Maryam Ghiasian
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maryam.ghiasian@ff.uni-lj.si
ghiasianm@gmail.com

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Oddelek za azijske študije

Maryam Ghiasian

Education

 

2007   Ph.D. General Linguistics. Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. (GPA 4.39 out of 5) Thesis title: “Representation of Islam in British and American Periodicals before and after 9/11: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach”.

2000   M.A.   General Linguistics. Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran. (GPA 4.69 out of 5) Dux student. Thesis title: “semantic-syntactic classification of Persian verbs” (based on Halliday199: clause as representation in Persian) (Defended with the score: 19.25 out of 20.00).

1996   B.A.   English Language and Translation. Azad University, Hamedan Branch. (GPA: 4.32 out of 5). Dux student.

1991   Higher School Diploma. Natural Sciences. GPA: 4.5 out of 5

Experience

  • Head of Department, Linguistics & Teaching Persian Language,                         2017 – 2019

 Payame Noor University (PNU)

  • Member of cultural council, Payame Noor University                                           2018 – Current
  • Associate Professor, Linguistics and Teaching Persian Language Dept. PNU    2016 – Current
  • Guest Lecturer, Linguistics Department, Tehran University                                 2011 – Current
  • Assistant Professor, Linguistics and Teaching Persian Language Dept. PNU    2007 – 2016
  • Head, Linguistics and Teaching Persian Language Dept. PNU                          2010 – 2013
  • Executive Manager, Cultural and News Periodical, PNU                                    2010 – 2012
  • Head of Entrepreneurship, Payame Noor University                                          2010 – 2011
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Technology Sydney                                              2006 – 2007

(In collaboration with Professor Theo Van Leeuwen. Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS).

  • Research Fellow, Department of Contemporary Literature                                2005 – 2006

The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (A.P.L.L)

  • Academic, Dept. Persian Terminology, A.P.L.L.                                                 2003 – 2005
  • Researcher, Dept. Persian Terminology, A.P.L.L.                                              1998 – 2003

 

Awards & Honorary Roles

 

  • Current - Thesis Examiner, Department of Linguistics, Tehran University
  • Current- Editorial board, International Journal of Research in English Education
  • Current – Journal Article Reviewer, leading linguistic Journals including:

     Visual communication (an ISI journal)

        Journal of Cognitive Sciences Innovations, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies 

        Language Related Research, Tarbiat Moares University

       Journal of Language Researches, Tehran University

       Journal of Language Studies, Al Zahra University

       Journal of Researches in Linguistics, Isfahan University

       Language and Linguistics, Journal of Linguistic Society of Iran

      Journal of Mind, Islamic Research Institute for Culture and Thought

      Journal of Curriculum Studies

  • 2015 - Best Researcher, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Payame Noor University
  • 2000 & 1996 – Dux Student, BA and MA degrees respectively.

 

Teaching and Research Projects

 

 

 

  • Collaboration in PanMeMic project (https://panmemic.hypotheses.org/credits)                                                                                                                                                   2020-2023

 

Selected Candidate for Teaching Persian Language Abroad: Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT)                                                                                 current                                                                                                                                                     

  • Workshop Presentation:

    - Writing a proposal                                                                                                                                                        2018

                                                                                                 

        - Politeness and Complements in Iranian Culture and the Persian Language. Designed for      Orientalists and Foreign Persian Teachers Internationally. Imam Khomeni University, Persian   Language Centre, Ghazvin, Iran                               2011                      

  • Ph.D. Syllabus Design and Course Presentation                                                                                                                                                                                               2011- current           

Applied Linguistics (working on Persian books for foreigners), sociolinguistics (working on sociolinguistic topics in Iranian languages and Persian dialects and Persian literary proses), clinical pragmatics, discourse analysis and seminar to PhD (focused on Persian topics), PNU

  • M.A. Courses                                                                                              2009-current                                                                        

Persian Phonetics, dialectology, Discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, pragmatics and research methodology for MA students (focused on Persian topics). PNU and Tehran University

  • B.A and M.A Courses                                                                                  2006-2009                                      

-English phonetics, English and Persian Morphology, English Grammar, and ESP for different fields, e.g. ESP for the student of Persian Literature.

  • Research Fellow                                                                                        2005-2006

Collaboration in the project: Evolution of Literary themes in Persian Prose Literature in the Last Two Centuries, Dept. of Contemporary Literature at the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (A.P.L.L).

  • Persian Linguistic Consultant                                                                     2003-2005                                                                      

 -Consultant to Scientific Committees: Telecommunication, Nutrition and Food Technology, Electrical Engineering, Music, Linguistics, Geology. Dept. of Persian Terminology (A.P.L.L).

                                                          

 Researcher. Department of Persian Terminology (A.P.L.L)                                 1998-2005

 

Certifications

  • 2019- certificate of corpus linguistics, university of Sydney
  • 2019- certificate of reading skill in university textbook                                          
  • 2016 - Certificate of Elementary Knowledge of Python as Linguistic Software, Computational Research Centre of Islamic Sciences (Noor).
  • 2015 - Certificate of Elementary Knowledge of Praat Software, Computational Research Centre of Islamic Sciences (Noor).
  • 2015 - Certificate of Language Engineering Aptitude (250-750) from Universal Networking Digital Language Foundation (UNDL), Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 2003 - Certificate of Terminology from University of Vienna, held in Tehran, with Excellent Mark
  • 1998 - Certificate of Professional Persian Terminology from A.P.L.L.

 

Publications

  • Komijani, Z. and Ghiasian, M. (2025)A model for toponyms in Markazi Province villages. Journal of Language Research. 15(2), 239-268 (in Persian)
  • Ghiasian, M. (2023)  Visual Representation of Menopause in Iran. Visual Communication. 22(3), 533-552                        

 

 

 

 

 

  • Adami, E. et al. (2020) PanMeMic Manifesto: Making meaning in the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of social interaction. Working papers in Urban Languages and Literacies. Paper 273

 https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/8699/files/2020/08/WP273_Adami_et_al_on_behalf_of_the_PanMe.pdf

 

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Ruhi, A., Akhtari, A. & Heydari, A. (2019). The Study of Persian Discourse Markers in Azerbaijani Speakers. Speech, Journal of Western Iranian languages and dialects, 7 (26), 91- 112 (in Persian) https://jlw.razi.ac.ir/article_1082.html 

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Vand Hosseini, M., Zandi, B & Ahmadkhani, M. (2018). A Read into the Pictorial Metaphors of Hamshahri Newspaper in the Environmental Crisis of Tehran Metropolis, Journal of interdisciplinary studies in the humanities,10 (4), 169-195, (in Persian), http://www.isih.ir/article_293.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Vand Hosseini, M., (2018). The study of Multimodality Discourse analysis Usage in Reducing Tehran's Environmental Crises (The Case study of the Environmental Banners and Billboards of Tehran's Municipality), Journal of researches in linguistics, 10 (2), 37-54 (in Persian),

http://jrl.ui.ac.ir/issue_4230_4232_.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., & Shirini, A. (2016). An Eco-linguistic approach to anthropocentrism in defining animals in Moin Persian Dictionary. Journal of Researches in Linguistics, 8 (1), 53-70 (in Persian), ( corresponding author) http://jrl.ui.ac.ir/article_21261.html

 

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Seraj, F. & Bahreini, M. (2016) Content Analysis of ninth grade English textbooks based on Iranian-Islamic culture and identity. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 43, 125-144 (in Persian), ( corresponding author) http://www.jcsicsa.ir/article_60626.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Moghimi, S. & Karimi, A. (2016) A critical discourse analysis of Iran and Shia in Saudi Arabia online news agencies. Quarterly journal of political research in Islamic world. 5(1), 129-154 (in Persian), ( corresponding author), http://priw.ir/browse.php?mag_id=14&slc_lang=fa&sid=1

 

  • Anizadeh, A., & Ghiasian, M. (2016). An analysis of turn-taking and interruptions as two strategies of communicative skills in IRIB TV talk. Journal of Language and Linguistics, 12 (23), 61-78 (in Persian), (corresponding author) http://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1880.html

 

  • Samiei, S., & Ghiasian, M. (2016). Discourse analysis of Iranian Managers and Elite on Tourism in Iran, Tourism Management Studies, 10 (31), 1-18  (in Persian), (corresponding author) http://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_3893.html

 

 

  • Alavi, F., Pourebrahim, Sh., Ghiasian, M., & Gilani, M. (2016). Critical Stylistics of Point of View in the Persian Short Story “The Man Who did not return”. Journal of Literature and Language, 18 (38), 265-290 (in Persian)  https://jll.uk.ac.ir/article_1179.html 

 

  • Alavi, F., Pourebrahim, Sh., Ghiasian, M., & Gilani, M. ) 2015). A Linguistic Study of Point of View in the Short Story "Frankness and Decisiveness" based on Simpson's model. Language Related Research, 7 (31), 87-105 (in Persian)

https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/rdsm_jarticle_list.php?mod=jarticle_profile&jart_id=3517&slc_lang=fa&sid=1

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M., & Falahi, A. (2015). Cognitive Approach to the Errors of Persian Speakers in Using Spanish Verb-governed Prepositions. Language Related Research, 5(5), 117-144 (in Persian), (corresponding author)  https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-3313-fa.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., & Zakeri, T. (2015). Politeness and Power: A study of boosting and hedging in political language. Iranian Political Science Association,10(1), 95-122  (in Persian), (corresponding author) http://www.ipsajournal.ir/article_254.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Sharafi, S., Veisi & E., Hayati, A. (2015). Politeness in emails exchanged between English and Persian speakers.  Iranian journal of applied language studies, 7 (1), spring and summer, 45-82 (corresponding author)

http://ijals.usb.ac.ir/issue_350_351_Volume+7%2C+Issue+1%2C+Spring+2015.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., & Rezaei, H. (2015). A study of code-switching according to Armenian conversations of Armenian-Persian bilinguals. Journal of  Language and Linguistics, 10 (20), 103-120 (corresponding author)  http://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1880.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Ahangar, A., Fairahi, D., & Zakeri, T. (2015). Hedging in political press conferences. Language Related Research, 6(24), 215-239 (corresponding author)

https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-1592-fa.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2015). A critical discourse analysis of Persian primary books based on Iranian Ministry of Education Curriculum 2009,[ An ecolinguistic approach in defending minorities rights]. Journal of curriculum studies, 36, 121-144 ( corresponding author) http://www.jcsicsa.ir/article_60868.html

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M & Labesh, A. (2014) Investigating the relationship between epic national anthems with emotional motivation and solidarity and national pride. Studies of Language and Lyrical Literature. 4(10), 63-76  https://iranjournals.nlai.ir/0400/article_103202.html

 

  • Kakujuybari, A., Ghiasian, M. & Khan Hasani, S.(2014) Investigating the Effect of Kurdish-Persian Bilingual Environment on Reading Literacy. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35, 23-38 http://www.jcsicsa.ir/article_60785.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Roshan, B., Soltani, A., & Namvar, Z. (2014). Episodic Analysis of the Nuclear Activity of Iran in the West Newspapers. Language Related Research, 5(2),179-206 (in Persian), ( corresponding author) https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-2932-fa.html

 

  • Nematzadeh, S., Roshan, B, Ghiasian, M., & Ghaffati, M. (2014). Levels of complexity of SS and SO type relative clauses in preschool Persian speaking children, language related research, 4, Issue 4 (16), 221-244 (in Persian)  https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article-14-9067-fa.html

 

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Eslami, R., Vakilifard, A., & Sedaghat, E. (2013). Requesting Strategies: A Comparative Study among Persian Speakers and Foreign Persian Learners. Journal of Teaching Persian Language to non- Persian Speakers, 2 (2), 3-29, (in Persian), ( corresponding author) http://jtpsol.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_449.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Aghazadeh, R. (2013). Representation of women in radio Family programs of Iran based on critical discourse analysis. Journal of Society, Culture and Media, 6, 121-136 (in Persian), ( corresponding author) http://jtpsol.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/issue_

 

  • Ghiasian, M., & Modiri, H. (2013). A comparison of deaf and hearing students’ writing in the fifth grade of primary school, based on applying various types of themes. Journal of Exceptional Children, 13 (50), 55-66 (in Persian), (corresponding author) http://joec.ir/article-1-195-fa.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Namvar, Z., Roshan, B., & Soltani, A. (2013).  The study of legitimizing discourse in Iranian nuclear activities from US point of view. Journal of Political Research in the Islamic World, 2 (7), 97-122 (in Persian), (corresponding author)  http://priw.ir/article-1-113-fa.html&sw

 

  • Ghiasian, M., Heshmatzade, M., & Akvani, S. (2012). Orientalism and representation of Iran in the U.S.  Media: A linguistic microstructure analysis. Political and International Approaches, 27, 29-58 (in Persian)

 

 

 

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2007). Interaction of academy of Persian language and IRIB. Strategic Research Centre Bulletin,

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2009). Reflection of British and American cultural attitudes toward Iran. Iranian Journal of Cultural Research, 2(1), 123-139  http://www.jicr.ir/article_6.html

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2006). A Collection Terms Approved by The Academy of Persian Language and Literature , Vol.3, Tehran: A.P.L.L. Publication [collaboration in a teamwork]

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2005).  A Collection Terms, Approved by The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Vol.2,  Tehran: A.P.L.L. Publication, [collaboration in a teamwork]

 

  • Ghiasian, M. (2004).  A Collection Terms, Approved by The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Vol.1, Tehran:  A.P.L.L. Publication, [collaboration in a teamwork]

 

  • Ghiasian, M, (2004). Linguistic structures in mass media, Ofogh (affiliated journal to the IRIB), 5(50), 72-75

 

  • Ghiasian, M, (2001). A Survey on shortcomings of interaction between A.P.L.L. and I.R.I.B. with some Strategies to bring the approved terms in use. (unpublished Grant project done for I.R.I.B. under the contract No. 9500/3083)

 

  • Ghiasian, M, (2001). Lemma: An overview, Persian Terminology Dept., Tehran: A.P.L.L. Publication

 

 

 

 

National and International Conferences

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2022, Multimodal Analysis of Posters during Covid-19:  a Case Study of Iranian News Agencies and Governmental Organizations Websites.  ASFLA, Sydney: Macquarie University, 23-25th September.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. and Razmjoo, S. 2019, ‘Genre analysis of Lipmann’s philosophical stories in the Sydney school’. ASFLA, University of Sydney 2-4 October.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Haghdust, Z. 2017, ‘Discourse cohesion and pronoun resolution in Persian referring expressions’. SLE, Zurich, Switzerland. 10-14 September.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Amani, M. 2017, ‘Importance of social cognition and development of linguistic and pragmatic skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: implementing Persian social stories as an intervention program’. The 7th International Conference of Cognitive Science, Tehran, Iran. 30 April - 4 May.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Ahmadzadeh, L. 2016, ‘A comparative study of pragmatic skills in cochlear implant children with a normal group’. The 1st Avicenna Congress of Rehabilitation Sciences (Neuro-rehabilitation). Hamadan Medical University, Iran. 29-30 September.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Falahi, A.  2013, ‘Complexity in Inter-language Cognitive Network of Persian Speakers: A Case Study of Learning Spanish Phrasal Verb’. The 19th Congress of Linguistics, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 July.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. M. 2012, ‘Interaction of image and text in the Persian texts book written by Safar Moghadam for foreign learners’. University of Complutense, Madrid (in Persian), 21-22 September.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Gerami, M. 2012, ‘Analyzing Text and Images of "Persepolis: the story of childhood' from multimodality and CDA point of view’.  The 39th International Systemic Functional Congress, UTS, Sydney, Australia. 16-20 July.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2012, ‘Analyzing Text and Images of "Persepolis: the story of childhood' from multimodality and CDA point of view’. This paper was presented in the University of Sydney’s Friday Seminars of the Linguistic Department as a guest lecturer, 10th August. (http://www.interstrataltension.org/?page_id=1153#March9)

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2012, ‘The Pathology of Persian language textbooks for foreigners from multimodality point of view’. International Conference for the Extension of Persian Language. Allameh Tabatbaei University, Tehran, Iran. 17-18 January.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2009, ‘A critical discourse analysis of Persian language textbooks in Iranian primary schools from minorities’ language rights point of view’. A Symposium Analyzing Schools Textbooks printed by Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran. 1 June 

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2009, ‘Minorities Human Rights in Iran, a critical analysis of Iranian constitution law in minorities’ language rights’. Panel paper. Strategic Research Centre, Tehran, Iran.15 December
  • Ghiasian, M. 2009, ‘Discourse and Manipulation’. The First National Conference of Discourse and Pragmatics. Chamran University, Ahvaz. 20-22 Jan.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2008, ‘Impact of media in shaping the image of Islam. Second International Conference of Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis. University of Hertfordshire, England, 10-12 July.

 

  • Ghiasian, M. & Chafic, W. 2006, ‘Early Afghan (Male) Settlers in Australia’. A joint paper presented at the Not another Hijab Row Conference: New conversations on gender, race, religion and the making of communities. University of Technology, Sydney. 9-10 December.
  • Ghiasian, M. 2005, ‘A brief Survey on shortcomings of interaction between A.P.L.L. and the I.R.I.B with some Strategies to bring the approved terms in use. Third Conference of Researches in Persian Language and Literature, TMU. Iran. 4 January

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2001, ‘Syntactic-semantic Classification of Persian Verbs’. Fifth Conference on Linguistics, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran. 5 February 

 

  • Ghiasian, M. 2001, ‘Semantic Classification of Persian Verbs’. Thirteen European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes. University of Vaasa, 20-24 August, Retrieved from ohttp://lipas.uwasa.fi/lsp2001/Present.rtf

 

 

 

Some Supervised Theses

 

  • The study of foreign primary students’ attitude’s in Iran towards Persian language as a foreign language.        
  • Multimodal Analysis of Animated Hollywood Films for adults
  • The study of Multimodality Discourse analysis Usage in Reducing Tehran's Environmental Crises (The Case study of the Environmental Banners and Billboards of Tehran's Municipality)
  • Representation of  legitimacy of Iran’ Nuclear activities in American periodicals
  • Social stories in Autistic children ( PhD thesis in process)
  • Understanding Irony in children with ADHD
  • Understanding Metaphors in patient with Epilepsy
  • Pragmatic skills in children with ADHD
  • A Comparative Study of Basic Words in Persian Books for Foreigners and Basic Words for Iranian learners.
  • The assessment of Armenian-Persian bilinguals in pragmatic competence: A case study of secondary school girls in Tehran
  • The study of Persian discourse markers in Armenian language.
  • An exploration of the impact of illustrations on the comprehension skills and vocabulary development of emergent readers: A case study of  primary school Persian books ( PhD thesis working now)
  • Visual learning in foreign language Persian learners
  • Representation of women in Persian and Kurdish Periodicals
  • Requesting Strategies: A Comparative Study among Persian Speakers and Foreign Persian Learners
  • Relation between text and image: A case study of Iranian primary school science books
  • Language rights of deaf people in Iran: the study of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
  • An exploration of the impact of gender on sign language
  • The study of gender and age in polite language applications: A case study in low middle class families in Tehran.
  • The comparative study of national Iranian-Islamic features and English as the target language in secondary school English books.
  • The study of immigration discourse: Representation of Iranian immigrants in Japanese Periodicals
  • Delegitimizing Iran and Shia in Saudi Arabian online new agencies
  • Impoliteness in university male and female staffs and students interactions: A case study in Ilam Payame Noor University.
  •  Impoliteness  strategies in Persian  online news websites comments 
  • Pray and curse in different Iranian languages / dialects
  • Face threatening acts in Turkish male and female speakers in Iran: A case study in Tabriz.
  • Face saving acts in Iranian 20-30 years old male and female citizens: A case study in Tehran.
  • The study of thanks strategies in Iranian student’s daily conversations.
  • The study of status and application of Persian and Baluchi languages in two cities of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, Iran.
  • Written errors of Turkish-Persian bilinguals: A case study of secondary school students in Sarab.
  • The effects of Kurdish-Persian bilinguals in reading comprehension.
  • The study of high school student attitudes towards Persian language in Borujerd city, Iran.
  • The study of Kurdish people of Mahabad's attitudes on loan words in Kurdish language.
  • Addressing in Laki Language (one of the Iranian Languages).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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