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Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
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ASPS is a non-governmental, non-political, not-for-profit professional organization for researchers & scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area.
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700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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*International Workshop in Tbilisi, 1–2 Dec 2025*

„The Foreign Expatriates at the South Caucasus. The case of international family enterprises in Azerbaijan and Georgia 1850–1925“

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November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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*Call For Papers*

Digital History Lab Spring School Tbilisi 2026 (March 30–April 4)

Deadline January 15, 2026.

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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
persianatesociety.bsky.social
Job Opportunity - Prae-Doc position with the ERC Project Persian Jews - History, Community, Memory at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=pp87...
Offene Stellen an der ÖAW
Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der ÖAW
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Just one week away.
persianatesociety.bsky.social Association for the Study of Persianate Societies @persianatesociety.bsky.social · Sep 26
ASPS Virtual Event Series XV: Actors/Performers, Audience, and Narrative Strategies in Naqqali: New Approaches, Thur. Nov. 27, 15:00 JST
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Bodlein Library is now accepting applications for the Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book
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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
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November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Applications are now open for the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian and Islamic Collections.

For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.

#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Oral Literature, Adaptation, and Resistance in the Zoroastrian Community by Prof. Saloumeh Gholami; 10 November in the KLT of SOAS, 6 pm. Registration required for Zoom. A reception will follow the Q&A. Please contact for any further information: [email protected] 

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Oral Literature, Adaptation, and Resistance in the Zoroastrian Community by Prof. Saloumeh Gholami
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October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Anyone studying the History of human-water interactions? We're hiring a tenure track position opened to anyone whose work addresses water in the Humanities, chronology and geography are open.

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Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
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October 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Job Announcement: Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the history of the Persianate World, Department of History, Georgetown University
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October 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a position in the field Modern Iranian History, with a particular emphasis on the period spanning 1700 CE to the present.
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Modern Iranian History Professor
Review of applications begins on October 15, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled
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October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The Sharmin & Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies @ Princeton University invites applications for postdoctoral research associate or associate research scholar in the relevant fields of Iran & the Persian Gulf in the 19th - 21st century.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate(s)
Applications for 2026-2027 are now open
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September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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[Online Lecture] “Legends of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib and Sacred Geographies in Central Asia” by Shamim Homayun (IASA, University of Tokyo)

Date: Sunday, 19 October 2025, 16:00-17:30 (JST)

Advance registration is required. For details, please visit: www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/news.ph...
Lecture announcement: Legends of ‘Ali b. Abi Talib and Sacred Geographies in Central Asia
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September 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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ASPS & the Journal of Persianate Studies congratulate the winner of the 2nd ASPS/JPS Early Career Prize: Dr. Golriz Farshi (University of Michigan) for her paper 'Conversion and Piety: Rashid al-Din's Conceptions of Charity'. The prize was announced at the recent ASPS convention in Tashkent.
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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ASPS Virtual Event Series XV: Actors/Performers, Audience, and Narrative Strategies in Naqqali: New Approaches, Thur. Nov. 27, 15:00 JST
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Lecture: David Lelyveld (William Paterson University), "A Reflection on Muslim Identities in South Asia", Oct 24 18:00 JST, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo and the Japan Office of the ASPS. Both in person and on Zoom.
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Lecture announcement: “A Reflection on Muslim Identities in South Asia” – Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
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September 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Day three of the 10th Biannual Conference is closing with a concert of traditional Uzbek music.
August 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Pictures from the ASPS opening ceremony and the meeting between ASPS and Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies leadership. Many thanks to our gracious hosts.
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Day One of the 10th biennial convention of the ASPS is underway at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies. Today we have three sessions with 21 panels, two sessions of book talks, a film screening, and the opening ceremony complete with food and music.
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Fancy bag, fancy digs. At the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, 10th Biennial Convention, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. #ASPS
August 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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We have arrived in Tashkent and preparations are under way for the start of the 10th biennial convention.
August 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Next Tuesday, I'll have the pleasure of talking about Mongol historiography, a curious anonymous manuscript in Persian, and lost works at the 10th Biennial Convention of the @persianatesociety.bsky.social, to be held in Tashkent!

#mongolsky #tengri #medievalsky #manuscript #aspstashkent
Background of a Persian manuscript. Two scribes in the foreground, with a Mongol horseman emerging behind them. Logos of the CNRS and CeRMI. Text: Continuity and Transformation in Persianate Mongol Intellectual History I Return of the Repressed? Mongol Historiography in the Ilkhanate and Odd Narratives in the Anonymous Hyde 31 Manuscript from the Bodleian Library Simon Berger Illustration composed from the manuscripts Edinburgh University Or. 20 and Bodleian Library Hyde 31.
August 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The team is looking forward to joining colleagues for the @persianatesociety.bsky.social convention! We are busy preparing to chair and speak on three panels on modern and medieval #documents from #Iran, #Afghanistan and the wider Islamicate East.

#medievalsky #skystorian #aspstashkent
July 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Our Tenth Biennial Convention in Tashkent begins in just two weeks and now you can view the program and abstracts on our website.
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Tashkent Program and Abstracts | The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
ASPS 10TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION PROGRAM NOTE: This program will be updated as changes are made.  ASPS 10TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION ABSTRACTS NOTE: This document is...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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We are delighted to be hosting a thought-provoking hybrid event on 1 July, focussing on the ethics and afterlife of manuscripts in contexts of conflict and poverty.

Save the date for a film screening and discussion with expert panel!

#manuscripts #ethics #treasures #provenance #heritage
May 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM