Faculty and Staff of the Iranian Studies Department

Department Chair

Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Werner (in German) 

Department Secretary 

Anja Klein (in German) 

Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research Assistants

Dr. Goulia Ghardashkhani-Otter (in German), Senior Lecturer and director of the DFG-project "The Grand Narrative of the Holy Defense: Dynamics of Representation and Subversion in Iranian War Literature"

Dr. Christine Kämpfer (in German), Assistant Professor

Dr. Şevket Kücükhüseyin (in German), research assistant for the DFG-project
“Die Briefe Ǧalāl ad-Dīn Rūmīs: Kommentierte Übersetzung und Analyse”

Language Instructor

Mitra Sharifi-Neystanak (in German), lecturer for Persian 

Extraordinary Professors

Prof. Dr. Roxane Haag-Higuchi (in German), Acedemic Director (retired)

Emerita / Emeritus 

Prof. Dr. Birgitt Hoffmann (In German)
2003 - 2019 Chair of the Iranian studies department 

Prof. Dr. Bert G. Fragner 
1989 - 2003 Chair of the Iranian studies department 
2003 - 2010 Director of the Iranian Studies Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna