Contact
Secondary Phone: (415) 338-1500
Comparative & World Literature
San Francsico State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco
CA
94132-4162
United States
ABOUT
Persis Karim is the Neda Nobar Chair and Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University. Her research focuses on Iran, literature and culture of the Iranian Diaspora, and comparative and world literature. She is the co-editor of Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers (2013), editor of Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers (2006) and A World Bewteen: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian American Writers (1999). She has published numerous articles about Iranian and Iranian diaspora literature in academic and literary journals.
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Ethnic American Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Persian
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Iran
Maghreb
Specialties
Iran, Persian Lit, Lit Of Iranian Diaspora
Lit & Exile, Post-Colonial Lit
Medit Lit, Comp Lit, Autobiography
Languages
French (advanced)
Norwegian (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
Spanish (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 1998
| Comp Lit
| U of Texas at Austin
MA
| 1993
| Middle Eastern Studies
| U of Texas at Austin
BA
| 1985
| Community Studies
| UC Santa Cruz
Abstracts
From Nobel Laureate to Exiled Woman: Shirin Ebadi and the Struggle for Women's Rights in Iran
Bold Acts and Fluid Boundaries: "Worlding" Iranian Diaspora Literature Written in English or Published First in English
