The Idea of Iran: Qajar Iran on the Cusp of Modernity Conference The nineteenth century saw the consolidation of the Qajar State and changed relations with the European powers that had been transformed by political, industrial and agricultural revolutions, among them...
Conference Jalal al-Din Rumi and his Legacy: Religion, Literature and Culture between Medieval Anatolia and the Persianate World, 13th-14th Centuries This conference is a partnership between the British Institute at Ankara and British Institute of Persian...
Persian Impact on History, Literature and Culture of Central and South Asia The Institute of Indo Persian Studies in collaboration with British Institute of Persian Studies, London, UK will host an International Conference on 1 and 2 March 2023 at Centre for...
A Hard Row to Hoe: Landowning and Land Management in the Medieval Islamic World A conference organised by the Invisible East Programme, Oxford 12-14 December 2022, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford Organised by the Invisible East programme at the...
Safavid Majmu'a(s) and Jung(s): History, Philology, and Arts of the Book Convenor: Dr Mahroo Moosavi, University of Oxford Sponsored by BIPS 2-3 December 2022, University of Oxford Registrations are open: if you wish to attend, please contact Dr Mahroo...
Iran and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean World BIPS Mediaeval Research Programme Conference 7-8 September 2022, University of St Andrews Registrations are open to attend the conference of the BIPS Mediaeval Research Programme, on the 7th and 8th September 2022...
Central Asian Islamic Manuscripts: Cultural Heritage and Historical Source Join the first of a four-day conference on Central Asian Islamic Manuscripts. Sponsored by BIPS, the conference is organised in collaboration with the Institut fur Iranistik in Vienna and the...
Persian Arts of the Book About the event 'Persian Arts of the Book' gathers scholars from around the world with expert curators from Oxford and beyond to reflect on the Persian manuscript tradition. In a series of short presentations and thematic panel discussions we...
The eighteenth century saw the collapse of the Safavid Empire that had given Iran a long period of relative peace and stability and growing, closer encounters with Europea ns and European interests. The following decades present a chaotic spectrum of disintegration...