Ardashir Vakil
Staff details

Ardashir Vakil (Ardu) has been teaching Creative Writing at Goldsmiths since 2006, teaching BA, MA, MPhil and PhD students. He started a flagship MA with the Education Department called ‘Writer\Teacher’ (now ‘Creative Writing with Education’) which brings together his skills and experiences as a teacher and a writer.
His stories have been anthologized, read on the radio and published in prestigious journals. His most recent short story ‘Laptop’ featured in The Iowa Review. Several of his articles on pedagogy and practical advice for teachers and students of Creative Writing have been published by the International Journal of English Teaching, Changing English: Studies In Culture and Education.
Academic qualifications
- BA Eng Lit, Magdalene, Cambridge University 1985
- PGCE, English, Institute of Ed, Univ of London 1987
Teaching and Supervision
- MA Creative Writing
- MA Creative Writing and Education
- MA Children's Literature
Research interests
Indian Literature in English, Auto-fiction, short stories and pedagogical issues related to the teaching of Creative Writing
Publications and research outputs
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Further profile content
Featured publications
1998:
Beach Boy
Novel : http://Penguin ISBN 0-241-13760-8
2003:
One Day
Novel : http//Penguin ISBN 0140299734
2013:
Darius and Xerxes
Short Story : Raritan: A Quarterly Review, xxxill(1), pp. 1-15
2015:
Last Time
Short Story: Raritan, XXXIV(4), pp. 133-153. ISSN 0275-1607
2017:
Laptop
Short Story: Laptop. Iowa Review, 47(2), pp. 117-140. ISSN 0021-065X
Media engagements
2008:
Towers of Silence
BBC Radio 4- Research on site at the Parsi funeral grounds in Mumbai.
Conferences and talks
2012:
Jhumpa Lahiri and Homer
'Jhumpa Lahiri and the influence of Homer'. In: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Fiction since 1989. British Academy, United Kingdom 5-6 July.
Grants and awards
1979:
Connections
Goldsmith-Lassale Partnership Innovation Fund -teaching exchange
Articles related to Teaching Creative Writing
Vakil, Ardashir. 2008. 'Teaching Creative Writing'. Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 15(2), pp. 157-167. ISSN 1358-684X
Vakil, Ardashir . 2013. 'Yearning and its Uses'. Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 20(1), pp. 34-45. ISSN 1358-684X
Vakil, Ardashir. 2013. Truthful Fictions:How Dreams Can Help You Write. Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 20(4), pp. 415-427. ISSN 1358-684X