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Tehran, Autumn 1977: The Piercing of Autocracy

Tehran, Autumn 1977: The Piercing of Autocracy

Zoom Webinar

Tuesday 27th October, 2026

Virtual Exhibition Launch: ‘Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran’

Virtual Exhibition Launch: ‘Nomadic Weavings. From Sheep to Carpets in Rural Iran’

Elvet Hill House, Room 009, University of Durham

Wednesday 21st October, 2026

Book Launch: ‘The Zoroastrian World’

Book Launch: ‘The Zoroastrian World’

SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre and via Zoom

Thursday 8th October, 2026

Authority in Attire: The Politics of Moral Order in Iran

Authority in Attire: The Politics of Moral Order in Iran

Zoom Webinar

Tuesday 29th September, 2026

Literature in the Service of Monolingualism: Turkophobia in Modernist Persian Poetry

Literature in the Service of Monolingualism: Turkophobia in Modernist Persian Poetry

Zoom Webinar

Wednesday 29th July, 2026

Mehmandari: Hosting and Minding Foreign Visitors in Safavid and Qajar Iran

Mehmandari: Hosting and Minding Foreign Visitors in Safavid and Qajar Iran

Zoom Webinar

Tuesday 30th June, 2026

BIPS Grant Holders’ Workshop 2026

BIPS Grant Holders’ Workshop 2026

Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

Thursday 21st May, 2026

Peering Through the Cracks. Polish Musicians in Tehran 1942 to 1945: The Case of Irena Valdi-Gołębiowska

Peering Through the Cracks. Polish Musicians in Tehran 1942 to 1945: The Case of Irena Valdi-Gołębiowska

Zoom Webinar

Thursday 14th May, 2026

An Archaeological Perspective on the Mongol Conquest of Central Asia

An Archaeological Perspective on the Mongol Conquest of Central Asia

Zoom Webinar

Wednesday 15th April, 2026

Persia’s Greek Campaigns: Kingship, War, & Spectacle

Persia’s Greek Campaigns: Kingship, War, & Spectacle

Zoom Webinar

Wednesday 18th March, 2026

Material Networks: The Chehel Sotun Carpet Between Iran and the Deccan

Material Networks: The Chehel Sotun Carpet Between Iran and the Deccan

Zoom Webinar

Wednesday 25th February, 2026

Jane Dieulafoy’s Persia: Gender, Empire, and Archaeology in fin-de-siècle France

Jane Dieulafoy’s Persia: Gender, Empire, and Archaeology in fin-de-siècle France

Zoom Webinar

Wednesday 28th January, 2026

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