Laetitia Nanquette is Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, in the School of Arts and Media. She holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. She was trained in France, the United Kingdom, Iran and the United States, before moving to Australia. Her work examines the production, distribution and circulation of texts and the role literature plays in society. Her research focus is on modern and contemporary Middle Eastern literatures, particularly on Persian literature. Her teaching focus is on print culture in English-speaking societies.

Areas of interest: Print culture, Sociology of literature, Publishing