About Janice Webster

MICRO-BIO

  • I am an Australian PhD candidate at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, in the Contemporary Iranian Studies program. I hold an MA in Iranian Studies from the same faculty. I am interested in Iran's society and culture, including shar...More

EXPERIENCE

  • University of Tehran
    • Present

EDUCATION

  • University of Tehran
    • PhD in Contemporary Iranian Studies
    • September 2018 to Present

    I'm a student of Contemporary Iranian Studies at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Iran. The program comprises coursework and a thesis, is taught in Persian, and is open to domestic and international students.

  • University of Tehran
    • Masters in Iranian Studies
    • September 2014 to February 2017

    This degree, available exclusively to international students, comprised coursework taught in English and a thesis written in English or Persian. I was consistently ranked as the top student. My 60,000 word thesis written in Persian was entitled 'An analysis of the perspectives of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s political elite towards interactions with the United States of America: A case study of negotiations, Special Parliamentary Commission into JCPOA 2015.'

  • Australian National University
    • Bachelor of Languages (Middle East and Central Asia)
    • February 2005 to December 2009

    During my bachelor's degree, my main focus was Persian, linguistics and cultural and political studies units of relevance to the region where Persian is spoken (in my case, Iran and the wider region of the Middle East and Central Asia). I also attended the University of Esfahan, Iran for one semester, where I participated in an intensive Persian language program.

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