Iranian Studies, People

Core Faculty:

Dr. Lynda Clarke, Department of Religion. Persian Language and Literature, Shi‘ism, Sufism, Islamic Law, Women’s Studies.
http://religion.concordia.ca/ClarkeL.html

Dr. Richard Foltz, Department of Religion. History of Religions, Cultural History, Literature and Art.
http://religion.concordia.ca/FoltzR.html

Dr. Mark Hale, Department of Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics. Old Iranian Languages, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics.
http://cmll.concordia.ca/Hale.html

Dr. Homa Hoodfar, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Contemporary Iranian Society, Women’s Studies.
http://socianth.concordia.ca/Hoodfar.html

Associated Faculty:

Dr. Rosemary Mountain, Department of Music. Classical Persian music.

Prof. Peter Rist, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Iranian cinema

Research Associates:

Dr. Nagib Naghavi Persian Literature and Mythology,

Manya Saadi-nejad, Ancient Iranian Languages and Mythology, Iranian art.

Ph.D. students:

Umberto Cicchetti (Religion), Azadeh Ehsani (Religion), Mona Tajali (Humanities), Eliza Tasbihi (Religion),

M.A. students:

Parker Croshaw (Linguistics), Azadeh Fedaie-Tehrani (Religion), Khatereh Khodaei (Film Studies), Najmeh Khalili Mahani (Film Studies), Hamid Moen (Linguistics), Morad Sadeghi (Film Studies),