Dr. Azita Hamedani received her Ph.D. in Persian Language and literature from University of Tehran, Iran. Before joining UPenn, she has taught Persian language and literature in various academic institutions including University of Maryland, University of Tbilisi in Georgia, University of Payam-e Noor, and Saadi Foundation (global Persian language teaching center) in Iran.
Her works focuses on the intersection of literature, culture, and society in Iran and other Persianate societies, on the basis of which she has published and contributed several papers and book chapters and presented lectures In Iran and abroad.
As a Persian and Kurdish lecturer, Azita is currently a member of the Penn Language Center and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Media and the Current Issues in Iranian Society
Practicum in Persian Translation
Elementary Persian I & II
Intermediate Persian I & II
Persian Literature and Culture for Advanced Learners
“Enlightenment and its literary heritage in Persian-speaking societies of Central Asia”, single chapter to be published in Two Volume Handbooks on Persian literature, ed. Kamran Talattof (under press, Routledge, 2021).
“Persian literature in Transoxiana during the early 20th century”, Soroushyar's Letter (Iran, under press, 2021).
“Rahnaward Zaryab as a supporter and advocator of Persian language in Afghanistan”, Bukhara Magazine, No. 141 (Tehran, 2021).
“Description of Life and Works of Sadr al-din Ayni”, Aayene-ye Miras, No. 55 (Tehran, 2015).
“Turkestan the first Farsi language newspaper published in Ottoman empire”, Bukhara Magazine, No. 97 (Tehran, 2014).
“Self-first, Darvish second: a different look at life and works of Sadr al-din Ayni”, Bukhara Magazine, No. 87-88 (Tehran, 2013), Iranshenasi, volume 25, No.2 (Maryland, 2013).
“Influence of Iranian poetry on the national consciousness and literary environment of Transoxiana by the end of 19th and early 20th centuries”, Journal of Persian Language & Literature School, University of Tehran, No. 2 (Tehran, 2008)