Ali Reza Majlesi
Academic Affiliation
- Employed as Doctoral Candidate at Graduate School of the Department of Culture and Communication at Linköping University since January 2009
- Affiliated with UCLA Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) as a visiting scholar in winter quarter of 2012
Educational Background
- January 2009 to present - Doctoral Candidate in Language and Culture with specialization in Language and Interaction at the Department of Culture and Communication, Linköping University, Sweden
- Winter 2011/12 - Visiting scholar at UCLA Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC).
- 2007 - 2009 - Master’s studies in Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping University, Sweden
- 2007 - Master’s degree in General Linguistics from Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran
- 2002 - Bachelor’s degree in English Translation from Azad University Tehran’s North Branch, Iran
- 2000 - Diploma in Journalism from the Center of Mass Media Studies and Research, Iran
Publications
- Majlesi, A.R. & Broth, M. (2012). Emergent learnables in Swedish as second language classroom interaction. Language, Culture and Social Interaction, 1, 193-207.
- 2009- Linguistic Violence, In online proceedings of LangUE 2008 conference (University of Essex. Department of Language and Linguistics), Essex, England.
- 2008- Reassurance in Interaction: A Case Study of Supporting an Expectant Mother among Iranian-Swedish Immigrants- Thesis, Linköping University, Sweden.
- 2007- ‘Assyrian Language’, An article printed in An Encyclopedia of Languages in Iran, Iran.
- 1997- ‘One Basket of Poems and a Loaf of Bread’, A collection of poems published by Arjmand Publishing Company, Iran (ISBN:964-6095-71-2).
Talks
- 23 Nov. 2012 - Finger Dialogue; a study of hand gesture in classroom interaction. Nordisco (Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction), Linköping University, Sweden.
- 20 Sep. 2012 - Pointing for mutual orientation to learnables in Swedish as a second language classroom. OFTI30 (Conference on speech and interaction), Stockholm University, Sweden.
- 11 May, 2012 - Identity work in doing task; Interactional analysis of task-in-progress. ASLA (Conference on Language and Teaching), Linköping University, Sweden.
- 15 Sep. 2011 - Identity work among Swedish-as-a-second language learners. OFTI29 (Conference on speech and interaction), Mälardalen University, Sweden
- 12 July, 2011 - The emergence of learnables in Swedish as second language classroom. IIEMCA (10th conference of the International Institute of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis). Fribourg, Switzerland.
- 19 Nov. 2010 - The Emergence of Learnable Objects; Achievement of a common interactional focus in the Swedish-as-second-language classroom - Nordisco (Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction), Aalborg University, Denmark
- 17 Sep. 2010- Repeated Repetition in Second Language Classroom Interaction - OFTI28 (Conference on speech and interaction), Linköping University, Sweden
- 29 May, 2010- On classroom interaction - Nordling 1.5 PhD Students Conference at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Postgraduate Studies
- Prof. Charles Goodwin - The Formal Structure of Human Action, 7.5 credits, Winter 2011/12- University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Prof. Charles Goodwin - Discourse Lab, 4 credits, Winter 2011/12 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Prof. Charles Goodwin - Dealing with Discourse Data, 7.5 credits, Winter 2011/12 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Prof. Dennis Day - Topics in Language and Interaction, 2 credits, April 2010- University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Prof. Per Linell - Interpretation (Hermeneutics), 7.5 credits, April 2009- Linköping University, Sweden
- Prof. Jan Anward - Nature of Language, 7.5 credits, May 2009- Linköping University, Sweden
- Prof. Curtis LeBaron and Prof. Birte Asmuss - Multimodality in Human Interaction: Qualitative Methods for Analyzing Audio and Video Recordings, 2 credits Aarhus University, Denmark
- Prof. Lars-Håkan Svensson - Literary Criticism, 7.5 credits, September 2009- Linköping University, Sweden
- Prof. Srikant Sarangi and Prof. Paul McIlvenny - Researching and Writing for Publication, 2 credits, September 2009- Aalborg University, Denmark
- Prof. Paul McIlvenny - Learning, Design and Transformation in Embodied Spatial and Mobility Practices, 3 credits, September 2009- Aalborg University, Denmark
- Prof. Anna Lindström and Prof. Mats Ekström - Theories and Methods in Conversation Analysis, Part I, 7.5 credits, November 2009- Örebro University, Sweden
- Prof. Per Linell and Prof. Mathias Broth - Theories and Methods in Conversation Analysis, Part II, 7,5 credits, December 2009- Linköping University, Sweden
Teaching and Supervising
- Semantics and Pragmatics, Lecturer, 2 teaching hours, Fall quarters, November 2009-2012 – Undergraduate program of Logopedics at Linköping University, Sweden
- Thesis: Afzali, P. 'Globalization now and later; a study of interactive argumentation among EFL learners'. Co-supervisor, 30 credits, Summer 2012 - Master's program of Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping Unviersity, Sweden.
- Thesis: Afzali, P. 'Marking definiteness in Farsi and English by Farsi Speaking EFL Learners'. Supervisor, 15 credits, Spring 2012 - Master's program of Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping University, Sweden.
- Conversation Analysis, Lecturer, 4 teaching hours, Spring 2011 - Master’s students of Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping University, Sweden
- Applied Linguistics and Discourse studies (Linguistics 2), Lecturer, 20 teaching hours, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 – Undergraduate Program of English at Linköping Unvierstiy, Sweden
- General Linguistics (Linguistics 1), Lecturer, 16 teaching hours, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 – Undergraduate Program of English at Linköping University, Sweden
- Thesis: Anwar, O. ‘Misunderstanding in Telephone Interaction; A Qualitative Study of how Non-native Interactants Manage Misunderstanding in a Mediated Communication’, Supervisor, 15 credits, Spring 2010 – Master’s program of Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping University, Sweden
- Linguistic Typology, Lecturer, 12 teaching hours, February 2009- 2011 – Undergraduate program of Logopedics at Linköping University, Sweden
- Language, Culture and Linguistics, Lecturer, 7.5 credits with 64 teaching hours for two groups, Fall 2009 and 2010 – Master’s program of Language and Culture in Europe at Linköping University, Sweden
- General Linguistics and Phonology, 4 credits, 2006 to 2007, at Tehran’s State Community College, Iran
Organizing Conferences
- 21-23 November 2012 - Nordisco12 (part of the organizing team for the pre-conference workshops) - Linköping University
- 16-17 September 2010 - Conference Secretary of OFTI28 an annual conference for the Swedish network for research on speech and interaction – Linköping University
- 6-9 October 2010 - Member of organizing committee - Recontextualising Memory - a conference in language and literature to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Graduate school in the department of Culture and Communication - Linköping University
Academic Membership
- Member of the International Society for Conversation Analysis
- Representative of doctoral students from Linköping University at NordLing 1.5 Steering Committee (Balto-Scandinavian network of graduate schools in language and linguistics studies), since January 2009
- Member of LINT, a project in Interaction and the Development of Narrative, Knowing and Remembering that is a joint project between Linköping University, Gothenburg University, Uppsala University and Stockholm University, since 2010
Extra Activities
- Member and representative of doctoral candidates on the board of 'Research and Postgraduate Education Council (FFU-Rådet) of the Department of Culture and Communication' winter 2009 - winter 2011
- Member and deputy to the representatives of doctoral candidates on the board of Swedish Doctoral Association (SDF-SULF) since Jan. 2011
Sidansvarig:
ali.reza.majlesi@liu.se
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