معرفی
Aria Fani serves as Assistant Professor and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Washington, where he also directs the Persian and Iranian Studies Program. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley (2019), B.A. from San Diego State University (2009), and A.A. from San Diego Miramar College (2007).
- Specializes in modern Persian literature and translation studies
- Focuses on Persianate cultural connections across Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan
- Winner of ACLA’s 2025 René Wellek Prize
His research explores Persianate transregionalism’s persistence through colonialism, nationalism, and modernization processes. Recent publications analyze poetic competitions (iqtirāḥ) in 20th-century Persian periodicals and translation’s role in asylum seeker advocacy. Fani is establishing a Translation Studies Hub at UW to create a minor and advanced certificate program in translation studies.
- Teaching courses on Muslim Pilgrimage Writings, Persian Media, Orientalism, and Epic Traditions
- Active social advocate for non-citizen Americans since 2017
- Co-translated Bijan Jalali’s Shape of Extinction (2025)
