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
Prof. Dr. Roxane Haag-Higuchi (in German), academic director
Christine Kämpfer M.A. (in German), lecturer
Malkhazi Archvadze M.A. (in German), research assistant for the DFG-project "GeorgischeHistoriographie"
Thomas Ecker M.A. (in German), research assistant for the DFG-project "ZwischenWirklichkeitserzählung und Selbstzeugnis: PersischePilgerberichte der Kadscharenzeit"
Jonas Elias Elbers M.A. (in German), research assistant for the DFG-project "Tracking the Mongol Presence in Iran"
Dr. Goulia Ghardashkhani-Otter (in German), research assistant, manager of the DFG-project "The Grand Narrative of the Holy Defense: Dynamics of Representation and Subversion in Iranian War Literature"
Dr. Reza Pourjavady (in German), research assistant for the DFG-project "SāhibRāms Adaption des Aḫlāq-iMuḥsinī: Eine Fallstudiezumindo-persischenKulturtransferimIndien des 19. Jahrhunderts"
Language Instructor
Mitra Sharifi-Neystanak (in German), lecturer for Persian
Adjunct Professor
Prof. Dr. Christine Nölle-Karimi (in German)
Deputy director of the Iranian Studies Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna
Emerita / Emeritus
2003 - 2019 Chair of the Iranian studies department
1989 - 2003 Chair of the Iranian studies department
2003 - 2010 Director of the Iranian Studies Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna
Associated Colleagues
Dr. Schayan Gharevi (in German), coordinator of the Elite M.A. program Cultural Studies of the Middle East
2006 - 2013 research assistant at the Iranian studies department
Dr. Şevket Kücükhüseyin (in German), research assistant at the History of Religions department, University of Konstanz
2009 - 2012 research assistant at the Iranian studies department
Arham Moradi (in German), research assistant at the Persian manuscripts workgroup, serving the research project “Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Germany” (in German KOHD)