Emad Garivani, M.A.

Doctoral Researcher

Room + Contact
Raum: GB 1/37
E-Mail: Emad.Garivani@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Sprechstunde: Nach Vereinbarung

Vita

  • 2023-2027: Doctoral Researcher in Media Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Research title: Images, Symbols, Icons, Performativity and Other Feminist Media Strategies of Women Life Freedom Movement in Iran
  • 2018-2023: Master of Arts in Cinema, TV, and Multimedia Production, Università degli Studi Roma Tre – Cum Laude. Research title: Afro-Iranian Zar from Monograph to Documentary
  • 2014-2018: Bachelor of Arts in DAMS (Disciplines of Arts, Music and Performance), Università degli Studi Roma Tre
  • 2003-2008: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Khayyam University Mashhad
  • 2015-2016 & 2020-2021: BA & MA Erasmus Exchange Program, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Medienwissenschaft

Research Focus

  • Decolonial studies in West Asia, Indian Ocean Slave Trade, Afro-Iranian Art & Culture, Anthropology
  • Feminist & Queer Media Studies
  • Documentary Cinema, Italian Cinema, Iranian Cinema, Neorealist Cinema

Teaching & Awards

  • Teaching: Woman, Life, Freedom: Iconography, Iconology, and Mediality of a Social Movement (WS 2023/24); Iranian Cinema: formation of a unique cinema under the effect of: Censorship, Women cinema and Documentary (SoSe 2023 & SoSe 2022)
  • Artistic Activities and Awards: Poet and Assistant Director of documentary film „Dreams Have No Scent“ (2023), Assistant Director of short film „Seven minutes and thirty one seconds“ (2021), Dancer and Actor with Vazhik Dance-theater group Rome (2017-2020), Erasmus Prize Winner for best performance in academic year 2015-16, Winner of the Samar Literary Prize for short story (2004)