Nasrin Rahimieh is Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities in the Department of
Comparative Literature and Associate Dean for Academic Personnel in the School of
Humanities. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Iranian Studies. Her work focuses on
modern Persian literature, the literature of Iranian exile and diaspora, contemporary Iranian
women’s writing, and post-revolution Iranian cinema. Among her publications are Iranian
Culture: Representation and Identity, Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman
and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry co-edited with Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, and the
English translation of the late Taghi Modarressi last novel, The Virgin of Solitude (2008). Her
current project is on contemporary Iranian women’s writing.
