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Aqsa Ijaz is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the Department of Language Studies and teaches the popular course Being Human in South Asia in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She is a literary scholar specializing in Persianate literatures and multilingualism, with a focus on classical Persian poetry reception in South Asia.
- Education: PhD in Islamic Studies (McGill University), MPhil in Translation Studies (G.C. University, Pakistan), BA Hons in English Literature and Philosophy (minor in French).
Her research explores the transcultural and temporal resonance of Nizami Ganjavi's Khusrau u Shirin across Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi traditions. She is the architect of the Global Past Research Initiative and serves on the editorial board of The Marginalia Review of Books.
Key publications include her monograph Shaping the Language of Love and annotated translations of the 18th-century Persian history The Gift of the Generous and the French graphic novel Majnun and Laila: Songs from Beyond the Grave. Her work intersects premodern manuscript studies, oral performances, lithographs, and modern graphic novels.
She teaches Introductory Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi courses while actively translating and performing as a cellist.
