Dear Members and Trustees of the British Institute of Persian Studies,

Notice is hereby given that the 2026 Annual General Meeting of the British Institute of Persian Studies will be held at the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE, on Friday 27th of November 2026 at 6.00pm.

The AGM will consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions, which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions:

1. To receive the Institute’s annual accounts for the financial year 2025-2026 together with the President’s report and auditors’ report on those accounts.
2. To reappoint the auditors.
3.  To reappoint Mr Hossein Hamedani as Honorary Treasurer.
4. To announce the results of the Council elections. Instructions and a link to vote online will be circulated in due course.

Members may vote on AGM items 1-3 in person, by proxy, or by vote delivered by email to the General Manager at s.ferreri@thebritishacademy.ac.uk not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting. The instrument of appointing a proxy must also be sent by email not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting. A proxy need not be a member. Please contact the General Manager if you intend to vote by proxy and she will supply the form of words necessary.

The Meeting will be followed by a lecture (in-person and online via Zoom) from Dr Shabnam Holliday titled ‘Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic‘. To register for the event please click here.

A recording of the discussion will also be made available to members. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and a light reception. More details about the lecture will be shared with BIPS members shortly.