[Discussion] WORKSHOP- Aspects of History & Culture in Pre-Modern Iran, March 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland

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WORKSHOP- Aspects of History & Culture in Pre-Modern Iran, March 2005,
Scotland

The Edinburgh Graduate Workshop in Iranian Studies
'Aspects of History and Culture in Pre-Modern Iran'

Dates:
5-6 March, 2005

Venue:
G2 Lecture Room
Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Edinburgh
19, George Square
Edinburgh, Scotland

Convened by:
Mr. Evangelos Venetis
and
Mrs. Yuka Kadoi

Sponsored by:
The Iran Heritage Foundation

in association with:
the Graduate School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures =AD University
of Edinburgh

With the support of:
The Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of
History of Art =AD University of Edinburgh and the Royal Museum of Scotla=
nd

Workshop Committee
Prof. Robert Hillenbrand (History of Art), Prof. Carole Hillenbrand
(Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), Dr. Andrew J. Newman (Islamic and
Middle Eastern Studies) and Dr. Ulrike al-Khamis (Curator of the Islamic
Collection, The Royal Museum of Scotland).

Introduction:
The Research Students' Workshop in Iranian studies aims to provide a
forum for graduate students in the many disparate fields of related
Iranian Studies to present their work in progress. Postgraduate students
from the University of Edinburgh, a premier institution in the field of
Iranology and a leader in interdisciplinary studies, are hosting this
event so as to foster the development of Iranian studies, facilitate
interaction between graduate students and faculty from various
institutions, provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, and contribute
to the professional and academic development of graduate students.

The purposes of the workshop are:
  - to promote the importance of research in pre-Modern Iran and to
point out the fundamental importance of the pre-Modern Iranian
civilization and culture.
  - to give the opportunity to young Iranianists in UK to meet each
other, present their works and coordinate their efforts for the
promotion of pre-Modern Iranian studies.
  - to show the bulk of work being produced in British universities about
pre-Modern Iran at a doctoral level.

Papers from various fields will be presented, including history, art
history, archaeology and literature. Session themes focus mainly on
pre-Modern Iran during the early Islamic period and under the Saljuqs
and Ilkhanids, Timurids and Safavids (7th-18th cent. A.D); there will
also be topics on pre-Islamic Iran (Sasanians). Those presenting papers
are graduate students from British universities.

  * Information about the programme of the workshop will be released soon=
.

For further details, please contact:
Evangelos Venetis
Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Edinburgh
19 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
Scotland
Tel: 0044 0131-650 4182
Fax: 0044 0131-650 6804
Email: E.Venetis@sms.ed.ac.uk

and

Yuka Kadoi
Dept. of History of Art
20, Chambers Street
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Email: ykadoi@hotmail.com / Y.Kadoi@sms.ed.ac.uk
Tel. & Fax (home):+44-131-6681739




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