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As a ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Mellon Fellow, Saeed’s research concentrated on the intergeneric translation of western literary and dramatic works in post-revolutionary Iran: translations of plays into puppet operettas and minimalist performances, novels into stage plays and poems into mimes.
Saeed was born and educated in Iran and taught at arriving in the UK in 2003 to do his PhD at the University of Leeds.

Degrees

• 2008:ÌýPhD in English Literature (Comparative Study of Drama), Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds.

Thesis:ÌýMythologizing the Transition: A Comparative Study of Bahram Beyzaee and Wole Soyinka.

• 1998:ÌýMA in English Literature, University of Tehran.

Thesis:ÌýTragedy, Ibsen, O'Neill: A Study in Influence

• 1995:ÌýBA in English Language and Literature, University of Tehran.

Publications

• 2010:ÌýBahram Beyzaee: The Contour in Time (Under revision forÌýIranian Studies)
• Intellectuals as Sacrificial Heroes: A Comparative Study of Bahram Beyzaee and Wole Soyinka (Submitted for publication inÌýComparative Literature Studies)
• 'Indigenous Performing Traditions in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Theatre' inÌýThirty Years of On: The Social and Cultural Impacts of Iranian RevolutionÌý(Conference Paper, SOAS, University of London) (Submitted to be published by I.B. Tauris is a book compiled by Annabelle Srebreney.)
• 'The Impact of the Russian Contact on Iranian Theatre: The Case of Nushin' inÌýEmpires and Revolution: Iranian-Russian Encounters Since 1800Ìý(Conference Paper, SOAS, University of London) (Under revision to be published by I.B. Tauris in a book compiled by Stephenie Cornin.)
• 'Modern Historiography and Iranian Theatre: The Case of Bahram Beyzaee' inÌýHistoriography & Iran in Comparative Perspective, University of Saint Andrews (Conference Paper, University of St Andrews) (Under revision to be published by I.B. Tauris in a book compiled by Ali Ansari.)
• Persian.ÌýShahkarhai-e Namayesh MoaserÌý(Masterpieces of Contemporary Drama). The authors include: Ama Ata Aidoo, Amiri Baraka, Caryle Churchill, David Edgar, Femi Osofisan, Harold Pinter, Sam Shepard, Wole Soyinka, and Tom Stoppard. The series, published by Nila Publications (Tehran), will start to appear during summer and autumn 2009, and each book will contain a translation of a major play by a leading playwright, together with a critical commentary. First to appear wil be Soyinka'sÌýThe Strong Breed,Ìýto be followed by hisDeath and the King's Horseman.
• English.ÌýMasterpieces of Iranian Theatre.
• ‘Heidegger: Interpretation as Philosophy of Being’ inÌýThe Research Journal of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Tehran: University of Tehran. Autumn 2001, 9: 40-53.
• 'MetamorphosisÌý: The Insect Will Become a Butterfly’ (A Study of Kafaka’s text and the play written and directed by Kooshk Jalali) inÌýNamayesh. February 2000.
• ‘Pablo Neruda: The Poet of Open Horizons’ (A study of Neruda's life and poetry and a review of the play directed by Koosk Jalali) inÌýNamayesh. February 2000.
• ‘Golden-ToothedÌýAs a Musical World of Pastiche’ (A review of a play,ÌýDandoon TalaÌý[Golden-Toothed] by Davood Mir Bagheri) inÌýSoroosh. October 1999.
• ‘Richard the Third’ (A review of the text and the performance) inÌýSoroosh. June 1999.
• ‘The Clan of Blood: A Postmodern Adaptation of King Lear’ (A review of a play written and directed by Atila Pessiani) inÌýSoroosh. June 1999.
• ‘An Introduction to Modern and Post Modern Literary Criticism’( 12 articles) inÌýJavan. Spring 1999.
• ‘Blood Wedding: The Disparity between the Text and the Performance’ inÌýSoroosh. April 1999.
• ‘The Hairy Ape:ÌýStruggle between the Individual and Society’ (A study of the text and the performance) inÌýNamayesh. December 1998.
• ‘John Gabriel Borkman: Dreams Deferred’ (A review of the text and the performance) inÌýSoroosh. December 1998.
• 'Rostam and Sohrab:Ìýthe Struggle of Generations’ (A review of a play by Pari Saberi) inÌýSoroosh.ÌýOctober 1998.
• Mashin-e ZamanÌý(a Persian translation of H.G. Wells’ÌýThe Time Machine). Tehran: Borhan. February 1997.
• articles for the 7th International Festival of Puppet Theater published inÌýNamayesh Bulletins. September 1998.