Omid Tofighian

Omid Tofighian
Born
Education
EducationPhD
Alma materLeiden University
ThesisMyth and philosophy on stage in Platonic dialogues (2010)
Doctoral advisorFrans de Haas
Philosophical work
Era21st century Philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney

Omid Tofighian (Persian: امید توفیقیان) is an Iranian-Australian philosopher and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Sydney. He is known for his research on ancient Greek philosophy and his translation of the award-winning book by Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker Behrouz Boochani, No Friend But the Mountains from Persian into English.