Razieh Araghi

Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies,

School of International Letters and Cultures

Other ASU affiliations

Affiliate, Melikian Center

[email protected]

ASU School of International Letters and Cultures Durham 402 D Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 0202

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Razieh Araghi is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the School of International Letters and Cultures. Her research explores the intersections of modernity, translation, and women’s intellectual history. Her current project examines how Iranian and Ottoman/Turkish women writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped discourses of modernity through translation, adaptation, and self-authorship in periodicals and other media. Her broader research and teaching interests include Middle Eastern literary modernities, world literature, and translation and gender studies.

Education

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 2025.
M.A. Literature, Texas State University, San Marcos. 2019.
B.A. English Language and Literature, University of Tabriz. Tabriz, Iran. 2013.

Research Interests

Comparative Literature; Middle Eastern literary modernities; Translation and Gender Studies; Periodical Studies; Postcolonial Studies; World Literature

Courses

2026 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SLC 202	Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor
SLC 294	Special Topics

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SLC 202	Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor
SLC 294	Special Topics

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SLC 202	Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor
SLC 202	Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor

Expertise Areas

Comparative Literature

Critical Theory

Cultural and Intellectual History