The 2018 BIPS Spring Workshop will take place on the afternoon of Thursday 24 May, at the British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH from 12 noon until 5pm.

This annual event showcases the academic research undertaken by recent recipients of BIPS research and travel grants.

A small number of our funded scholars will present papers and answer questions about their recent research. The confirmed speakers and topics for 2018 are:

Dr Elizabeth Pendleton (paper to be delivered by Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis) (British Museum): The Parthian Coin Project: Mithradates II (SNP)

Dr Saeed Talajooy (University of St Andrews):The Voice of the Margin: A Report on the workshop on Bahram Beyzaie’s Cinema

Dr Denis Volkov (University of Manchester): The Vicissitudes of Archival Fates: French Security Archives – Edited by the KGB

Dr Moujan Matin (University of Oxford): Nineteenth-century tiles from the Ettehadieh House, Tehran: insights into the technology of production

Shiva Mihan (University of Cambridge): Reconstruction of Two Unsuspected Dispersed Manuscripts

Naciem Nikkhah (University of Cambridge): The Nasir al-Din Shah Album: A Narrative of Collecting from the Mughals to the Qajars

Spaces at this event are very limited; if you’re interested in attending please contact the office by email to bips@britac.ac.uk . A sandwich lunch and coffee will be provided – we ask for a contribution of £10 to cover catering costs, payable in cash on the day.