Sara Molaie

PhD Student
sara.molaie@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Language and Literature
  • Modern Middle East History
  • Women & Gender Studies

Areas of Interest

  • Iranian Nationalism
  • Literacy Modernity
  • Modern Persian Literature 
  • Modern Hebrew Literature 
  • Gender, Text and Literature
  • Religious Studies

Biography

Sara studies the history of modern Iran. Her research centers at the intersection of gender modernization and literary modernity in 20th century Iran. Using archival materials, she weaves feminist methodologies of women’s literary writings, demonstrating the relationship between gender, literature and the public culture in Iran.

Before that, she received her BA and MA from the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies and wrote her master’s thesis on “the Revival of Hebrew and Persian Language in the 19th Century” under the supervision of Professor Naomi Sokoloff.

Education

  • MA, University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
  • BA, University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies

Current Supervisor(s)

Mohammad Tavakoli-Targhi

Dissertation Title

Iran: The Interplay of Gender and Literary Modernity

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant - Introduction to the Modern Middle East (NMC278)
  • Teaching Assistant - The Making of the Modern Middle East: Islamic History 1300-2000 (HISB64H3)
  • Teaching Assistant - Introductory Persian (NML260)
  • Teaching Assistant - The Islamic World (NMC103)