Dr. Massih Zekavat

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies
Keywordsecocriticism, environmental humanities, satire, humor, comparative cultural studies
Honours and awards

2019: Best Critical Article Award in Young Adult and Children’s Literature Criticism for “An Introduction to Ecofeminism: Alternative Ecofeminist Readings of Ding-a-Ling and Two Friends.” National Annual Criticism Awards. Iran Book House, Tehran, Iran.

Current contact address

CountryNetherlands
CityGroningen
InstitutionUniversity of Groningen

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Tabea ScheelInternationales Institut für Management und ökonomische Bildung, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Flensburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2019

Program(s)

2018Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023Massih Zekavat & Tabea Scheel: Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises. Routledge 2023
2019Massih Zekavat: Devil’s Weblog: Satirizing Religion in a Totalitarian Theocracy. In: European Journal of Humour Research (EJHR), 2019, 157-160
2019Massih Zekavat: Reflexive Humor and Satire: A Critical Review. In: European Journal of Humour Research (EJHR), 2019, 125-136
2019Massih Zekavat: Satire, Humor and Ecological Thought. In: Neohelicon: Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum, 2019, 369-386
2017Massih Zekavat: Satire, Humor and Construction of Identities. John Benjamins, 2017