The Bodlein Library is now accepting applications for the Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

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

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]  www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

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. jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

Job Announcement: Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the history of the Persianate World, Department of History, Georgetown University apply.interfolio.com/174364

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. cipgs.princeton.edu/about/positi...

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. cipgs.princeton.edu/about/positi...

[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...

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.

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...

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. www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/news...

Day three of the 10th Biannual Conference is closing with a concert of traditional Uzbek music.

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.

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.

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

We have arrived in Tashkent and preparations are under way for the start of the 10th biennial convention.

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

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

Our Tenth Biennial Convention in Tashkent begins in just two weeks and now you can view the program and abstracts on our website. www.persianatesocieties.org/tashkent-pro...

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

Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at the University of Cambridge. Deadline for applications is 29 June 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND932/a...

The upcoming Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies, which will take place in Toronto in May 2026.

The Unexpected Persianate: Exploring a Concept’s Diverse Echoes in the Present Join us for a virtual discussion of the upcoming Ajam and ASPS collaboration, “The Unexpected Persianate,” a call for articles exploring overlooked and unexpected traces of the Persianate past in the present.

Call for Proposals The Central Eurasian Studies Society’s 2025 Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop (GEIW) will be hosted by the History Department at Ohio State University on September 12–13 2025.

The DFG project “How Sasanian Science and Literature passed on to the Muslims. A Reassessment of Cultural Transfer by Translation in Late Antiquity” at the Ruhr-Universität is hiring a research associate. jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...

CFP: Two-Day Workshop on Typology of the Documents from the Safavid Period in the Astan-e Ghods led by Elahe Mahbub (March 22–23, 2025, Tokyo) www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/sites/defaul...

Symposium: Libraries & Archival Practices in the Early Modern Eastern Islamic World The Japan Office of the ASPS welcomes members of the ASPS community & beyond to attend the symposium. Pre-registration is required for on-site and online participation. www.persianatesocieties.org/announcement...

The Courtauld invites applications from early career (post-doctoral) and advanced doctoral levels for a three-year (2025-2027) travelling seminar project entitled Mongol Connections. courtauld.ac.uk/call-for-app...