Omid MallakBehbahani
CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal Information
Surname: MallakBehbahani
First Name: Omid
Date of Birth: July 20, 1954
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Contact details:
behbahani@ihcs.ac.ir
Office: +98 (21) 88046891-3
Mobile: +98 (912) 2204100
4, 64thKurdestan Expressway
1437774681 Tehran
Iran
Home: B2, 5th Floor,Sahand Tower
Vanakpark
1436943446 Tehran
Iran
II. Institutional Affiliation & Address
2013- Present
Associate Professor
Faculty of Linguistics
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
Affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
64th St., Kurdistan Expressway
Tehran, Iran1437774681
Tel: (+98) 218804 6891-3
Fax: (+98) 218803 9902
http:/ihcs.ac.ir
January2014-Decembre2016
Visiting Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia)
Collage of Arts and Social Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
1995-2013 Assistant Professor
Faculty of Linguistics
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
1990-1995
Research Instructor
Faculty of Linguistics
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
III. Education
Year: 1995
Degree: Ph.D.
University: AzadUniversity, Tehran (Science & Research Branch)
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Title of Dissertation: A History of the ManichaeanChurchaccording to
Sogdian Texts of Turfan (China)
Supervisor: Professor BadriGharib
Year: 1989
Degree: M.A.
University: University of Tehran
Faculty: Literature and Humanities
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran, Iran
Subject of Exam: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Thesis: Manichaean Cosmogony according to the Middle Persian and
Parthian Texts
Year: 1977
Degree: B.A.
University: University of Tehran
Faculty: Law and Political Sciences
Department: Political Sciences
Location: Tehran, Iran
Subject of Exam: Political Sciences
Major: Political Sciences
Minor: Law
IV. PofessionalBackground (Pre-1995)
Period: February 1991 - April 1995
Position: Faculty Member (Research Instructor)
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Culture and Languages
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: September 1988 -February 1991
Position: Research Assistant/Translator
Institute: Institute for Cultural Studies and Research
Project: Persian Synonyms of the McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: September 1985 -July 1986
Position: Translator of German Texts
Institute: Institute for Cultural Studies and Research
Project: Studying the Spiritual Condition of the Ancient World before Christianity
Location: Tehran, Iran
V. Teaching Experience
Period: 2017 – Present
Position: Associate Professor
- Middle Persian TurfanTexts
- Parthian Turfan Texts
Period: 2014 – 2016
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course: Persian Art (MEAS2106)
Mode of Delivery: On-campus
Institute: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Collage of Art and Social Science
Australian National University
Location: Canberra, Australia
Period: 2014 – 2016
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course:Intermediate Persian A&B
Mode of Delivery: On-campus
Institute: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Collage of Art and Social Science
Australian National University
Location: Canberra, Australia
Period: 2015 –2016
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course: Intermediate Persian A&B
Mode of Delivery: Online
Institute: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Collage of Art and Social Science
Australian National University
Location: Canberra, Australia
Period: 2014 –2016
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course: Advanced Persian A&B
Mode of Delivery: On-campus
Institute: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Collage of Art and Social Science
Australian National University
Location: Canberra, Australia
Period: 2015 – 2016
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course: Advanced Persian A&B
Mode of Delivery: Online
Institute: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Collage of Art and Social Science
Australian National University
Location: Canberra, Australia
Period: 2009 - 2013
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: History of Iranian Languages
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Culture and languages
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 2008-2009
Position: Lecturer in Persian Language and Iranian Studies
Course:Persian Language and Literature (Intermediate and Advanced)
Institute: EötvösLoránd University
Faculty: Arts
Department: Iranian Studies
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Period: 2003 - 2013
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: Manichaean Parthian Texts
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 2005 - 2008
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: Manichaean Middle Persian Texts
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 2011 - 2013
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: Manichaean Middle Persian Texts
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 2003 - 2008
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: Classical Persian Texts on Traditional Iranian Handicrafts
Institute: AzzahraUniversity
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Department: Traditional Arts
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 1990 -2003
Position: Assistant Professor
Courses: a) Persian Language for the Students of Medical Sciences
b) Basic & Professional English for the Students of Medical Sciences
Institute: IranUniversity of Medical Sciences and Health Services
Faculty: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Departments: Nursing and Midwifery
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 1999 - 2006
Position: Assistant Professor
Course: Basic German for the Students of Ancient Iranian Languages and
Cultures
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient IranianLanguages and Cultures
Location: Tehran, Iran
Period: 1991-Second Semester
Position: Instructor
Course: Deutschgespräch (German Conversation)
Level: FortgestritteneStufe (Advanced Level)
Institute: University of Tehran
Faculty: Foreign Languages
Department: German Language and Literature
Location: Tehran, Iran
VI.Other Academic Activities
Year: 2013
Position: MA Thesis Supervisor
Subject: Affixes in Manichaean Parthian Texts
Student: Behnaz Hosseini
Institute Azad University, Science and Research Branch
Faculty: Literature and Languages
Department: Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran
Year: 2012
Position: MA Thesis Supervisor
Subject: TayyebehBanaian
Institute: Azad University, South Branch
Faculty: Literature and Foreign Languages
Department:Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran
Year: 2009
Position: MA Thesis Advisor
Subject: A Frequentative Index of Shāyistna-Shāyist
Student: FatemehBuzarjomehr
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures
Location: Tehran
Year: 2007
Position: MA Thesis Advisor
Subject: A Study on the Influence of Zoroastrianism on the Metal Works of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid Periods
Student: Maryam Tadjbakhsh
Institute: AzzahraUniversity
Faculty: Arts
Department: Traditional Arts
Location: Tehran, Iran
Year: 2007
Position: MA Thesis Advisor
Subject: A Frequentative Index of Ardavirāznāmeh
Student: ImanNowrouzi
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures
Location:Tehran
Year: 2006
Position: MA Thesis Advisor
Subject: A Study of the Verbs in the Avestan Text of Vandidad 18
Student: FarzanehAhmadi Sheikh Shabani
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Year: 2003
Position: MA Thesis Advisor
Subject: Natural Elements from the Viewpoint of Ancient Iranians
Student: MarjanehElahi
Department: Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures
Faculty: Linguistics
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Period: 1998 - 2013
Position: Member of Examination Committee for M.A. Thesis Defense Session
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Faculty: Linguistics
Department: Ancient Languages and Cultures
Year: 2007
Subject: A Study of Iranian Proper Names Considering Archaic Texts
Student: Ma`sumehKouhkanKahangi
Year: 2007
Subject: A Study of Kermanshah Kurdish inComparison with Sanandadj
Student: Mohammad Mohammadi
Year: 2006
Subject: A Study on the Avestan Text: Yasna47
Student: FatemehSalehiTaleghani
Year: 2005
Subject: A Critical Study on Bondahish
Student: KhadidjehRahmati
Year: 2003
Subject: A Grammatical Comparison of Middle Persian and the Dialect of
Bandar Abbas (Poshtshahr)
Student: TaherehRezai
Year: 2003
Subject: The Triple Tragedy of Rostam and Esfandyar,Rostam and
Shaghad and the Story of the Kingdom
Student: Hassan Sheikh Bostanabad
Year: 2002
Subject: A Study on the Sogdian Text: The Healing Lord
Student: AnoushikMalekiBakhshmandy
Year: 2001
Subject: A Description of Avalokiteśvara
Student: Ghassem Abbas NattadjOmran
Year: 2000
Subject: A Comparative Study of Phonology and Syntax of Middle Persian and Farsi (Dari).
Student: ShokouhKamalan
Year: 2000
Subject: A study of two Christian SogdianHomolies according to
Sogdian Christian (C2).Edited by N. Sims-Williams.
Student: Hussein Kaffashiyan
Year: 1999
Subject: Description of Avalokitiśvaraaccording to the Sogdian Buddhist Text
Student: AbolghassemNattadj
Year: 1999
Subject: A Comparative Analysis of Dante’s The Divine Comedy with
Ardāvirāznāmeh
Student: MehranGhorbani
Year: 1999
Subject: An Analysis of the Pahlavi Text Pursishnīhā
Student: Zahra Tabrizi
Year: 1999
Subject: Description of the Proper Names and Mythological Subjects of the Script of Rōz-e Khordad, Māh-e Farvardin
Student: KiyanoushYahyavi
Year: 1999
Subject: An Analysis of the Parable of the Two Snakes in Manichaean Sogdian Literature
Student: SheydaDjalilvand
Year: 1998
Subject: Affixes in Sogdian Language
Student: MehrnoushMalayeri
Position: Member, Committee for Coordinating and Sponsoring
Monthly Faculty and Departmental Lecture Series
Period: 2003 - 2010
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
Appointed by the Vice-President of Research Affairs to serve on the IHCS Research Council, an entity that supervisesthe activities of all IHCS faculties
Location: Tehran, Iran
Position: Member, Sixth Committee for Selection and Representation of Cultural
Research Projects
Year: 2003
Institute:The ResearchCenter of Art, Culture & Communications of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance of Iran(External Appointment)
Section: International Section
Location: Tehran, Iran
Position: Examiner, pazhuhish-izanan (Quarterly Journal of The Center for Women’s Studies)
Period: 2006 –2008
Institute: University of Tehran
Location: Tehran, Iran
Position: Examiner, Persian Language and Literature, a quarterly journal sponsored by the Islamic AzadUniversity, South Tehran Branch, Deputy of Research office
Period: 2006 – 2008
Institute: Islamic AzadUniversity
Location: Tehran, Iran
VII. Research Interests
- History and Culture of Iran
- Persian Literature
- Ancient Iranian languages with a focus on Manichaean Middle Iranian texts
- Comparative Literature
VIII.Foreign Language Study Abroad
German Language Training
Period: September 1982 – June 1983
ZeugnisszumNachweis der Deutschkenntniss (PNDS)
(Certificate of German Language Knowledge)
Institute: Universität Bielefeld
Faculty: Literatur und Linguistiks (Literature & Linguistics)
Department:Sprachzentrum (LanguageCenter)
Location: Bielefeld, Germany
IX. Language Skills
Persian: Native speaker
English: Proficient
German: Proficient
X. List of Publications
Books
- 2005: Behbahani, Omid,درشناخت آیین مانیdarshenakht-e āin-e Māni(On the Religion of Mani), Bondahesh,Tehran.
Translated:
- 2008: AbolhassanTahami (Co-translator), فهرست واژگان مانوی (APersian translation of A Word List of Manichaean and Middle Persian and Parthian, M. Boyce, 1978), Bondahesh,Tehran.
- 2005: AbolhassanTahami (Co-translator)بررسی ادبیات مانوی (Persian translation of A Reader in Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian, M. Boyce, 1975), Bondahesh, Tehran.
Accepted for Publication:
- sangnebeshte-yesezabāne-ye Shāpour-e yekomdarKa‘be-ye Zardusht(The TrlingualInscrption of Šabuhrs I in Ka‘ba-I Zardušt” Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Press, Tehran.
- tārihk-e nahād-hāvatashkilāt-e dini-ye Mānaviān(A History of the Manichaean Church according to Sogdian Texts), Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Press. Tehran.
Articles
- 2014 a. "تمثیلی مانوی بر پایۀ الگوی آفرینش در متنهای فارسی میانه" (A Manichaean Parable based on the Myth of Cosmogony in Middle Persian), Zabānshenākht, Vol. 4, No.7, Journal of Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies for Linguistic Studies, pp.15-28,Tehran.
- 2014 b. “An Introduction to Manichaeism: A Battle between Darkness and Light” Bulletin of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and central Asia), Australian National University,Vol.21, No1, p. 8.
- 2014 c. "مقایسۀ حکایت عاشق شدن پادشاه بر کنیزک با تمثیلی مانوی" (A Comparative Analysis of Rumi’s Masnavi with a Manichaean Allegory)”, IrānNāmeh, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 2014), 136-152, Tehran.
- 2011 a: "چهره و نقش زن در آیین مانی" (The Role of Women in the Manichaean Society), Journal of Women in Art and Culture, University of Tehran, Center for Women Studies, Nr.2 (serial Nr.2), pp.87-96.
- 2011 b:"تمثیلی مانوی در نکوهش مویه و زاری به سوگ درگذشتگان" (A Manichaean Parable on the Sin of Mourning for the deceased)”, Language and Linguistics,Journal of the Linguistics society of Iran, Nr. 10, pp. 148-163.
- 2006: "بررسی ساختار داستان جم: روایتی از اسطوره ای کهن" (A Study on the Structure of The Legend of Jam: A Version of an Old Myth)”, Proceedings of the 1st Conference of the Linguistics Society of Iran, 241-253, Tehran, Iran.
- 2003a: "روح زنده کیست؟" (Who is the Living Soul?), Journal of Iranian Studies, Kerman: ShahidBahonar University Press, 41-52.
- 2003b: ، و رابطۀ آن با آیین وآیینه" (ə)ßδdyn’k"واژۀ سغدی اِوذنه(The Sogdian word: (ə)ßδdyn’k,and its relation with “āyin, and āyineh” in New Persian)”, name-ye farhangestan, Vol. VI, Nr. 1(Serial Nr. 21). Tehran: Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature, 184-192.
- 2002: "کشف متون ایرانی در تورفان چین و سهم آن در ترسیم سیر گسترش مانویت (Discovery of Turfan Texts and its Importance in Depicting the Expansion of Manichaeism), Journal of Iranian Studies, Vol. 2, Nr.1, Kerman: ShahidBahonar University Press, 71-81.
- 2002: "تجلی عرفان مانوی در غزلی از حافظ" (Reflection of Manichaean Mysticism in a ghazal of Hafez)”. CommemorativeVolume for Jes. P. Asmussen, ed. M. Ahani, Copenhagen: Nashr-e Parsik, 53-60.
- 1998، گواهی دیگر بر نفوذ باورهای زردشتی در آیین مانی" "واژۀ عالمانۀ بوی (The learned -word bōy: further evidence of Zoroastrian influence on Manichaeism). Yād-e Bahār [A Memorial Volume of Dr. MehrdadBahar], eds., Haghshenas, A., Mazdapoor, K., and Mirfakhrayi, M., Tehran: Agah Press, 99-111.
- 1998:"مانی در شاهنامه" (Māni in Shāhnāmeh)”. Farhang 25/26,
Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Press, 155-177.
Book Reviews
- 2019"زبان پهلوی بیاموزیم" (Let' Learn Pahlavi Language), NaghdvaBarresiyeketab-e Tehran (quarterly), Nr.61, Tehran, pp 91-5. [A Review on پهلویِ آسان (Easy Pahlavi Language, by KatayounMazdapour et al., )
- 2010:"گِلنبشتههای باروی تخت جمشید" (Persepolis Fortification Tablets,by AbdolhamidArfaee), name-ye farhangestan(The Quarterly Journal of the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature), Vol. 11, Nr. 42, pp. 176-180.
- 2004: The Spirit of Wisdom: menog-ikhrad (Essays in Memory of Ahmad Tafazzoli, eds., TourajDaryaee and Mahmoud Omidsalar, Mazda Publishers, Costa Messa , reviewed in Jahan-e ketab, Vol. 7 (Serial Nr. 187), p. 26.
- 2001: "مانی، پیشوای ارتداد یا فرستادۀ روشنی؟" (Mani, the Leader of Apostasy or the Apostle of Light?)”, Serial Nr. 133/ 134, pp. 24-25 (a review on the Persian translation of FracoisDecret’sMani et la tradition manichéenne (مانی و سنت مانوی), by Abbas Bagheri.
- 2000: “Shāpurgān” (A review on the Persian translation of Shāpurgān,
by D.N. MacKenzie, Translated by N. Emrani). Jahan-eKetab, 107/108, 26.
- 1996:"از کوره راه تاریخ تا باغهای روشنایی" (From the dark trails of history to the Gardens of Light). Jahan-e Ketab24, 7. [A Review on the Persian Translation of Les jardinslumiere, by A. Maaloof, Translated by M. Ma`soomi].
Articles
Translated (German/English)
- 2010:پسوس""مادینه- دیو, تا به خورشید به پرواز برم) ) Memorial Volume for Hamid Mohamedi), KetabeRowshan, Tehran, 141-148 ( a Persian translation of “Die DämoninPesus”, Werner Sundermann, Languages of Past and Present: Iranian Studies in Memoriam of D. N. MacKenzie, pp, 217-224).
- 2009:"ئیل، لقبی برای فرستادۀ سوم مانوی" ,Commemorative Volume in the honor of Professor BadriGharib, Tahouri, Tehran, pp. 217-224 (a Persian translation of “Ēl as an Epithet of the Manichaean Third Messenger”, Werner Sundermann,
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 26, 2002, 217-225).
- 1996:"بازنگری جایگاهِ مهردر یزدانشناسی مانوی", (aPersian translation of “Some More Remarks on Mithra in the Manichaean
Pantheon”, by WernerSundermann). Farhang 17, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Press, 201-220.
- 1992:"تصویری نادیده از مانی" (a Persian translation of “Einübersehenes
BildManis (an overlooked image of Mani)”, W. Sundermann). Farhang13, Tehran: Institute for
Humanities and Cultural Studies Press, 97-102.
- 1989:"زندگی مانی و سیر گسترش مانویت" (a Persian translation of A Sketch of Mani's Life and the Growth of His Church), by
M. Boyce). Tschista 76/77, 762-774.
- 1989: " گرز گاوسردر ایرانِ پیش از اسلام" (a Persian translation of "The Ox-headed Mace in Pre-Islamic Iran", by P.O. Harper). Farhang 7,
Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Press, 381-402. (Reviewed by JalilDoostkhah in: Majalle-ye Iranshenasi 2, Bethesda, MD,
USA: 1992, 418)
XI. PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL COURSES
2006:
“Language of Sogdians and the Turkic people on the SilkRoad,” Summer School” at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin- Brandenburg, Germany.
2006
Course: Latin Language(designed for MA Students of Linguistics/Volunteer Academics)
Institute:Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran.
Number of Credits: 2
GPA: 18 out of 20
2007:
Latin Language (designated for MA Students of Linguistics/Volunteer Academics)
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
Number of Credits: 2
GPA: 16/5 out of 20
2013:
Basic Hebrew Language(Free Courses designed for Students /Volunteer Academics)
Institute: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
GPA: B
XII. Presentations
2017: “ The Manichaean Conceptof Living Self reflected in Persian Mystical Poetry”, Workshop on Microcosm, Macrocosm:Jewish, Christian, Muslim Perspectives, Feb 13-14, 2017, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation,Monash University, Melborne, Australia.
2012: “The long Journey of a Word from GathicAvestan to Modern Persian”, 5th
International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics, 9-12 July, Athens, Greece.
2010:“Book Review”presented on the occasion of publication of 150 Persepolis Fortification Tablets: (گِلنبشته های باروی تخت جمشید), translated by AbdolmajidArfaee”,Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
2009:“Teaching Persian Language and Literature in Hungary”, Scholarly Report presented at theInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
2007: “Mythical Aspects in SiminBehbahani’s Poetry”, Sixth European Conference of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
2005: “A Study on the Structure of Dāstān-e Jam (The Legend of Jamshid):A New Version of an Old Myth”, First Conference of the Linguistics Society of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
2004: “Reflection of Manichaean Mysticism in a Ghazal of Hafez”, 37th
International Conference on Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS)”,
Moscow, Russia.
2004: “The Scholarly Achievements of Professor FatemehSayyah”, Society for the Appreciation of Cultural Works and Dignitaries, Tehran, Iran.
2003: “Finding and Studying the Zoroastrian Concepts in Manichaean Texts”, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran.
Updated on: Jan 11, 2020