Case Studies
Below is a selection of our recent research and travel grant recipients’ reports on their BIPS-funded fieldwork, workshops, conferences etc. All award-holders are required to submit a report, and some are invited to present their research at the annual Spring Roundtable (which is held March – May every year).
A full list of awards made in each financial year are available in our Annual Review

Workshop on The Cinema and Theatre of Bahram Beyzaie
by Saeedreza Talajooy
Research and Travel Grant Report: Iskandar’s Splendour: Art, Patronage and Representation at the Court of Iskandar b. ‘Umar Shaykh
by Dr Ilse Sturkenboom

Revisiting Tappeh Sialk and Ancient Kashan Conference Report
by John Curtis
Report of the grant I received for my trip to India:
by Naciem Nikkah
Report on a BIPS Sponsored Travel Grant to Iran
by Bahar Badiee
Grant Report Mancini-Lander
by Dr. Derek Mancini-Lander
Zoroastrian Villages Historical Archaeology Project, Iran. Report on the first fieldseason.
by Dr Ruth Young
2015-16 Grant Report
by Dr Roham Alvandi
‘The Masculine Image in Qajar Iran: 1779-1925.’ Grant Report
by Natasha Morris
Research Project Report: Persian Shahs in Imperial Europe, 1873-1905.
by David Motadel
Report on a BIPS-Sponsored Research Trip to Japan
by Jane Lewisohn, Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
The Alexander Romance and Chivalry (Javanmardi) Motifs from the Shahnama to Persian Popular Romances for the BIPS Newsletter
by Haila Manteghi