William Dalrymple in Conversation Inaugural Bruce Wannell Memorial Lecture In partnership with University of York, Jaipur Literature Festival, and BIPS Join acclaimed historian, writer and broadcaster, William Dalrymple, as he reflects upon over three decades...
Roi sur son Trône: the Achaemenid royal audience in late Qajar media with Lindsay Allen The presence of Persepolitan or neo-Achaemenid imagery in late Qajar architecture is now widely recognised, notably in the work of Judith Lerner (1980) and Jennifer Scarce...
Persianate Aspects of the Malay-Indonesian World: Rare Manuscripts with Majid Daneshgar Like other geographical zones, the Persianate world was an inclusive world, interacting with other non-Muslim communities, enriching its multiculturalism and increasing its...
The City of Isfahan as Actor: Urban Knowledge and Household Anthologies with Kathryn Babayan This talk explores Isfahan through the lens of seventeenth century household anthologies (majmu’a). Thousands of manuscripts produced in Isfahan assembled urban objects...
Zal and the Phoenix - Showcase evening BIPS is delighted to be sponsoring an upcoming showcase of Zal and the Phoenix. This event is aimed at raising awareness and support for an ambitious multi-media theatrical work by Shohreh Shakoory, due for completion...
2022 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran With Professor Ali Gheissari Hosted by Duraham University, the event is jointly organised by BIPS and IMeEIS (Durham University). This...
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity’s Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran by Eberhard W. Sauer, Jebrael Nokandeh and Hamid Omrani Rekavandi. With Professor Eberhard W. Sauer In this webinar, Professor Eberhard W. Sauer will introduce the...
Introducing the Zal and the Phoenix Project This webinar will introduce the Zal and the Phoenix project, an upcoming ambitious multi-media theatrical production combining storytelling, music and animation to recount Ferdowsi’s much-loved tale from the...
A hundred years of Persian performing arts Jane Lewisohn (SOAS). This talk will show how the performing arts offer insights into the hopes, aspirations, aesthetics and even prejudices prevalent in Iran at this time and how they are valuable not just from an...
BIPS: A Vision for the Future Professor Charles Melville, BIPS president, in discussion with Dr Judith Thomalsky, Director of the German Archaeological Institute in Tehran. After a year of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the British Institute of Persian...