Alexander Jabbari
9 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Alexander Jabbari is Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is a literary historian interested in the literature, history, and philology of the Middle East and South Asia, and he works in Persian, Arabic, Urdu, and other languages.
His first book was The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India (Cambridge University Press, 2023). He is now working on several new projects: a book on Islam and philology, a cultural history of the late Persianate world, and a full translation of Khan-i Arzu's Musmir (together with Shahla Farghadani). He also leads a weekly Persian poetry reading group for faculty and grad students, which has met regularly since 2023.
On sabbatical leave 2026-2027
Educational Background
- PhD: Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
- MA: Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
- BA: Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Specialties
- Persianate world
- literary history
- philology
- Persian and Urdu literatures
- language