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Maryam Farahani

Dr Maryam Farahani
PhD, MA (Literature), BA (Literature & Linguistics), MSc (Psychology), MA (Education Leadership & Management), MBPsS, EIP & AOD Accredited

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Evidence-Based Guidelines, Psychosomatic Complexities, and Aging Bodies, by Invitation (LED Conference, Liverpool, 2017)
  • Carpets in Oriental Life and the Significance and Meaning Behind Their Designs, by Invitation (Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, 2014)
  • God Save Us from Gloomy Saints: An Account of Literature, Gender, Mysticism, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Liverpool Cross-Faculty Seminar , 2014)
  • The Language of Grief and Joy in Orthodox Icons, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2013)
  • Labour of Love, St Paul & the Beauty of Melancholy, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (St Paul Media, 2013)

Editorships

  • Psycho-Literary Perspectives in Multimodal Contexts (Editorial Board Advisory Member, 2013 - present)
  • Anthem Press Orientalism Publication (review process) (Peer Reviewer, 2019 - 2020)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Advisory peer review member, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, "Psycho-Literary Perspectives in Multimodal Contexts" - Orientalism, Philosophy, Literary History and Theory, Invited (2015 - present)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Royal Institute of Philosophy (2018 - present)
  • British Society for the History of Medicine (2018 - present)
  • British Psychological Society (2015 - present)
  • Centre for Culture and Disability Studies (2013 - present)
  • Art Renewal Center (2012 - present)
  • Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (2014 - present)
  • Royal Historical Society (2013 - present)
  • Walker Art Gallery (2012 - present)
  • British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) (2011 - present)
  • NHS (2007 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • The British Society for the History of Medicine (Member, 2018 - 2021)
  • The Royal Institute of Philosophy (Member, 2018 - 2021)
  • British Psychological Society (Member, 2016 - present)