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A wide 16:9 presentation image showing a vertically oriented academic conference poster centered on the canvas. The poster appears sharp and slightly elevated with a soft shadow, while the empty space on the left and right is filled by an enlarged, heavily Gaussian-blurred version of the same poster, creating a color-matched blurred pillarbox effect in warm beige, muted green, red, and blue tones. The central poster has an aged parchment look and features French and English text for the twelfth biennial Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater conference on Iranian studies. Its main title reads “Witches and demons, kings and prophets: The Shāhnāma and its afterlife in the Persian manuscript tradition.” In the middle is a Persian miniature-style illustration of an armored figure confronting a demon-like creature beside a tree. Additional event details appear in blue text along the left side, and several institutional logos line the bottom edge. Overall, the image is designed as a polished widescreen layout that preserves the original poster in the center while extending it visually with a soft, harmonious blurred background.

Twelfth Biennial Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Conference on Iranian Studies, Paris

The twelfth Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies takes as its theme “Witches and Demons, Kings and Prophets: The Shāhnāma and Its Afterlife in…

admin 14 October 2026

A 16:9 wide image featuring a central lecture poster with a blurred pillarbox effect on the left and right sides. The poster is for the Azhyar Foundation for Ancient Iranian Studies online lecture series. The lecture is titled "Sada, the Shāhnāma, and the Reinvention of the Persian Past" by Ali Shapuran. The poster includes a portrait of the speaker, his academic biography, and an abstract discussing the origins of the Sada fire festival. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, 28 October 2026.

Online Lecture: “Sada, the Shāhnāma, and the Reinvention of the Persian Past”

The Azhyar Foundation for Ancient Iranian Studies will hold another lecture in its New Words on Ancient Times series. Ali Shapuran will deliver a lecture entitled “Sada,…

admin 12 October 2026

A widescreen 16:9 promotional poster for the SSZ Academic Symposium, organized by the Society of Scholars of Zoroastrianism. The original rectangular poster is enlarged and sharply displayed in the center, surrounded by narrow, heavily Gaussian-blurred extensions of the same artwork, creating a cohesive pillarboxing effect with a subtle shadow. The poster features a predominantly black background, white torn-paper dividers, light-blue headings, and historical imagery associated with Zoroastrianism and ancient Persian civilization. At the top are the society's triangular emblem, ancient stone reliefs, and a manuscript featuring historical script. Institutional logos include the University of Toronto, FEZANA, ZAMC, the Zoroastrian Association, and FIRES. The central text announces the SSZ Academic Symposium, conducted by Professor Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo with Dr. Céline Redard, Dr. Ted Good, and Dr. Parvaneh Pourshariati. Surrounding illustrations include colorful Persian manuscript paintings, an inscribed stone artifact, an ancient bearded sculpture, and a fire altar beneath stone arches. The lower section displays the symposium's educational motto, the date Saturday, November 14, 2026, the time 9:30–11:30 a.m. Central Time, and the Zoom link https://bit.ly/2026-SSZ. The overall design combines academic information, Zoroastrian cultural heritage, and a softly blurred cinematic background.

The SSZ Conference and Academic Symposium

The Society of Scholars of Zoroastrianism will host an academic event titled “The SSZ Conference, Academic Symposium.” The program will feature a series of academic presentations focusing…

Saba Madhani 08 October 2026

A widescreen archival-style image featuring an ancient manuscript page centered against a softly blurred background created from an enlarged version of the same manuscript. The central parchment sheet has a warm beige and golden-brown tone, with visible signs of age including faded areas, stains, worn edges, tears, holes, and irregular parchment texture. Dense handwritten text in dark brown ink fills the page, written in an ancient Hebrew or Aramaic script with closely spaced horizontal lines and variations in ink intensity caused by aging and manuscript wear. The surrounding left and right areas form a blurred pillarbox effect, extending the parchment colors and script patterns into a soft, out-of-focus backdrop that matches the central document. The main manuscript appears slightly raised from the background with a subtle shadow, creating a layered presentation that emphasizes the historical artifact. The overall composition evokes a museum display or scholarly archive, highlighting the texture, craftsmanship, and historical character of an ancient Jewish manuscript fragment.

Colloquium on Method and History in the Study of the Jews of Sasanian Babylonia, 12–13 October 2026

“Method and History in the Study of the Jews of Sasanian Babylonia,” organized by Geoffrey Herman and Meir Ben Shahar, will be held on 12–13 October 2026…

Saeede Amirpoor Saeed 02 October 2026

Lecture in Persian by Professor Donald Stilo on Modern Iranian Languages and Dialects

Saturday, October 10, 2026 — 6:15 PM local time Sufi CenterAnna Paulownastraat 78, 2518 BJ Den Haag Noruz Cultural and Artistic Center will host a lecture in…

Shahrbanoo Moosakhani 01 October 2026

Kevin van Bladel to Give Lecture on the Persian Empire and Persian Language

Kevin van Bladel to Give Lecture on the Persian Empire and Persian LanguageProfessor Kevin van Bladel of Yale University will deliver a lecture entitled “Persian Empire and…

admin 01 October 2026

Professor Donald Stilo to Speak on Modern Iranian Languages and Dialects

The Noruz Center for Iranian Languages, Cultures and Arts in The Hague will host a lecture by Professor Donald Stilo titled “Modern Iranian Languages and Dialects.” Saturday,…

Saba Madhani 26 September 2026

International Meeting “The Medes: 25 Years Afterwards,” Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova, 29 September–2 October 2026.

International Meeting “The Medes: 25 Years Afterwards,” Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova, 29 September–2 October 2026. The international meeting “The Medes: 25 Years…

admin 24 September 2026

ASPS Eleventh Biennial Conference

Organizer: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) Conference Title: ASPS Eleventh Biennial Conference Date: August 9–12, 2027 Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan — Tajik National LibraryHosted by…

Shahrbanoo Moosakhani 13 August 2026

Call for Papers Announced for the 6th International Congress of Language and Translation Studies

Selçuk University of Türkiye has announced the organization of the 6th International Congress of Language and Translation Studies, scheduled for October 7–9, 2026, in collaboration with several…

admin 09 June 2026

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