Brief biography

Dr. Shahriyar Mansouri is Associate Professor of Modern Irish and English Literature at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. He was appointed as the IASIL Chair of the Bibliography Committee  in December 2024. His PhD at the University of Glasgow dealt with the modern Irish novel (Modern Irish Bildungsroman), and his MA thesis was a critical reading of Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy (Molloy/Malone Dies/The Unnamable) in light of Solipsism. He specializes in the modern Irish novel, with special interests in James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Flann O’Brien, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Disability studies, Deaf Studies, Memory studies, history and theory of the novel, and reading modern literature in light of contemporary continental philosophy.

You can find me at my personal website, on social platforms such as ResearchGate, Twitter as well as academic ones like Scopus, Publons, ORCID.

I welcome MA and PhD proposals from potential candidates in areas that match my current research horizon.

Research interests:

  • Modern Irish literature
  • James Joyce
  • Samuel Beckett
  • Flann O’Brien
  • Disability studies
  • Deaf studies
  • Memory studies (SRE, Cognition, Politics and Lit.)
  • Philosophy and Literature (Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
  • Theory of the novel

Academic Positions:

2014-Present: Faculty Member – Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Beheshti University;

Awards:

  • 2021  University Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University
  • 2020 University Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University
  • 2013 Doctoral Research Award – University of Glasgow, UK, School of Critical Studies
  • 2012 Doctoral Research Award – University of Glasgow, UK, School of Critical Studies
  • 2008-2010 Graduate Research Fellow – University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Modern Languages
  • 2008-2010 Research Assistant – University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Modern Languages

Publications:

Professional Activities:

  • Oct 2024- present: Editor-in-Chief at Critical Language and Literary Studies (CLLS).
  • Dec 2024- present: IASIL Chair of the Bibliography Committee
  • 2024-present: Samuel Beckett Society
  • Nov 2017-Oct 2019: Vice Dean, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Beheshti University
  • March 2017- Nov 2017: Vice Dean, Shahid Beheshti University Center for Foreign Languages
  • 2015-Present: Editor at Large: Critical Language and Literary Studies – CLLS
  • 2015-Present: International Advisory Board, Studi Irlandesi: A Journal of Irish Studies
  • 2012-Present EFACIS (European Federation of Associations and Centers of Irish Studies)
  • 20012-Present ACIS (American Conference for Irish Studies)
  • 2011-present IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literature)
  • 2011-present IASIL Regional Bibliography Representative For Iran