Conferences
Academic conferences, lectures and symposia exploring Persian and Iranian studies.
From Persepolis to Isfahan: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
This conference focused on protecting the cultural heritage of Iran. As is well known cultural heritage worldwide is under threat, and from many countries there are stories of damage to monuments and archaeological sites allied to ongoing deterioration of cultural resources. At present, the problem is particularly acute in Iraq and Syria due to military […]
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The Spanish Monarchy & Safavid Persia in the Early Modern Period
Recent scholarship has transformed our understanding of the relationship between the Spanish Monarchy and the Safavid Persian Empire in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-centuries. Around twenty years ago, historians began to explore diplomatic links between ‘the Sophi’, as the leading representative of Shi’a Islam, and ‘His Catholic Majesty’, the title commonly used by the Habsburg Kings […]
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