Behnam Fomeshi specializes in comparative literature and is interested in Iranian Studies, American Studies, and, in particular, the intersection of the two. He is a Humboldt Foundation alumnus and a Research Fellow at Monash University and is conducting research on the Persian reception of American literature.

Areas of interest: Persian literature, Comparative literature, Translation studies, Iranian studies

Fomeshi, B. (2021). Persian Huck: On the Reception of Huckleberry Finn in Iran. Journal of Transnational American Studies, 12(2), 27–45. https://doi.org/10.5070/T812255736

Fomeshi, B. (2018). “Something Foreign In It”: A Study of an Iranian Translation of Whitman’s Image. Transfer. https://doi.org/10.1344/transfer.2019.14.1-24

Fomeshi, B. (2019). The Persian Whitman: beyond a literary reception. Leiden University Press.

Fomeshi, B. M. (2018). “Till the gossamer tread you fling catch somewhere”: Parvin E’tesami’s creative reception of Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 35(3-4), 267–275. https://doi.org/10.13008/0737-0679.2290