My Expertise
I am interested in modern and contemporary Middle Eastern literatures, particularly in Persian literature; Contemporary Iranian culture; World Literature; literature and globalization; sociology of literature; Digital Humanities.
Fields of Research (FoR)
Comparative and transnational literature, Middle Eastern literature, Globalisation and culture, Digital literature, Book history, Migrant cultural studies, Print cultureBiography
I work on modern and contemporary Persian literature; Print Culture; Publishing; Book History; World Literature; Sociology of literature; Digital Humanities.
I was trained in France, the United Kingdom, Iran, and the United States (Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Harvard University) before coming to Australia in 2013.
Between 2015 and 2019, I was an Australia Research Council DECRA Fellow.
In 2023/2024, I am an associated EUME Fellow of the Forum...view more
I work on modern and contemporary Persian literature; Print Culture; Publishing; Book History; World Literature; Sociology of literature; Digital Humanities.
I was trained in France, the United Kingdom, Iran, and the United States (Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Harvard University) before coming to Australia in 2013.
Between 2015 and 2019, I was an Australia Research Council DECRA Fellow.
In 2023/2024, I am an associated EUME Fellow of the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin: https://www.eume-berlin.de/fellows/vita/2023-2024/laetitia-nanquette
My second book was published in 2021: "Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution. Production and Circulation in Iran and the World" (Edinburgh UP): https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-iranian-literature-after-the-islamic-revolution.html
Here's a blog post mostly about the book: https://centerforiraniandiasporastudies.wordpress.com/2022/04/18/iranian-diaspora-spotlight-dr-laetitia-nanquette-a-scholar-writing-from-outside-and-inside/
An interview for SBS Persian on it: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/persian/audio/laetitia-nanquette-iranian-literature-after-the-islamic-revolution_1
A podcast on the book and my research: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/new-books-in-middle-eastern-studies/id426138594?i=1000611966819
And an interview in Spanish on my research in general: https://orientemedio.news/la-literatura-irani-despues-de-la-revolucion-islamica/
I am interested in translation studies and in the practice of translation. My translations of Iranian short stories into French have been published in literary journals, and I have translated Persian texts into English with Ali Alizadeh.
I am Associate Editor for the Q1 journal Iranian Studies (Cambridge UP) and editor for the Modern Persian literature section of Abstracta Iranica (Peeters publishers).
My Grants
My Qualifications
BA (Sorbonne University, Paris); PhD (SOAS, University of London)
My Awards
My Research Activities
Here is the link to some of my publications on the UNSW repository:
https://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,nanquette&tab=default_tab&search_scope=unsworks_search_scope&vid=UNSWORKS&offset=0
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
I am available to supervise research related to all my research interests.
Current PhD supervision: Mehrdad Rahimi-Moghaddam "Literature, Language, and Nationalism in Iran: From the Berlin Circle to Modern Iranshahris"
Successful PhD supervisions:
Elham Naeej "The Female Body in Contemporary Iranian Romance Novels: Repression and Resistance": Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses.
Mazda Moradabbasi "Literary Adaptation in Iranian Cinema" (secondary supervisor)
Max Bledstein, Scientia PhD "Terrors of Identity: Depictions of Historical Trauma in Contemporary Iranian Horror Cinema": Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses
Setayesh Nooraninejad "The Writing Culture of Ordinary People in Iran During the War Years (1980-1988)" (secondary supervisor, PhD at ANU)
Adineh Khojastehpour "Cross-cultural adaptations in Iranian cinema" (secondary supervisor)
Mariya Nikolova "Re-Considering American Avant-Garde and Neo-Avant-Garde Literature" (secondary supervisor)
Currently supervising
My Engagement
Association for Iranian Studies
Centre for Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies
International Comparative Literature Association
My Teaching
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-7962
