1. MENAS Languages

Persian

Persian Language Courses

Undergraduate

MENAS offers Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and 4th Year Persian. A BA in Middle Eastern and North African Studies and a minor in Persian are offered.

Graduate

MENAS offers Advanced and 4th Year Persian at the graduate level.

The Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies offers MA and PhD degrees in Persian and Iranian Studies.

    Persian & Iranian Studies Faculty

    Persian Faculty

    Anne Betteridge

    Anne Betteridge

    Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

    Professor, Iranian Women & Culture

    • Iran and the Persianate World
    • Anthropology
    • Gender Studies
    520-621-5456
    anneb@arizona.edu
    Marshall 470
    Julia Clancy-Smith

    Julia Clancy-Smith

    Regent's Professor

    • North Africa and the Mediterranean
    • Modern and world history
    • Imperialism and colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa
    juliac@arizona.edu
    Marshall 447

    Richard Eaton

    Professor of History

    520-621-8120
    reaton@arizona.edu
    Social Sciences Room 111b
    Simin Karimi and their office.

    Simin Karimi

    Professor of Linguistics

    520-621-5399
    karimi@arizona.edu
    Communication 106

    Narges Nematollahi

    Assistant Professor of Practice, Persian Language

    • Ancient and early medieval Iran
    • Historical and socio-linguistics
    • Stylistics
    520-626-1632
    nnematollahi@arizona.edu
    Marshall 455
    Yaseen Noorani's headshot.

    Yaseen Noorani

    Associate Professor, Arabic and Persian Language & Literature

    520-626-9696
    ynoorani@arizona.edu
    Marshall 449
    Austin O' Malley's headshot.

    Austin O'Malley

    Assistant Professor, Persian and Iranian Studies

    • Persianate world
    • Literature
    • Sufism
    austinomalley@arizona.edu
    Marshall 448

    Kamran Talattof

    Chair, Roshan GIDP in Persian and Iranian Studies

    Professor, Persian and Iranian Studies

    • Iran and the Persian world
    • Persian literature and Iranian culture and cinema
    • Gender and ideology
    520-621-2330
    talattof@arizona.edu
    Marshall 452