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<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Sylfaen>Dear Colleague<BR><BR>Following the
successful holding of the Iranology Foundation's congresses in 2002 and 2004, in
which a number of Iranian and foreign researchers participated, Iranology
Foundation intends to hold "The 3rd National Congress on Iranian Studies" in
June, 2007. Due to the importance of safavid in Iran's history, the congress
aims to consider this era in details, to this goal, providing an atmosphere to
present papers as well as criticize the researches necessitate categorizing
relevant fields into ten scientific groups, so all interested Iranologists and
scholars willing to present paper at the congress are requested to send their
works in one of the mentioned scientific groups as follows:<BR><BR>1. Persian
Literature (Poetry and Prose) in Safavid era<BR>2. Iran's Economy in Safavid
era<BR>3. History, Geography, Historical Geography, and Local History of Iran in
Safavid era<BR>4. Iranian Languages and Linguistics in Iran during Safavid
era<BR>5. Peoples' Culture and Anthropology in Iran during Safavid era<BR>6.
Islamic Sciences and Theology in Iran during Safavid era<BR>7. Politics and
Management of Local affairs and International Relations in Iran during Safavid
era<BR>8. Bibliography and Manuscripts in Safavid era<BR>9. Arts and Handicrafts
in Safavid era<BR>10. Urban development and Urbanization in Safavid
era</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Sylfaen><BR>Regarding your cooperation and
participation in The 2nd National Congresses on Iranian Studies, Iranology
Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend "The Third National Congress on
Iranian Studies" held in June 2007. In case of willingness to submit a paper,
you are requested to send the abstract and full paper of your research to the
secretariat regarding the mentioned schedule in the attached announcement, which
is aimed to provide more thorough information as to the congress.<BR><BR>For
more information and registration forms please contact:<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:Pedram.khosronejad@saint.ox.ac.uk"><FONT
face=Sylfaen>Pedram.khosronejad@saint.ox.ac.uk</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Sylfaen>-- <BR>Pedram KHOSRONEJAD, Junior Research Fellow at The Middle
East Centre<BR>St.Antony's College, University of Oxford.<BR>Oxford OX2 6JF
UK.Tel: + 44 (0) 07981690906, Fax: + 44 (0)1865-278190<BR></FONT><A
href="http://users.ox.ac.uk/~orin0179/"><FONT
face=Sylfaen>http://users.ox.ac.uk/~orin0179/</FONT></A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>