Nima Mina

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

Senior Lecturer in Persian and Iranian Studies

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member

Centre for Global Media and Communications

Associate Member, Centre for Media and Film Studies

Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)

Member

Centre for Translation Studies (CTS)

Steering Committee Member

Centre for Iranian Studies

Member

Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Centre Member

SOAS World Languages Institute

Member

Name:

Dr Nima Mina

Email address:

nm46@soas.ac.uk

Telephone:

020 7898 4315

Address:

SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Office No:

422

Academic Support Hours:

Wednesday 1-3pm

Biography

Contemporary Iranian Studies

Programmes Convened

• BA Middle Eastern Studies (2018)
• BA Middle Eastern Studies (2019)
• BA Middle Eastern Studies and ... (2018)
• BA Middle Eastern Studies and ... (2019)
• BA Persian (2018)
• BA Persian and ... (2018)
• BA Persian and ... (2019)
• MA ... and Intensive Language (Persian) (2018)
• MA ... and Intensive Language (Persian) (2019)
• MA Iranian Studies (2018)
• MA Iranian Studies (2019)
• MA Iranian Studies and Intensive Persian (2018)
• MA Iranian Studies and Intensive Persian (2019)

Modules Taught

• Advanced Persian Language
• Classical Persian Prose Texts
• Directed Readings in Persian Studies
• Dissertation in Iranian Studies
• Independent Study Project (Iranian Languages)
• Independent Study Project in Middle Eastern Studies
• Independent Study Project in Persian Studies
• Iran: History, Culture, Politics
• Modern Persian Prose Literature
• Persian Language 3 (PG)
• Practical Translation English into Persian
• Practical Translation Persian into English

PhD Students supervised

• Amin Hashemi, Discourses in Popular Music of Post-Revolution Iran
• Firuz Akhtar Mohamad Bohari, The Notions of Captivity in Arab, Malay and Persian Travel Writing from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
• Seán Pieper, Assessing the Impact of Greco-Roman Texts on British and German Writers’ Perception of Iran in the Qajar Period

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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
• Central Asia

Country Expertise

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Tajikistan

Languages

• French
• German

Authored Books

Mina, Nima (2007) Anmerkungen zu Josef von Hammer-Purgstalls Hafis-Uebersetzungen. [Annotations to Josef von Hammer-Purgstall's Translations of Hafis]. Graz: Grazer Morgenlaendische Studien.

Mina, Nima (2007) Esmail Khois Rueckkehr nach Borgio Verezzi. [Esmail Khois' Return to Borgio Verezzi]. Marburg: Most-Verlag.

Mina, Nima (1995) Scharnusch Parsipur: Tuba. Unionsverlag (Zürich).

Articles

Mina, Nima (1999) 'Said: Un Portrait'. Tangence, (59), pp 113-120.

Mina, Nima (1996) 'Der moderne mystische Dichter Sohrab Sepehri-ein Portrait mit Anmerkungen zum Problem der Übersetzung seiner Lyrik'. Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik, (vol. 2), pp 28-82.

Edited Books or Journals

Mina, Nima, (ed.), (2019) Freydoun Farokhzad: Another Season Andere Jahreszeit. A Bilingual Edition with Critical Introduction, Annotations and Archival Material. Edited and Translated by Nima Mina. London: Mehri Publication. (Poetry). [Forthcoming]

Book Chapters

Mina, Nima (2010) 'Forugh Farrokhzad as Translator of Modern German Poetry: Observations About the Anthology Marg-e man ruzi.'. In: Brookshaw, Dominic Parviz and Rahimieh, Nasrin, (eds.), Forugh Farrokhzad. Poet of Modern Iran. Iconic Women and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry.. London: IB Tauris, pp 149-164.

Mina, Nima (2008) 'Rudolf Gelpke as translator of classical literature. A chapter in the history of Persian literary studies in Switzerland.'. In: Zaborski, Andrej and Piela, Marek, (eds.), Oriental Languages in Translation. Cracow: Polish Academy of Sciences - Cracow Branch., pp 85-97.

Mina, Nima (2008) 'Gefängnismemoiren aus dem nachrevolutionären Iran'. In: Ritter, Markus and Kauz, Ralph and Hoffmann, Birgitt, (eds.), Iran und iranisch geprägte Kulturen. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pp 210-220.

Mina, Nima (2006) 'Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall's Historiography of Persian Literature and its Aftermath'. In: Goerner, R. and Mina, N., (eds.), Wenn die Rosenhimmel tanzen. Orientalische Motivik in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts.. Iudicium, pp 39-51.

Mina, Nima (2006) 'Josef von Hammer-Purgstall's Historiography of Persian Literature and Its Aftermath.'. In: Mina, Nima and Görner, Rüdiger, (eds.), Wenn die Rosenhimmel Tanzen. Orientalische Motivik in der deutschsprachigen Literature des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Munich: Iudicium.

Mina, Nima (1995) 'Lyrikanalyse und Übersetzungsvergleich. Methodik und Anwendung'. In: H, eds, (ed.), Didaktik des Fremdverstehens. Gunter Narr Verlag (Tübingen), pp 195-228.

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