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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our new Material Histories@IFI group connects scholars of material culture and textual history. We aim to bring archaeology, materiality, and rural and urban landscapes into conversation with epigraphy, numismatics and texts for new longue durée perspectives, focused on the long first millennium.

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NoMansLand @nomaland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Call for Papers: International conference: “Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Transformation of Eurasia” 14–17 July 2027, Vienna (Austria) @iranianstudies.bsky.social @nomaland.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social @coe-eurasia.bsky.social

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Upcoming event! On April 16th at 5pm, we will have a talk by Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian about her book Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ifi/veran... #History #AncientHistory #IranianStudies #AncientWorld

Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World book cover by Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian. It is subtitled "A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas", and the background is purple, red, and gold pebbles or rock shards on a black background.

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

We have an open position for a pre-doctoral researcher in Dr. Ariane Sadjed's "Persian Jews – History, Community, Memory" team, looking at the Jewish communities of central Asia. See here for job profile and other details: applications must be in by October 1st. www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=pp87...

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Offene Stellen an der ÖAW

Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen aus den Instituten und der zentralen Verwaltung der ÖAW

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Being in contact w people in Iran; the general mood: 1- No sympathy for the dead commanders: “got what they deserved” 2- Lots of anger, but little fear, abt Israel hitting cities & residential areas. 3- Amusement at how incompetent IRI forces are. Zero support. 4- Fascinated by Israeli tech.

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Dust That Never Settles by @amir-moosavi.bsky.social considers how Iraqi and Iranian writers have wrestled with representing the Iran-Iraq War and its legacy, from wartime to the present. #ReadUP www.sup.org/books/middle...

Book cover for Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War by Amir Moosavi

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Amir Moosavi @amir-moosavi.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

My book, Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War is now available for purchase. Please encourage your university or local library to get a copy. You can get a 20% discount from the publisher, Stanford University Press: shorturl.at/ZRGyw. The code is on the attached flyer.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Call for papers for the fifth Symposia Iranica, to be held at the University of St Andrews, 10-12 April 2026. iranian.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/symposia-ira...

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SYMPOSIA IRANICA V – CALL FOR PAPERS – Institute of Iranian Studies

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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

For those not familiar, @wilsoncenter.org's Digital Archive is *the* leading resource on the international history of the Cold War, comprising thousands of documents collected by historians, curated by Wilson Center staff + essential for teachers and students. digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org

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Home Page | Wilson Center Digital Archive

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Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com · 13/03/2025

The Bible in its Ancient Iranian Context An international conference convened by: Rahim Shayegan, William Schniedewind, & Catherine Bonesho March 13-14, 2025 (in-person and online) www.biblioiranica.info/the-bible-in...

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The Bible in its Ancient Iranian Context

An international conference convened by:M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLAWilliam Schniedewind, UCLACatherine Bonesho, UCLA March 13-14, 2025 | 306 & 314 Royce HallUCLA Co-sponsored by:The Pourdavoud Inst…

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Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📖Hot off the press!: a new history of Iranian oil nationalisation from below, by @mattinbiglari.bsky.social 📖 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nationa... @edinburghup.bsky.social

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Nationalising Oil and Knowledge in Iran

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Upcoming event! International guest lecture by Goli Akbar Kashani, about Fathollah Khan Akbar, Prime Minister of Iran before the 1921 coup. Opening address by Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger. 26 February 2025, 6pm, Sonnenfelsgasse 19 Theatersaal. Programme & details: www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/veransta...

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A PROFILE OF AN IRANIAN STATESMAN: SEPAHDAR RASHTI’S ROLE IN THE TWO KEY EVENTS THAT HELPED SHAPE MODERN IRAN

IFI International Guest lecture

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Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hello and welcome to our new profile on Bluesky! We're the Institute for Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - a key centre internationally for understanding the languages, cultures and history of the wider Iranian-influenced world, from the Caucasus through to central Asia.

Several old books, two of them open, with Persian script visible on the pages.

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David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Absolutely delighted about the publication of UNCONQUERED STATES (Oxford University Press), which looks at the global history of non-European powers in the imperial age.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Published today: the first complete English translation of Towards the Great Civilization, the Shah's penultimate book. Based on the manuscript of the English translation commissioned by the Pahlavi Library in 1978, with forewords by Ali Ansari and myself. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...

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Towards the Great Civilization

The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's penultimate book, published in Persian on the eve of the revolution that b…

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

The call for papers for the 2025 Second World War Research Group UK conference ('The Second World War: 80 Years On') is now out! It takes place on 12-13 June 2025 at Bush House, King's College London. See the attached image for details: 🗃️

Call for Papers for a conference run by the Second World War Research Group on 12-13 June 2025.

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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

💥Call for Papers: 💥 "African Voices in Global Intellectual History" - Authors' workshop organized by Martin Rempe, Konstanz. "Applications from the African continent and early career researchers are particularly welcome." Please share widely.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

On my way to Marburg University for what promises to be a fascinating workshop, organised by Professor Bianca Devos, on the cultural history of late Pahlavi Iran. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iran...

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International Workshop 27-29 November

This workshop seeks to explore the interactions between state ideology and the socio-cultural sphere from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Honoured to be giving the annual Ann Lambton memorial lecture at the British Academy in London this Thursday on Iran's relations with Africa in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The event will also be streamed live. www.bips.ac.uk/event/politi...

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