{"id":70,"date":"2026-02-03T13:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahdisshalchi.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:23:44","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mahdisshalchi.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_578617338\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1322430313\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/mahdisshalchi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pic-01.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1740571985\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x85 md-x10 lg-x10 y20 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"bounceIn\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-3095625081\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>About me<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3095625081 {\n  font-size: 1.15rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3095625081 {\n    font-size: 1.75rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-1740571985 {\n  width: 65%;\n}\n#text-box-1740571985 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1740571985 {\n    width: 36%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1740571985 {\n    width: 34%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1322430313 {\n  padding-top: 674px;\n  background-color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n#banner-1322430313 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 70% 50%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_578617338 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_870814782\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-292261453\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2086332291\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-3\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4254317062\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mahdis (Ahmadian) Shalchi<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4254317062 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-318196146\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-5\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2072913496\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is a film and theatre critic, researcher, lecturer, and translator with an interdisciplinary background spanning veterinary medicine, dramatic literature, and cultural studies. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree before undertaking a second academic path in Dramatic Literature, beginning her studies at the undergraduate level and continuing toward advanced research. She is currently an MA student in Dramatic Literature at the University of Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2072913496 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1635379103\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-4\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1386844736\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her critical and academic work focuses on modern and contemporary cinema and theatre, with particular attention to narrative structures, power relations, and visual culture. Mahdis is especially interested in developing theoretical frameworks that connect medical knowledge with dramatic and cinematic forms, examining how concepts such as the body, trauma, care, ethics, and diagnosis operate within performance, dramaturgy, and visual representation.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1386844736 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1114486899\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-83842131\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInDown\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3653185203\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She has collaborated with journals, festivals, universities, and cultural institutions as a writer, editorial board member, and lecturer, and has translated and published plays and critical texts. Across her research, teaching, and critical writing, she seeks to sustain a rigorous dialogue between theory and artistic practice, contributing to contemporary cultural discourse at the intersection of science, art, and the humanities.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3653185203 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1267699605\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-384604456\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:118px;height:4px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4293095405\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"lead\">Contact me via :<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Mahdis.Shalchi@ut.ac.ir<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Mahdis.Shalchi@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4293095405 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  line-height: 0.75;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-4293095405 {\n    line-height: 0.75;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:118px;height:4px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:108%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_mahdisshalchi?igsh=N2h4bmEyenQwcDJ2\" target=\"_blank\" data-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline instagram tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Instagram\" aria-label=\"Follow on Instagram\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" ><i class=\"icon-instagram\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mahdis-shalchi-b06b9b377sa\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline linkedin tooltip\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" ><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" ><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_870814782 {\n  padding-top: 46px;\n  padding-bottom: 46px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n  background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_870814782 {\n    padding-top: 77px;\n    padding-bottom: 77px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1711979906\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1395936721\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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