Biography
Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Persian.
Research Interests
MENA-Latin American literary and cultural exchanges; Latin American Orientalism; the literature of the Levantine diasporas in Latin America (Chile and Brazil); Iranian Cinema.
Education
MA in Latin American Studies, Universidad de Chile. (2022)
BA in Philosophy, Universidad de Chile. (2018)
Awards and Honors
Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2025.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory
Highlighted Publications
Irani, Afshin & Carmona, Miguel. "On Palestinian Latin Americanism: Reading Walter Garib and Mahfud MassÃs". Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies 13(1), 2026. https://doi.org/10.24847/v13i12026.566
Irani, Afshin. "Holy Spider y el 'Persian Noir'". La Fuga: Revista de Cine 28, 2025. https://lafuga.cl/holy-spider-y-el-persian-noir/1230