معرفی
Sara Saljoughi is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She is currently on leave for the 2024–2025 academic year. Her interdisciplinary work bridges cinema studies, critical theory, and postcolonial studies, with a particular focus on non-Western and postcolonial cinemas, Iranian film, and feminist theory.
Education & Training:
While specific degrees are not detailed in the provided text, her extensive publication record and fellowship history indicate advanced training in cinema studies and critical theory.
Research Interests:
Professor Saljoughi’s scholarship centers on the intersection of aesthetics and politics, particularly in relation to non-Western, postcolonial, and Iranian cinemas. Her work draws from film theory, feminist theory, and postcolonial studies to examine how cinematic form engages with questions of collectivity, statelessness, and transnational feminism. She is completing a monograph on collectivity in Iranian cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, and developing a second book project titled Stateless Cinemas: Aesthetics, Autonomy, Mobility, which explores the cinemas of stateless peoples.
Grants & Fellowships:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
- Social Science Research Council (USA)
- Connaught Foundation
- Mellon Early Career Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute
Editorial & Scholarly Service:
She is co-editor of the book 1968 and Global Cinema (Wayne State University Press, 2018) and co-editor of Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture.
