Assistant Professor
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professorship in Persian and Iranian Studies
Director of Persian and Iranian Studies Program
Contact Information
(206) 616-2390
Denny 233
Office Hours:
T-Th 12:30-1:30
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., 2019, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., 2009, San Diego State University
A.A. 2007, San Diego Miramar College
Curriculum Vitae (117.26 KB)Aria's research and teaching focus on modern Persian literature and translation studies. He is working on a manuscript titled Spaces between Nations: Afghans, Iranians, and the Making of Persian Literature (under contract by the University of Texas Press) which examines the formation of literature as an institution in early twentieth-century Iran and Afghanistan. Aria serves as the current deputy editor of the Journal of Iranian Studies. He engages in social advocacy for non-citizen Americans, particularly Central American asylum seekers, which richly nourishes both his teaching and research.
Research
Selected Research
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“What Is Literature? The Rise of a Global Literary Discourse” (Mandarin Chinese title: 文学是什么?一种全球性文学话语的兴起), Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures (2021): 42-49.
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Aria Fani, "The Allure of Untranslatability: Shafi'i-Kadkani and (Not) Translating Persian Poetry.” Iranian Studies, 54.1-2 (2021): 95-125.
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Aria Fani, "Iran’s Literary Becoming: Zokaʾ ol-Molk Forughi and the Literary History That Wasn’t," Iran Namag 5.3 (2020), pp. 114-144.
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Aria Fani, "What Is Asylum? Translation, Trauma, and Institutional Visibility.” In Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism. Edited by Rebecca Gould and Kayvan Tahmasebian, Routledge, 2020, pp. 397-407.
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Aria Fani and John L. Hayes, "Basmala: Translating an Iconic Phrase.” TRANS: Revista de Traductología, 21, 2017, pp. 213-219
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Aria Fani, "A Silent Conversation with Literary History: Re- theorizing Modernism in the Poetry of Bizhan Jalāli," Iranian Studies, 50:4, 2017, pp. 523-552,
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- Aria Fani, “Poet as Citizen in a Contested Nation: Rewriting the Poetry of Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.” In Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis. Edited by David J. Elliott, Marissa Silverman, Wayne Bowman, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 392-414.
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Aria Fani, “Narratives of Literary Commitment in the Poetry of Afghan Resistance: The Cases of Khalilollah Khalili and Parwin Pazhwâk,” Iran Nameh, 29:1, 2014, pp. 108-120
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Courses Taught
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Winter 2021
Autumn 2020
Summer 2020 A-term
Autumn 2019
Resources & Related Links
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations:
Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies; Middle East Center
Related News
Related News
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