Bringing Wales and Iran together through academia and beyond with John Price This talk replaces Prof Llewellyn-Jones's webinar on Dylan Thomas which will be rescheduled at a later date. There is more that links Wales and Iran than you dare to imagine. Both...
2023 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture Modern Iran: A global history "from below" With Dr Stephanie Cronin Hosted by Duraham University, the event is jointly organised by BIPS and IMeEIS (Durham University). The event will take place in person only and it will not be...
What have the Persians ever done for us? with Tom Holland & Ali Ansari This event is organised by The Iran Society. Join the historian Tom Holland in illustrated conversation with Ali Ansari discussing the role of the Persians in world civilisation, looking...
Rescheduled: ‘An Ugly, Lovely Town’: Dylan Thomas in Tehran (and beyond) with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Due to unforeseen circumstances, the talk with Prof Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones will be rescheduled. More information on the day and time of the talk to follow. Iran/Persia...
Agreeable News from Persia: What 18th and early 19th century American newspaper readers knew about contemporary events in Iran with Daniel T. Potts Contrary to what most people imagine, 18th and early 19th century newspapers carried a considerable amount of...
Making and Unmaking Community: Urban Life in Persianate Rajasthan with Elizabeth Thelen How did diverse religious, occupational, and ethnic communities live side-by-side in precolonial Rajasthan’s cities? This talk presents several case studies from the city of...
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...
Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures After a pause due to lockdown, the Centre for Iranian Studies is delighted to invite you to the 2022 Kamran Djam Biennial Lectures at SOAS on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2022. Our speaker this year is Professor Robert...
Economic and Cultural Renaissance at Kartid Herat, 1251 to 1381 with Shivan Mahendrarajah The lecture expands on a theme from A History of Herat, from Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane, on Herat’s renaissance under the Kartid kings, an Iranian dynasty installed by the...