Niloofar Sarlati

Niloofar Sarlati is an Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature) and an M.A. from the University of Leeds (Cultural Studies).

Her research focuses on empire and postcolonial studies, history of capitalism, critical translation theory, and visual culture, with a specialization in 19th- and 20th-century Persian, English, Arabic, and French literary works. Her current book project examines political economy through colonial and capitalist encounters. Her work appears in Symplokē, Philological Encounters, Comparative Literature, and a forthcoming essay in the Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature.

Teaching interests include global literature, travel narratives, Iranian cinema, and critical theory. Office hours are held weekly via Zoom.