Soudavar Memorial Foundation
  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • Endowments
    • Tenth Anniversary: ‘Persian Culture as a World Culture’
    • Forthcoming Applications
  • IDEA OF IRAN
    • Lecture Series / Symposia 2004-09
      • From Eurasian Steppe to Persian Empire
      • From Khorasan to the Eurphrates
      • The Early Sasanian Period
      • The Late Sasanian Period
      • The Early Islamic Period
      • Traditions and Innovations in Early Islamic Persia
    • Symposia 2010-17
      • Last of the Persian Dynasties
      • Turks and Persians and the Spread of the Persianate World
      • The Age of the Great Saljuqs
      • From Saljuq Collapse to Mongol Conquest
      • Post-Mongol Polities and the Reinvention of Iranian Identities
      • Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige
      • The Idea of Iran: The Timurids and the Turkmen Intermezzo
    • Publication Series
      • Birth of the Persian Empire
      • The Age of the Parthians
      • The Sasanian Era
      • The Rise of Islam
      • Early Islamic Iran
      • The Age of the Seljuqs
  • SMF EXCLUSIVES
    • Cultural Heritage

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      • Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
      • The Persepolitan Diaspora Project
      • Bisotun Epigraphic Expedition
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • Water Shortage Management in Touran Biosphere Reserve, Iran
    • TEHRAN FILTERING GARDEN FESTIVAL
    • International Seminar Series on Iran’s Environmental Sustainability
    • Iran’s Natural Heritage: A Catalyst Symposium to Spark Measurable Change
  • BOOKS
    • Sponsored
      • Persian Kingship and Architecture
      • Les Lions en Pierre Sculptee chez les Bakhtiari
      • Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies
      • Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran
      • Fundamentals of Parthian History (Persian Trans.)
      • The Persian Alexander: The First Complete English Translation of the Iskandarnama
      • “Shahnama dar bayni tajikani”
      • The Complete Fauna of Iran
    • Partial Subventions
      • The Cyrus Cylinder Tour Exhibition Catalogue
      • The Palace of Darius at Susa
      • Isfahan & its Palaces
      • Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture & National Heritage
      • Images of Islamic Science: Illustrated Manuscripts from the Iranian World
      • Sa’di in Love, An Anthology of Sa’di’s Lyrics in Persian and English.
    • Forthcoming
      • The Hunt as Metaphor in Mughal Painting
      • Lion Tombstone Sculptors in Iran
    • Libraries
      • British Library Persian Manuscripts Project
      • Concordia University Library
      • University of Oxford Library
  • GRANTS
    • Special Grants
      • Encyclopædia Iranica
      • Oleg Grabar Memorial Fund
    • Full & Partial Scholarships
    • Fellowships and Bursaries
    • Annual Grants
      • Journal of Persianate Societies
      • International Society of Iranian Studies
    • Archaeology & Ancient Iran
      • Achemenet
      • The Paikuli Project
      • Seals from the Achaemenid Period in the Museums of Turkey
      • Excavations at Daskyleion
      • Achaemenid Imprint over Daskyleion (Turkey)
      • Identifying Persian Culture in Anatolia under Achaemenid Rule
    • Qajar Studies
      • Special Issue: Qajar Art and Society
      • Women in the Qajar Era
      • Photography and Cinematography in Qajar Era Iran
      • Entertainment in the Qajar Era
    • Other Grants
      • Support of Iranian Studies in Ravenna
      • Iran and the Caucasus
      • Middle Persian Dictionary Project
      • Eastern Iran and Central Asia in Late Antiquity
      • A Codicological Analysis of Persian Manuscripts in the British Library’s Collections
  • CONFERENCES
    • Conferences
      • Symposia Iranica: Graduate Conference on Iranian Studies
      • Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs (April to July 2016) – Symposium
      • Looking Back: The Formation of a Zoroastrian Identity
      • The Spanish Monarchy & Safavid Persia in the Early Modern Period
      • From Persepolis to Isfahan: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
      • The Other Europe: Eastern Europeans and Safavid Communities in Spain and Its Wider World
      • Russian Orientalism to Soviet Iranology: The Persian-speaking World And Its History Through Russian Eyes
      • Empires & Revolutions: Iranian-Russian Encounters Since 1800
    • Conferences
      • The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
      • Wine Culture in Iran and Neighbouring Countries
      • The Rise of the Persian Renaissance
      • Iranian Memories Colloquium
      • The World of Achaemenid Persia
      • Travelers and Travelogues in Safavid Iran
  • THE ARTS
    • Exhibitions
      • Grey Gallery, New York
      • Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings
      • Iran Modern
      • IRAN Année 38
    • Exhibitions
      • Ardeshir Mohassess: Art & Satire in Iran
      • Glass, Gilding & Ancient Design: The Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642)
      • Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking
      • Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-1576
      • Imagining the Divine (Khosro Cup Replication Project)
      • Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture
      • FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST
    • Music & Multimedia
      • Lion Tombstones and their Sculptors
      • Atelier d’Ethnomusicologie: ‘Festival IRAN, Perles Musicales’
      • La Memoire Retrouvee
      • Logic of the Birds
    • ABOUT
      • About Us
      • Endowments
      • Tenth Anniversary: ‘Persian Culture as a World Culture’
      • Forthcoming Applications
    • IDEA OF IRAN
      • Lecture Series / Symposia 2004-09
        • From Eurasian Steppe to Persian Empire
        • From Khorasan to the Eurphrates
        • The Early Sasanian Period
        • The Late Sasanian Period
        • The Early Islamic Period
        • Traditions and Innovations in Early Islamic Persia
      • Symposia 2010-17
        • Last of the Persian Dynasties
        • Turks and Persians and the Spread of the Persianate World
        • The Age of the Great Saljuqs
        • From Saljuq Collapse to Mongol Conquest
        • Post-Mongol Polities and the Reinvention of Iranian Identities
        • Renewal in the Age of Post-Mongol Prestige
        • The Idea of Iran: The Timurids and the Turkmen Intermezzo
      • Publication Series
        • Birth of the Persian Empire
        • The Age of the Parthians
        • The Sasanian Era
        • The Rise of Islam
        • Early Islamic Iran
        • The Age of the Seljuqs
    • SMF EXCLUSIVES
      • Cultural Heritage
        • Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
        • The Persepolitan Diaspora Project
        • Bisotun Epigraphic Expedition
    • ENVIRONMENT
      • Water Shortage Management in Touran Biosphere Reserve, Iran
      • TEHRAN FILTERING GARDEN FESTIVAL
      • International Seminar Series on Iran’s Environmental Sustainability
      • Iran’s Natural Heritage: A Catalyst Symposium to Spark Measurable Change
    • BOOKS
      • Sponsored
        • Persian Kingship and Architecture
        • Les Lions en Pierre Sculptee chez les Bakhtiari
        • Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies
        • Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran
        • Fundamentals of Parthian History (Persian Trans.)
        • The Persian Alexander: The First Complete English Translation of the Iskandarnama
        • “Shahnama dar bayni tajikani”
        • The Complete Fauna of Iran
      • Partial Subventions
        • The Cyrus Cylinder Tour Exhibition Catalogue
        • The Palace of Darius at Susa
        • Isfahan & its Palaces
        • Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture & National Heritage
        • Images of Islamic Science: Illustrated Manuscripts from the Iranian World
        • Sa’di in Love, An Anthology of Sa’di’s Lyrics in Persian and English.
      • Forthcoming
        • The Hunt as Metaphor in Mughal Painting
        • Lion Tombstone Sculptors in Iran
      • Libraries
        • British Library Persian Manuscripts Project
        • Concordia University Library
        • University of Oxford Library
    • GRANTS
      • Special Grants
        • Encyclopædia Iranica
        • Oleg Grabar Memorial Fund
      • Full & Partial Scholarships
      • Fellowships and Bursaries
      • Annual Grants
        • Journal of Persianate Societies
        • International Society of Iranian Studies
      • Archaeology & Ancient Iran
        • Achemenet
        • The Paikuli Project
        • Seals from the Achaemenid Period in the Museums of Turkey
        • Excavations at Daskyleion
        • Achaemenid Imprint over Daskyleion (Turkey)
        • Identifying Persian Culture in Anatolia under Achaemenid Rule
      • Qajar Studies
        • Special Issue: Qajar Art and Society
        • Women in the Qajar Era
        • Photography and Cinematography in Qajar Era Iran
        • Entertainment in the Qajar Era
      • Other Grants
        • Support of Iranian Studies in Ravenna
        • Iran and the Caucasus
        • Middle Persian Dictionary Project
        • Eastern Iran and Central Asia in Late Antiquity
        • A Codicological Analysis of Persian Manuscripts in the British Library’s Collections
    • CONFERENCES
      • Conferences
        • Symposia Iranica: Graduate Conference on Iranian Studies
        • Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs (April to July 2016) – Symposium
        • Looking Back: The Formation of a Zoroastrian Identity
        • The Spanish Monarchy & Safavid Persia in the Early Modern Period
        • From Persepolis to Isfahan: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
        • The Other Europe: Eastern Europeans and Safavid Communities in Spain and Its Wider World
        • Russian Orientalism to Soviet Iranology: The Persian-speaking World And Its History Through Russian Eyes
        • Empires & Revolutions: Iranian-Russian Encounters Since 1800
      • Conferences
        • The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
        • Wine Culture in Iran and Neighbouring Countries
        • The Rise of the Persian Renaissance
        • Iranian Memories Colloquium
        • The World of Achaemenid Persia
        • Travelers and Travelogues in Safavid Iran
    • THE ARTS
      • Exhibitions
        • Grey Gallery, New York
        • Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings
        • Iran Modern
        • IRAN Année 38
      • Exhibitions
        • Ardeshir Mohassess: Art & Satire in Iran
        • Glass, Gilding & Ancient Design: The Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642)
        • Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking
        • Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-1576
        • Imagining the Divine (Khosro Cup Replication Project)
        • Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture
        • FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST
      • Music & Multimedia
        • Lion Tombstones and their Sculptors
        • Atelier d’Ethnomusicologie: ‘Festival IRAN, Perles Musicales’
        • La Memoire Retrouvee
        • Logic of the Birds