S.M. (Massih) Zekavat, PhD

Faculty of Arts

Telephone:

+31 50 36 35858

E-mail:

s.m.zekavat rug.nl

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Publications

A Comparative Study of the Human-Nature Relationship in The Fate of Fausto and I’ll Sow My Hands in the Garden

Zekavat, M., Mar-2025, In: Children's Literature in Education. 56, p. 130-148 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Humour and laughter in communication

Scheel, T. & Zekavat, M., Mar-2025, The Handbook of Communication Skills. Hargie, O. (ed.). 5 ed. Routledge, 32 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Laughter in Times of Distress: Pandemic Humor and Satire in Iran

Zekavat, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Book review: Katouzian, Homa (2024). Humour in Iran: Eleven-hundred Years of Satire and Humour in Persian Literature. I.B. Tauris

Zekavat, M., 26-Jun-2024, In: European Journal of Humour Research. 12, 2, p. 225-226 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic

Book review: Chattoo, Caty Borum & Feldman, Lauren (2020). A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice. Oakland, California: University of California Press

Zekavat, M., 9-Jan-2023, In: European Journal of Humour Research. 10, 4, p. 216-219 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic

Satire, Humor and Environmental Crises

Zekavat, M. & Scheel, T., 15-May-2023, Routledge. 256 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional

The ambivalent affordances of humour in capitalist organisations

Zekavat, M., 2023, In: European Journal of Humour Research. 11, 1, p. 184-200 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Benjamin Nickl. 2021. Turkish German Muslims and Comedy Entertainment: Settling into Mainstream Culture in the 21st Century. Leuven: Leuven University Press

Zekavat, M., May-2022, Australian Humour Studies Network.

Research output: Other contribution › Academic

Holding Up a Democratic Facade: How 'New Work Organizations' Avoid Resistance and Litigation When Dismissing Their Managers

Degen, J. L. & Zekavat, M., 6-May-2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 14 p., 789404.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The Social, Political, and Psychological Affordances of Pandemic Humor and Satire in the United States of America and Iran

Zekavat, M., 2022, In: Amerikastudien - American Studies. 67, 4, p. 521-540 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

All (46) publications

Press/media

Hoe werkt humor in het klimaatdebat? ‘Alleen angst zaaien helpt niet’.

Zekavat, M.

05/03/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Hoe werkt humor in het klimaatdebat? ‘Alleen angst zaaien helpt niet’

Zekavat, S.

04/03/2025

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Hoe nemen we klimaatverandering serieuzer? Met zwarte humor, zegt deze onderzoeker

Zekavat, M.

12/02/2025

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Met humor kun je machthebbers op hun nummer zetten voor hun rol in klimaatverandering

Zekavat, M.

11/02/2025

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Humour facilitates environmental advocacy

Zekavat, M.

28/01/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Professional

Humor en satire versterken klimaatboodschap

Zekavat, M.

28/01/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Professional

Humor en satire versterken klimaatboodschap

Zekavat, M.

22/01/2025

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Humor en satire versterken klimaatboodschap

Zekavat, M.

21/01/2025

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Celebrating Human Rights Day 2023

Zekavat, M.

06/12/2023

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