Mozhgan Samadi
- Associate Professor: Faculty of Humanities / Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
- Mozhgan Samadi has been at HSE University since 2021.
Responsibilities
BA course: 'Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion'
BA course: 'Cinema in Iran'
BA course: 'Persian Language'
Degrees
2019
PhDUniversity of Manchester
2014-2019: PhD research at the University of Manchester, UK. Title: Women and Martyrdom in Soviet War Cinema of the Stalin Era
2005-2007: MA (with Distinction) in Creative Writing, Moscow Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative Writing, Russia
1996-2000: BA in The Russian Language and Literature, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
PhD in Russian Studies
Postgraduate Studies
University of Manchester, UK
PhD in Russian Studies
Thesis: Women and Martyrdom in Soviet War Cinema of the Stalin Era
BA course: 'Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion'
BA course: 'Cinema in Iran'
BA course: 'Persian Language'
Courses (2026/2027)
- Contemporary Iranian Culture: Art, Society, Traditions (Part Two) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Culture, Religion, and Gender (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Eng
- Gender, Religion, and Power in Contemporary Iran through the Prism of Cinema (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Eng
- Gender, Religion, and Power in Contemporary Iran through the Prism of Cinema (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Gender, Religion, and Power in Contemporary Iran through the Prism of Cinema (Master’s programme; School of Arts and Humanities field of study History; 2 year, 2 module)Eng
- Gender, Religion, and Power in Contemporary Iran through the Prism of Cinema (Mago-Lego; School of Arts and Humanities; 2 module)Eng
- Gender, Religion, and Power in Contemporary Iran through the Prism of Cinema (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 4 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Culture, Religion, Gender (Mago-Lego; Faculty of Humanities; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Religion and Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Muslim Women in the Contemporary Middle East, and North Africa (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2025/2026)
- Contemporary Iranian Culture: Art, Society, Traditions (Part One) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Contemporary Iranian Culture: Art, Society, Traditions (Part Two) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Ethiopian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Muslim Women in the Contemporary Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Humanities; 3 module)Eng
- Persian Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar Introduction to the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study History; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2024/2025)
- Introduction to Contemporary Iranian Culture: Art, Society, Traditions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modern Iranian Culture: Art, Society, Traditions (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Modern Persian (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Muslim Women in the Contemporary Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) (Optional course (faculty); 4 module)Eng
Courses (2023/2024)
- Foundations of the Modern Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- History of Islamic Societies (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Eng
- Muslim Women in the Modern Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Persian Language (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- The Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Parts One and Two) (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Eng
- Women in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Optional course (faculty); 3 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Dynamic Traditionalism in the Modern Middle East (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Culture and Religion (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Persian (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Modern Middle Eastern Societies: Gender, Religion and Culture (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Modern Persian (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Asian and African Studies; 4 year, 1-4 module)Rus