MEKK member and Scholar at Risk at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Iranian scholar Mahmud Farjami PhD presented his on-going research on humor and Islam in a seminar on May 12.
Iranian scholar Dr. Mahmud Farjami is the author of books such as An Introduction to Humor Studies, Iranian Political Satirists: Experience and Motivation in the Contemporary and Laughter and Silence: A Selection of Ten Years Journalistic Socio-Political Satires (2004-2010). While with us as a Scholar at Risk, dr. Farjami has continued his long-standing research into Humour in Islam in addition to presentations at conferences and teaching.
At the seminar, Mahmud was introduced by Head of Department, Nathalie Hyde-Clark and presented the Humour in Islam project and his soon-to-be completed research article, Self-Mockeries of a Mullah. A look on the humorous autobiography of Aqa Najafi Quchani (1878-1943).
Head of the Research Section at SAM, OsloMet Kathleen Jennings, and Professor Elisabeth Eide gave their comments to the paper before an open discussion.
Thank you for an inspiring seminar!