Kamran Talattof

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian Studies; ‎ MENAS, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, Affiliated Professor; Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies, Founding Chair/DGS
Kamran Talattof

Marshall Building

520-620-2330
talattof@arizona.edu

Professor Kamran Talattof (Ph.D., University of Michigan) holds the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian Studies and is the founding director of the Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Arizona. His interdisciplinary research and teaching focus on the intersections of ideology, gender, and textuality in Iran and the broader Near East. He has published numerous articles and books, including three award-winning monographs: The Politics of Writing in Iran: A History of Modern Persian Literature and Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran: The Life and Legacy of a Dancer, both published by Syracuse University Press, as well as Nezami Ganjavi and Classical Persian Literature: Demystifying the Mystic by Palgrave Macmillan. He has also published several seminal edited volumes. The Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical, and Late Classical Persian Literature and The Handbook of Post-Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature, both published in 2024, are notable for their extensive coverage of subjects and authors.