The new issue of the Journal of Iranian Linguistics has been released. This issue, which constitutes the second volume of the journal, was published in July 2025. Edited by Vardan...

Sasanian historiography is a problematic field, as almost all Middle Persian historical texts have disappeared, and even their Arabic translations are not extant, so we have to approach it based...

The latest issue of the academic journal Hunara, officially titled Hunara: Journal of Ancient Iranian Arts and History, was published in July 2025. This issue marks the first volume of...

Abedini Iraqi, Mehdi, Roberto Dan Mohammad Keshavarz Divkolaee et al., 2025, Il Grande Arco del Mazandaran. Storia Archeologia Viva. Anno XLIV, N232 Luglio/Agosto, pp 20-31.   An article has been...

The Association for Iranian Studies (AIS) and The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, The Netherlands invite proposals in all subfields of Iranian Studies for the 15th...

This introduction provides a systematic overview of the history of the Achaemenid-Persian Empire, also widely known as the ‘Persian Empire’. It was the first imperial formation of antiquity to succeed...

The Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews is pleased to announce the Fifth Biennial Symposia Iranica Conference. We invite Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers from a...

Pembroke College and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge will hold a conference in April 2026 to commemorate the centenary of the passing...

The Bīsotūn inscription of Darius I (DB) is a masterpiece of ancient literature containing descriptions of historical events, imperial propaganda, cultic statements, ethical instructions, wisdom insights, blessings and curses, and...

This article presents new readings and interpretations of seven documents from the Pahlavi Archive of Hastijan. These documents were previously examined and published by the distinguished scholar Dieter Weber. The...