Directory of Scholars | Cinema Iranica

Affiliation

Field of Study/Interest

Addressing Trauma

Anthropology

Architecture and Design in Postcolonial Film and Television

Art Cinema

Art History

Art Theory

Cinema

Cinema and Media History

Cinema of Diaspora

Cinemas of the Middle East

Cinematic Canons

Cognitive Poetics

Contemporary American Fiction

Critical Theory

Cultural History of Twentieth Century Iran

Cultural Representation

Cultural Theory and Literature

Culture

Diasporic Culture

Documentary Filmmaking

English Literature

Exilic Cinema

Feminist

Fiction Writing

Film

Film & Media Studies

Film and Media Theory

Film Studies

Film Theory

Film-Philosophy

Fostering Dialogue

Gender

Gender Justice

Gender Studies

Global Cinema

Global Modernisms

Historical Sociology

History

History of Cinema

Independent Filmmaking

Institutional Films

Iranian and Kurdish Cinemas

Iranian Cinema

Iranian Cinema and Media

Iranian Cultural Studies

Iranian Diaspora

Iranian New Wave Cinema

Iranian Theatre

Iranian Women's Movement

Islamic Studies

Literature

Media Reception in Modern Iran

Microbudget Filmmaking

Middle Eastern Cinema

Middle Eastern Studies

Modern Iranian Cinema

Modern Persian Poetry

Mysticism

Persian Literature

Phenomenology

Philosophy

Postcolonial Studies

Postmodernism

Psychoanalysis

Refugee Filmmaking

Sexuality

Technology, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East

The Islamic Republic of Iran's Propaganda Film Culture

The Role of Film and Art in Shaping Societal Values

Theater

Transatlantic Literature

Urban Cinema

Urban Studies

Utopianism

Visual Culture

Women and Gender Politics in Contemporary Iranian Cinema

Women's Studies

World Cinema

Location

Austin, Texas, USA

Berkley, California, USA

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chicago, Illinois, USA

East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Edinburgh, Scotland

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Lancaster, England

London, England

Los Angeles

Melbourne, Australia

Santa Barbara, California, USA

South Bank, Queensland, Australia

St Andrews, Scotland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Sydney, Australia

Tehran, Iran

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

USA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Washington, D.C., USA

Wooster, Ohio, USA

Hamid Naficy

Northwestern University

Film Studies, Islamic Studies

Shohini Chaudhuri

University of Essex

Feminist, Film Studies, Film-Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, World Cinema

Iftikhar Dadi

Cornell University

Art History, Cinema

Cameron Cross

University of Michigan

History, Middle Eastern Studies, Modern Persian Poetry

Michelle Langford

University of New South Wales

Film Studies, Islamic Studies

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cinematic Canons, Global Cinema, Independent Filmmaking

Mohammad Tahaminezhad

Cultural Representation, Documentary Filmmaking, Iranian Cinema

Ali Mirsepassi

New York University

Golbarg Rekabtalaei

Seton Hall University

Cultural History of Twentieth Century Iran, History of Cinema, Modern Iranian Cinema, Urban Cinema

Blake Atwood

University of Beirut

Technology, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East

Anne Démy-Geroe

Griffith Film School

Film Studies, Iranian Cinema

Kaveh Askari

Michigan State University

Art Cinema, Cinema, Cinema and Media History, Cinemas of the Middle East, Film Studies

Negar Mottahedeh

Duke University

Film & Media Studies, Middle Eastern Studies

Zahra Khosroshahi

University of Glasgow

Iranian Cinema, Women and Gender Politics in Contemporary Iranian Cinema

Daniele Rugo

University of London

Film Studies| Cinema Iranica Board Member

Pedram Partovi

American University

Film Studies, History, Islamic Studies

Kiarash Aramesh

Pennsylvania Western University

Nacim Pak-Shiraz

University of Edinburgh

Iranian Cinema, Middle Eastern Cinema

Saeed Talajooy

University of St Andrews

Cultural Theory and Literature, Iranian Cinema, Iranian Theatre, Persian Literature

Shahrooz Yousefian

Federation of British Columbia Writers (FBCW), Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC)

Mohammad Haghighat

Tanya Shilina-Conte

University at Buffalo

Film Studies, Film Theory, Film-Philosophy

Claudia Yaghoobi

University of North Carolina

Gender, Iranian Cultural Studies, Sexuality

Farbod Honarpisheh

Yale University

Critical Theory, Film Studies, Film and Media Theory, Iranian Cinema, Middle Eastern Cinema, Visual Culture

Pardis Minuchehr

University of California, Santa Barbara

Gender Justice, Iranian Diaspora, Iranian New Wave Cinema, Postmodernism

Laudan Nooshin

University of London

Amir Ali Nojoumian

Concordia University

Critical Theory, Film Theory

Kaveh Abbasian

University of Kent

Exilic Cinema, Iranian and Kurdish Cinemas, Microbudget Filmmaking, Refugee Filmmaking, The Islamic Republic of Iran's Propaganda Film Culture

Niki Akhavan

Catholic University of America

Film Studies, Islamic Studies

Rex Butler

Monash University

Art Theory, Film, Philosophy

Amir Ganjavie

Film Studies, Utopianism

Hamed Soleimanzadeh

University of Göttingen

Cinema, Culture, Philosophy, Theater

Mostafa Abedinifard

University of British Columbia

Film Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies

Leila Sadeghi

University of Pars

Cognitive Poetics, Fiction Writing, Film Studies, Literature

Simran Bhalla

University of Southern California

Architecture and Design in Postcolonial Film and Television, Global Modernisms, Institutional Films| Cinema Iranica Board Member

Javad Zeiny

ICP Paris, Sorbonne University, Tours University

English Literature, History, Philosophy

Hamed Goharipour

The College of Wooster

Film Studies, Urban Studies

Farshid Kazemi

Simon Fraser University

Iranian Cinema, Psychoanalysis

Mehdi Faraji

New York University

Middle Eastern Studies

Arash Azizi

Boston University

Iqan Shahidi

Cambridge University

Babak Tabarraee

Media Reception in Modern Iran

Roshanak Kheshti

University of California

Film Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies

Sara Saljoughi

University of Toronto

Critical Theory, Film Theory, Postcolonial Studies, World Cinema

Laura Fish

University of Texas

Film Studies, History, Islamic Studies

Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad

University of London

Iranian Cinema and Media

Kamran Talattof

University of Arizona

Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa

Columbia College

Film Studies, Islamic Studies

Maryam Ghorbankarimi

Lancaster University

Film Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies

Naghmeh Rezaie

University of Delaware

Film Studies, Islamic Studies, Literature