Pouneh Mochiri

Pouneh Mochiri is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Brest, affiliated with the "Heritage and Creation in Text and Image" research unit (EA 4249). Her work bridges literature and visual arts, focusing on Franco-Italian Renaissance studies.

• Doctorate from University of Paris 7 (2002) on art description in 16th-century prose
• Aggregation in Modern Letters
• École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay/Saint-Cloud (now Lyon) alumnus
• Scholarship holder at French School of Rome

Her research explores:

• Paragone debates between arts
• Ekphrastic techniques
• 16th-century Italian artistic treatises
• Descriptive collection practices
• Persian literary traditions

Publications reveal a focus on intermediality and cross-temporal artistic concepts, with recent work on informe aesthetics. She has received recognition for her Renaissance scholarship and Franco-Portuguese artistic analysis.

Scientific Awards:

• Scholarship holder at the French School of Rome