One element in this year’s University of York Festival of Ideas was the second event to be held in the Bruce Wannell Memorial series, on Thursday 8 June at the National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate. Alan Williams, former Chair of the BIPS research committee, and...
BIPS is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Gareth Brereton as the Stronach Fellow at the University of York starting in this role on 10th February. He comes to us from the British Museum where he was Curator for Mesopotamia. He studied at University College...
It is with regret and deep sadness that we announce the passing of: Michael Rogers, FBA (Former President of BIPS, Khalili Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art, SOAS): 1935 - 2022 Amelie Kuhrt, FBA. (Professor Emerita, University College, London) : 1944 - 2023...
BIPS is very sad to report the death today of Professor Bert Fragner (27 November 1941–16 December 2021), shortly after his 80th birthday, following a short illness in hospital. A towering figure in Persian studies and in particular with relation to Central Asian and...
Dr Firouz Bagherzadeh (1930 – 2021) Former and Founding Director of the Archaeological Centre of Iran It is with deep regret and sadness that BIPS announces the passing in Paris of Dr Firouz Bagherzadeh, who was the first Director of the Archaeological Centre of Iran....
BIPS regrets to announce the passing of renowned Iranian scholar Dr Abdullah Ghouchani, on Thursday, 6 August 2020, in Tehran. He is survived by his wife Mahnaz Rahimifar and his two daughters, Behnaz and Golnaz. Abdullah Ghuchani was one of the leading...
David Stronach (1931 - 2020), eminent archaeologist and founding Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies, passed away peacefully at his home in San Francisco on 27 June2020. He was surrounded by his loving family, including his two daughters Keren and...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Houman Alizadeh Kordmahini, our well loved and respected BIPS Manager in Tehran for thirty years. We extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his wife Sima, his daughter Daneh, his son Neil and all his...
5 November 2019 It is with deep regret that we share the passing of our colleague and friend Professor David Morgan. David was educated at Oxford and London, and subsequently held a number of academic posts, most recently as Emeritus Professor in the Department of...
BIPS is very pleased to announce its award for best paper to Dr Julia Hartley (University of Warwick) for her work titled “Making (Ancient) History: Women and Power in Jane Dieulafoy’s Parysatis (1890)”. She won a cash prize of £100. (c) Symposia Iranica Parysatis was...