Maryam Pakanahad Jabarooty
Maryam Paknahad-Jabarooty
Thesis Working Title
The Construction of Gender and Sexualty in Iranian Love Blogs: A discursive approach to couples' love
Research Interests
My research interests include Gender and Sexuality, Gendered Identities, CMC studies, love studies, Feminist Post-structuralist Discourse Analysis (FPDA), and Social Movement theories.
I have also worked in the areas of gender and development, crisis management, and Policy-making and research in TVET systems.
Academic Background
B.A., M.A. (Azad University of Tehran, Iran)
PhD (Lancaster University)
Junior Research Fellowship (GEXcel , Orebro University).
Publications
"From Veiled to Unveiled: A look at discursive representation of body in Iranian love blogs". Love as a Problem for Feminism. Jonasdottir, A. and Ferguson, A., Rutledge. In press, 2012
"A Glossary of Vocational Training", Translation, Tehran, TVTO Press, 2007
"Dominance and Subordination in Language", Tehran, Gam-e-nou Press, 2002
"Vehicle Painting" (as a training book) - translation, Tehran, TVTO Press, 1997
"Report of Global Bank", UN (in 2 volumes) - translation, TVTO Press, 1995
Articles
"Representation of Body in On-line Romantic Relations: Technology, Gender and Body in Iranian Love Blogs", Proceedings of International Conference of Workshops: Love in Our Time - a Question for Feminism, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden, Link to Abstract, December 2010
"Love and Bodies: Shouts or Whispers? A look at discursive representation of body in Iranian love blogs", Proceedings of Love in Our Time - a Question for Feminism Seminar, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden, 2010
"From I to YOU: A look at discursive hegemony of love in Iranian love blogs", Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, (Forthcoming) Vol. 4: Papers from LAEL PG 2009
"TVET in Iran: How much near to a gender sensitive system?", (A co-authored paper with Mehrpooyan, Y.) , Fourth International Saudi Technical Conference, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, 2006
"The Solution Is Inside People Themselves: On situation of female immigrants in European Labour Market, Andisheh-ye-nou Newspaper, 02/22/2006
"Technical and Vocational Training in Switzerland (2)", Maharat Journal, Vol. 13, No. 45, 2006
"Technical and Vocational Training in Switzerland (1)", Maharat Journal, Vol. 13, No. 46, 2006
"Gender, IT, and Developing Countries", Maharat Journal, Vol. 9, No.27, 2005
"Woman in Persian Language", printed in Pizhuhish-i-zanan (Women Studies) Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 77-100, 2002
"Die Wissenschaft der Gesellshaft", translation, Ketab-e-mah (Social Sciences) Journal, Vol. 5, No. 10-11, 2002
"Brush Painting", Surface Coating Journal, No. 8, 2002
"Dominance and Under-dominance in Language", Proceedings of "Fifth Conference of Linguistics", Allame Tabatabaee University, Tehran-Iran, 2001
"Gender & Sociology of Family", Social Sciences (Ketab-e-mah) Journal, Vol.3, No. 12, 2000
"Is It Possible To Reform Technical And Vocational Training?", Maharat Journal, Vol. 6, No.18, 1999
"Human Forces Programming and Job Creation", Maharat Journal, Vol.3, No. 14-16, 1996
"Role Changes of Iranian Mothers in the Family structure and Language", presented in "Special Ceremony for Women's Day", Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz-Iran, 2003
"Edible Women or Women Edible?", accepted for IGALA Conference on "Perception and Realization in Language and Gender Research", Michigan State University, USA, 2003
"Language of Culture, Language of Pain", presented in Second Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, 2001
"LOVE: From Off-Line Tradition To On-Line Modernity", presented in 5th International Gender and Language Association (IGALA5) Biennial Conference, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2008
Project>
Junior Fellow, "Theme 10: Love in Our Time: A Question for Feminism", 5 year project in establishment of Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel), Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden, 2010
Conference and Workshop Presents >
"A portrait of heteronormative love", accepted for IGALA7 Conference on "Resignifying Gender and Sexuality in Language and Discourse", Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Brazil, 2012
"Articulations of the Gender and the Body" Workshop, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 2011
"Love and Bodies", Invited speaker, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010
"A Question for Feminism" international Conference, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden, 2010
"Forth International LAEL Postgraduate Conference", Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 2009
"Fifth International Gender and Language Association (IGALA5) Biennial Conference", Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2008
"Fourth International Saudi Technical Conference", Riyadh University, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, 2006
"Gender Issues Workshop", UNFPA, Tehran Branch, 2005
"Sustainable Development Challenges", Common Workshop of ISSESCO & UNESCO, Tehran-Iran, 2004
"Second Malaysia International Conference of Languages, Literatures And Cultures (MICOLLAC 2001)", Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, 2001
"Fifth Conference of Linguistics ", Tehran-Iran, 2001
"UN Consultative Meeting on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women", Jakarta-Indonesia, 2000
Associated research centres: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Centre for Language in Social Life, Research in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Keywords: Feminist theory, Gender identities, Post-structuralism