Yuliya Smyk: Prince Arfa’s palace in Monaco – Christmas party
Prince Arfa' was a remarkable man, The son of a Tabrizi cloth merchant, by dint of hard study and good fortune he attracted the attention of Naser ed-Din Shah and […]
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Dr Homa Katouzian: Legitimacy and Succession in Iranian History
Dr Homa Katouzian is the Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, and Member, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. He is Senior Editor, Iran Namag, A Quarterly […]
Tom Holland & Ali Ansari: “What have the Persians ever done for us?”
Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street WC1H 0XG
Join the historian Tom Holland in illustrated conversation with Ali Ansari discussing the role of the Persians in world civilisation, looking at their contributions to religion, philosophy, politics, literature and […]
William Figueroa: Iran and China
Army & Navy Club 36-39 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
Iran has a long history of trade and cultural relations with China, going back to almost mythological times. At present, China plays a very big part in Iran's economy. This […]
Sean Strong: “You’re Fired”: A Comparison of Roman and Sasanian Military Careers
Army & Navy Club 36-39 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
In late antiquity, the Roman and Sasanian Empires were actively engaged with one another in both conflict and collaboration. It would be on the battlefield however, that leadership would be […]
Mira Xenia Schwerda: “May a Revolutionary be a Dandy? The Photographing of Revolutionary Heroes in Early Twentieth-Century Iran”
During the Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911), Iran’s first revolution, both men and women took to the streets to voice their dissatisfaction with the existing autocratic regime. These protests and the connected revolutionary […]
Professor Edmund Herzig: The ‘Isfahan factor’ in the success of the Julfa Armenian merchants
Army & Navy Club 36-39 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
The Armenian merchants of New Julfa were recognised by contemporaries as being among the most successful international merchants of the 17th and 18th centuries, with a trade network that extended […]
Sebastian Rose: The Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran: Radical technology of change?
Army & Navy Club 36-39 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
From 1865, the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD) and its network formed a vital link between London and India. Initially constructed for imperial security, the IETD network played a transformative role […]
Tom Holland & Ali Ansari: “What have the Persians ever done for us?”
Join the historian Tom Holland in illustrated conversation with Ali Ansari discussing the role of the Persians in world civilisation, looking at their contributions to religion, philosophy, politics, literature and […]
14th December 2023 – Professor Sussan Babaie: The Illustration of Food in Safavid painting
St Columba’s Church Hall, Pont Street
Sussan Babaie is Professor of the Arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute. She is best known for her work on Persian and Islamic Art of the early […]