Expanding the Canon of Early Qajar Portraiture Date & Time with Francesca Leoni The University of Oxford is home to two fine and little-known oil paintings realised in the early years of the Qajar dynasty (1785–1925). The first, signed by Mirza...
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Exhibition | Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology
Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology is inviting you to three events for the project 'Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology'. The exhibition 'Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology' was developed in...
Virtual Exhibition: ‘Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran’
Virtual Exhibition: 'Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran' 'Nomadic Weavings: From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran' is an online exhibition exploring the traditional hand-woven goods of rural Iran and the changing lives of the nomadic...
Steppe Sisters Annual Lecture: Queens, Poets and Paymasters – The Women of the Ancient and Medieval Persianate World
Queens, Poets and Paymasters - The Women of the Ancient and Medieval Persianate World with Shabnam Nasimi From the archives of Persepolis to the courts of the Sasanian and Timurid empires, this lecture reveals the rulers, poets, patrons and paymasters whose...
Yalda: Celebrating the Longest Night – Leighton House
Yalda: Celebrating the Longest Night - Leighton House Price: £20/adults, children free Celebrate Yalda, the ancient Persian festival marking the longest night of the year and the return of light. Traditionally, Yalda is a night when family and friends...
Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology
Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology is inviting you to three events for the project 'Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology'. The exhibition 'Groundbreakers: Women in Archaeology' was developed in...
Virtual Exhibition Launch: ‘Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran’
Virtual Exhibition Launch: 'Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran' We are pleased to invite you to the launch of 'Nomadic Weavings: From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran', an online exhibition exploring the traditional hand-woven goods of rural...
2026 BIPS AGM Lecture – Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic
2026 BIPS AGM Lecture Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic With Shabnam Holliday The event will take place in person at the the Society of Antiquaries of London, and online on Zoom. The event is free...
The Modernity of Return: Fereydoun Tavallali (1917–1985) and the Contested Boundaries of Persian Modernist Poetry
2026 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture The Modernity of Return: Fereydoun Tavallali (1917–1985) and the Contested Boundaries of Persian Modernist Poetry With Narguess Farzad Durham University’s Institute for Middle...
Book Launch: ‘The Zoroastrian World’
Book Launch: 'The Zoroastrian World' with co-editors Jenny Rose, Sarah Stewart and Albert de Jong. Online via Zoom and in-person event. This event will celebrate the launching of the book together with a brief introduction from the three...