Symposia Iranica

Ancient India & Iran Trust

Brave Survivors @ 2017

© Yury Kudravsev - if you would like the high-res image, please email us for a copy.

© Yury Kudravsev - if you would like the high-res image, please email us for a copy.

Thank you for joining us in Cambridge at a very special evening for Symposia Iranica's opening reception celebrating Persian studies at Cambridge and honouring Charles Melville for his contributions to the field.
Photos © Yury Kudravsev

The Final Programme is online. All speakers should have received an email with information and preparations for the conference. Please write in if you haven't got this.
Looking forward to meeting you all on Monday and Tuesday – the weather is forecasted to be cloudy but dry (be choob bezan)

If you haven't yet seen the draft programme, click through to the website below. Panel titles, dates, times, location, and panel chairs will be added to a final draft programme after registration ends on Friday.
Please remember to send in your abstracts by Friday 24 March. If you need an extension for this or registration, write to us at office@symposia-iranica.com.
See you in Cambridge! And Happy Norouz.

Registration for speakers is open until 24 March. Registration for external participants will open separately in March.

Many thanks to the 400 of you that responded to Symposia Iranica's call for papers in 2016, the results of the peer review process will be sent to each of you over the course of the coming week.
We're also delighted to announce that the American Institute of Iranian Studies has extended its travel fellowships to US citizens participating in the conference. Details of how to apply will be sent to you by email.

There's just one week until the deadline! Our Call for Abstracts ends next Friday, 2nd December.
Also, thank you to the over 140 early career scholars who have sent in abstracts already from Asia, Europe, Australasia, and North and South America - we look forward to welcoming many of you to Cambridge next year.

We're delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the Third Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge, with a deadline of 2 December 2016.
We welcome proposals that engage with any aspect of Iranian studies within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. These include but are not limited to prehistory through to contemporary history; poetry and literature; economics; political science; philosophy; archaeology; religions and theology; historiog...raphy; sociology; anthropology; music; art and architecture history; social and political theory; cultural heritage; international relations; languages and linguistics; law and legal studies; Diaspora studies; new media and communication studies; film studies; and the performing arts. Comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are also very welcome.
Please see our website http://symposia-iranica.com for details and to apply
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Xerxes' Gate of all Nations, cover image for the Third Biennial Symposia Iranica #SymposiaIranica3

Just a quick note to say we're excited to be making our 40 page conference report for the second Symposia Iranica publicly available in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, we're making arrangements for the third Symposia Iranica, which is returning to Cambridge in April 2017.

Thank you all for joining us earlier at Downing College, we were thrilled that so many of you enjoyed it and hope that you found it a useful experience. We've sent a feedback request and look forward to your responses - both positive and otherwise: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/symposiair anica15.
We'll be issuing an updated conference brochure digitally in the coming days. For Prize Winners and Honourable Mentions, we'll be in touch later in the week.
Best wishes,
... Armin, Michael and Peyvand
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© Symposia Iranica - if you would like the high-res image, please email us for a copy.

© Symposia Iranica - if you would like the high-res image, please email us for a copy.

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Excellently organized, friendly environment, and amazing discussions.

Excellently organized, friendly environment, and amazing discussions.