معرفی
Babak Tabarraee is an Assistant Professor of Instruction and Persian Program Coordinator in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin's College of Liberal Arts. He holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from UT Austin (2020), an MA in Film Studies (2013), and an MA in Dramatic Literature (2007). Previously, he taught film analysis and screenwriting at the University of Art in Tehran.
His research focuses on media reception in modern Iran, with specializations in cultural history, popular cinema, comedy, migration narratives, and Persian poetry. Current projects include a book titled Iranian Cult: A Cinema of Failure (based on his dissertation), a Persian grammar companion, and a feature-length screenplay.
His scholarly publications examine Iranian cinema through cultural, historical, and transnational lenses, particularly analyzing migration patterns, film aesthetics, and cross-cultural translation. Recent work explores evolving representations of diaspora in contemporary Iranian cinema.
Courses taught include:
- Global Cult Cinema
- Media and Migration in Iran
- Iranian Cinema
- Persian Language (all levels)
- Cultural History of Modern Iran
