Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Series
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Series
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | Persian | Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
Sunday, October 20, 2019
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
H.J. Patterson Hall,
Atrium
Nasrin Rahimieh is Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities, Professor and former Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Director of the Humanities Core Course at the University of California, Irvine.
Her teaching and research are focused on modern Persian literature, the literature of Iranian exile and diaspora, contemporary Iranian women’s writing. Among her publications are Missing Persians: Discovering Voices in Iranian Cultural History, Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet Of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman And Feminine Pioneer Of New Persian Poetry co-edited with Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity.