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Kamran Rastegar is a Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies at Tufts University, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora. He is also an affiliate of the Film and Media Studies Program. His research focuses on Persian and Arabic literary history (19th–20th centuries), cinema's role in cultural memory, and postcolonial studies. Key works include Surviving Images: Cinema, War, and Cultural Memory in the Middle East (2015) and literary Modernity Between Europe and the Middle East (2009). He served as Director of the Center for the Humanities at Tufts (2018–2022) and has held roles like interim chair of the Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora department.
Education: PhD (2005), MPhil (2003), MA (2001) from Columbia University; BA (1992) from Hampshire College. Professional activities include organizing film festivals, editing journal issues, and reviewing grants. Teaching covers comparative literature, cinema studies, and cultural theory, with courses like War Memory in Literature and Film and Visualizing Colonialism.
Research emphasizes cultural memory in conflict zones (e.g., Iran-Iraq War, Palestinian Nakba) and transnational literary exchanges. Current projects include a study of Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman. His work bridges aesthetics, politics, and trauma, challenging colonial narratives in cultural discourse.
