EPISODE · Jan 23, 2026 · 23 MIN
Himan Heidari (English Literature PhD Student)
from The Roey Grad Podcast · host Roehampton Graduate School
Himan Heidari’s PhD research was inspired by reading a nineteenth century account by a Westerner who visited his home town in Iran. That led to his interest in women travel writers of that period and their reports of interactions with those they encountered, including the Kurds. In this show, Himan talks about what he’s learnt from the three writers his work is focussed on and how he reads their story through his own history.- The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) Billy Waters Project - Selena Scott (Art) and Dr Ben Marsh (Words)’s Graphic Novel on Billy WatersChapters2.00 Encounters between Kurds and Western women3.15 Isabella Bird8.25 Research processes10.00 Women vs male travel writers11.05 Letter-writing as the source of travel texts14.22 Gertrude Bell’s prolific writing15.00 Special access enjoyed by women travellers16.23 Taking Mary Shannon’s Billy Waters book to schools19.30 Graphic novels of women travel writers20.38 Himan’s next steps after his PhDThe Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School. Our theme music is by DiamondTunes Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan.Comments, questions, want to appear on the show? Get in touch at [email protected]
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Himan Heidari’s PhD research was inspired by reading a nineteenth century account by a Westerner who visited his home town in Iran. That led to his interest in women travel writers of that period and their reports of interactions with those they encountered, including the Kurds. In this show, Himan talks about what he’s learnt from the three writers his work is focussed on and how he reads their story through his own history.- The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) Billy Waters Project - Selena Scott (Art) and Dr Ben Marsh (Words)’s Graphic Novel on Billy WatersChapters2.00 Encounters between Kurds and Western women3.15 Isabella Bird8.25 Research processes10.00 Women vs male travel writers11.05 Letter-writing as the source of travel texts14.22 Gertrude Bell’s prolific writing15.00 Special access enjoyed by women travellers16.23 Taking Mary Shannon’s Billy Waters book to schools19.30 Graphic novels of women travel writers20.38 Himan’s next steps after his PhDThe Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School. Our theme music is by DiamondTunes Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan.Comments, questions, want to appear on the show? Get in touch at [email protected]
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