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Project and Journal Guest Editor: Neguin Yavari

Neguin YavariNeguin Yavari, PhD, Columbia University, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, University of Leipzig.




POP Guest Editor: Sassan Tabatabai

Sassan TabatabaiSassan Tabatabai is a poet, translator, and scholar of Medieval Persian literature. He is Master Lecturer in World Languages and Literatures and the Core Curriculum, and Coordinator of the Persian Language Program at Boston University. He is the author of Father of Persian Verse: Rudaki and his Poetry (Leiden University Press), Sufi Haiku (Nemi Books), and Uzunburun: Poems (Pen and Anvil), and translator of the novel Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat (Penguin Classics).




Editorial Assistant: Birdie Gile

Birdie GileBirdie Gile is a graduate of Boston University's Sociocultural Anthropology program. She is the 2025 recipient of the ILEX Award for Distinguished Work in Persian Studies.