle East

Country Expertise

Languages

Publications

Authored Books

Farzad, Narguess (2010) Complete Persian (Modern Persian/Farsi): Teach Yourself, Level 4. London, UK: Teach Yourself, Hodder Education.

Farzad, Narguess and Shapcott, Jo (2009) Poems: Farzaneh Khojandi = Farzona Khūjandi Ash'or. London, UK: Enitharmon Press.

Articles

Farzad, Narguess (2008) 'Qeysar Aminpur and the Persian Poetry of Sacred Defence'. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, (34) 3, pp 351-374.

Book Chapters

Farzad, Narguess (2021) 'Foreword to Rumi's Book of Wisdom'. In: Mafi, Maryam, (ed.), Rumi's Book of Wisdom. Charlottesville, VA, 22906, USA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, pp vii-xvii.

Farzad, Narguess (2019) '‘A Cup, Nectar Brimmed: The Enduring Appeal of Persian Poetry’'. In: Ardalan, Ziba and Wire, Helen, (eds.), The Spark Is You. London, UK: Parasol Unit- Foundation for Contemporary Art, pp 22-30.

Farzad, Narguess (2019) 'Hafiz and the Challenges of Translating Persian Poetry into English'. In: Schwepcke, Barbara and Swainson, Bill, (eds.), A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East & West. London: Gingko, pp 132-140.

Mafi, Maryam and Farzad, Narguess (2018) 'Foreword to The Rumi Book of 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight and Inform'. The Rumi Book of 105 Stories and Fables that Illumine, Delight and Inform. Charlottesville, VA, 22906, USA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, pp xiii-xxii.

Farzad, Narguess (2017) 'Foreword : A Little Book of Mystical Secrets: Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the Path of Ecstasy'. In: Mafi, Maryam, (ed.), A Little Book of Mystical Secrets: Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the Path of Ecstasy. Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA: Hampton Roads Publishing, pp 8-14?.

Farzad, Narguess (2013) 'Introduction : Rumi’s Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart and the Spirit'. In: Mafi, Maryam, (ed.), Rumi's Little Book of Life The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit. Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA: Red Wheel / Weiser.