Sedigheh Akbari Azirani

  • Assistant Teaching Professor of French

Contact

sazirani@iastate.edu

515-294-4046

2114 Pearson

Bio

Sedi A. Azirani pursued her graduate studies in France (University of Burgundy, Dijon) and Germany (RWTH Aachen University), where she received her Ph.D. in romance and Intercultural Studies in 2021. She also spent 18 months as a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley in 2016. Sedi loves to teach at all levels, especially to students new to French. She believes she has varied backgrounds in multiple countries, cultures, and universities in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

Area of expertise

19th and 20th century French literature, 20th century Persian literature, comparative literature, Intercultural and romance studies

Topics of interest

Anthropology, French Conversation, French Grammar, French Literature, French pronunciation

Selected Publications

  • ''Imaginaire de l’environnement dans les Méditations poétiques d’Alphonse de Lamartine et l’oeuvre poétique de Nima Youshidj''. 1. Edition , Shaker; Aachen, 2022."