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Sheida Dayani
Princeton University
Occupation
Lecturer
Contact
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Persian
Modernization
Translation
Drama
Theater
Cultural Studies
19th-21st Centuries
Modern
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Europe
Ottoman Empire
Caucasus
Specialties
Theatre History And Theory; Theatre In Migration; Religious Theatre And Ta'ziyeh; 19th-c. European Theatre; Theatre And Revolutions; Nationalism And Theatre; Ideological Playwriting
Social History; Cultural History; Art History; Historiography
Translation; Translation Movements; Iranian Cinema
Languages
Persian (native)
English (native)
German (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Arabic (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2018 | Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies | New York University
BA | 2007 | English | New York University
Abstracts
Dialogue in Qānun: Fictitious History as a Dramatic Device in the Formation of Modern Persian Playwriting Staging Hobb-al-Vatan: Patriotism and Nationalism in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Iranian Plays Iranian Improvisatory Theatre and the Anachronistic Notion of Censorship