Symposia Iranica is a dedicated, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed platform open to emerging scholars working on any aspect of Iranian or Persian Studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Read the full call for papers (closes on December 30, 2018).
Find more about the 2019 conference in Cambridge on their Website.
“Symposia Iranica is open to postgraduates at all levels and post-docs from any discipline”
“We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. […] Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.”
Here you can find the full call for papers and the application form
Deadline will be December 30, 2018.
“History and Development of Modern Persian Literature” by Bozorg Alavi written in 1964 is now available in our open access collection MENAdoc.
Professor Alavi describes the evolution of Persian prose and poetry since the beginning of the 20th century with a brief introduction on 19th century developments against the background of political and social change.
The Pourdavoud Center at UCLA is hosting a lecture on ‘Greater Glory: Darius I and Divinity in Achaemenid Royal Ideology‘ on 4 October 2017. You can find a description here: Continue reading