Soudavar Memorial Foundation
  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • Endowments
    • Tenth Anniversary: ‘Persian Culture as a World Culture’
    • Forthcoming Applications
  • IDEA OF IRAN
    • Lecture Series / Symposia 2004-10
      • 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
      • Last of the Persian Dynasties
    • Symposia 2011-20
      • 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
      • The Safavid Era
      • The Second Safavid Century
      • Iran in Transition to a New World Order
    • 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
      • The Coming of the Mongols
      • Iran After the Mongols
      • The Timurid Century
      • Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires
  • SMF EXCLUSIVES
    • Cultural Heritage
      • Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
      • The Persepolitan Diaspora Project
      • Bisotun Epigraphic Expedition
      • Project on Azerbaijan Museums
    • Special Announcements
  • 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
      • Die Azurblauen Zeilen; Eine Sammlung von Gedichten des Sohrab Sepehri Mit Autobiographischen Beitrag
      • Persian Gardens And Pavilions
      • Shahnameh: Le Livre des Rois
      • The Radif of Mirza Abdollah
    • 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
    • LIBRAIRIES
      • 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: The Biennial 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
      • The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
    • Conferences
      • Wine Culture in Iran and Neighbouring Countries
      • The Rise of the Persian Renaissance
      • Iranian Memories: Colloquium on Discourses of Memory in Iranian Languages
      • The World of Achaemenid Persia
      • Travelers and Travelogues in Safavid Iran
      • Imperial Mysticisms: Piety and Power in Early Modern Empires from a Global Perspective
  • THE ARTS
    • Exhibitions
      • Grey Gallery, New York
      • Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings
      • Iran Modern
      • IRAN Année 38
      • 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
    • Exhibitions
      • Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture
      • Imagining the Divine (Khosro Cup Replication Project)
      • FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST
      • Behjat Sadr: Dusted Waters
      • THE SPARK IS YOU: Parasol Unit in Venice
    • 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 2004-10
        • 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
        • Last of the Persian Dynasties
      • Symposia 2011-20
        • 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
        • The Safavid Era
        • The Second Safavid Century
        • Iran in Transition to a New World Order
      • 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
        • The Coming of the Mongols
        • Iran After the Mongols
        • The Timurid Century
        • Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires
    • SMF EXCLUSIVES
      • Cultural Heritage
        • Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
        • The Persepolitan Diaspora Project
        • Bisotun Epigraphic Expedition
        • Project on Azerbaijan Museums
      • Special Announcements
    • 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
        • Die Azurblauen Zeilen; Eine Sammlung von Gedichten des Sohrab Sepehri Mit Autobiographischen Beitrag
        • Persian Gardens And Pavilions
        • Shahnameh: Le Livre des Rois
        • The Radif of Mirza Abdollah
      • 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
      • LIBRAIRIES
        • 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: The Biennial 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
        • The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
      • Conferences
        • Wine Culture in Iran and Neighbouring Countries
        • The Rise of the Persian Renaissance
        • Iranian Memories: Colloquium on Discourses of Memory in Iranian Languages
        • The World of Achaemenid Persia
        • Travelers and Travelogues in Safavid Iran
        • Imperial Mysticisms: Piety and Power in Early Modern Empires from a Global Perspective
    • THE ARTS
      • Exhibitions
        • Grey Gallery, New York
        • Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings
        • Iran Modern
        • IRAN Année 38
        • 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
      • Exhibitions
        • Between Word & Image: Modern Iranian Visual Culture
        • Imagining the Divine (Khosro Cup Replication Project)
        • FARHAD MOSHIRI: GO WEST
        • Behjat Sadr: Dusted Waters
        • THE SPARK IS YOU: Parasol Unit in Venice
      • Music & Multimedia
        • Lion Tombstones and their Sculptors
        • Atelier d’Ethnomusicologie: ‘Festival IRAN, Perles Musicales’
        • La Memoire Retrouvee
        • Logic of the Birds