Tentative Field Editors
- Samra Azarnouche (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes)
- Ancient Iranian Languages & Culture
- Carlo G. Cereti (UC Irvine & Rome)
- Ancient Iranian Religions & Sasanian Empire
- Habibi Borjian (Columbia University)
- Persian Dialectology & Linguistics
- Modern Iranian History
- Dominic Brookshaw (University of Oxford)
- Classical Persian Literature
Nasrin Rahimieh (UC Irvine) - Modern Persian Literature
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 at UC Irvine. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Iranian Studies. Her teaching and research are focused 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 (2015), Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry (2010 and 2023) co-edited with Dominic Parviz Brookshaw, Missing Persians: Discovering Voices in Iranian Cultural History (2001), the English translation of the late Taghi Modarressi’s last novel, The Virgin of Solitude (2008), and Oriental Responses to the West (1990). Her current project is on contemporary Iranian women’s literature.
- Matthew P. Canepa (UC Irvine)
- Ancient Iranian Art & Archaeology
- Talinn Grigor (UC Davis)
- Contemporary Iranian Art, Architect., Urban St.
- Layla Diba (Brooklyn Museum of Art)
- Persianate Islamic Art
Amir-Hosein Pourjavadi (University of Tehran) - Persianate Music & Culture
Amir Hosein Pourjavady earned his first Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA and his second Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the CUNY Graduate Center. He has taught at both the University of Tehran and UCLA for several years. Dr. Pourjavady’s scholarship includes editions of several musical treatises, numerous articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and CDs. His previous projects have produced significant results, notably his acclaimed book Music-Making in Iran from the Fifteenth to the Early Twentieth Century (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), as well as his forthcoming publication Music in the Safavid Era (1501–1736) (Brill, 2026). In addition to his academic achievements, Dr. Pourjavady is an accomplished Persian setār player and has performed extensively with renowned Iranian musicians.
- Sholeh Quinn (UC Merced)
- Early Modern Iranian History
- Charles Melville (University of Cambridge)
- Medieval Iranian History
- Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (University of Toronto)