Azadeh Najafian

Azadeh Najafian is originally from Shiraz, Iran. She holds a Ph.D. in Persian Literature from Shiraz University (2019) and a master’s degree in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University (2021). Her research and interests include Women and Gender Studies, Modern and Contemporary Literature, Fantasy, and Comics and Graphic Novels. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she teaches Persian language courses to both undergraduate and graduate students. 

Contributions

The Feminine, the Political, and the Linguistic in the Poetry of Sipīdah Judayrī

Sipīdah Judayrī (b. 1355/1976) is an Iranian poet, literary critic, and translator whose body of work includes eight poetry collections,…