Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
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ASPS is a non-governmental, non-political, not-for-profit professional organization for researchers & scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area.
ASPS Virtual Event Series XV: Actors/Performers, Audience, and Narrative Strategies in Naqqali: New Approaches, Thur. Nov. 27, 15:00 JST
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ASPS Virtual Event Series XV: Actors/Performers, Audience, and Narrative Strategies in Naqqali: New Approaches, Thur. Nov. 27, 15:00 JST
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
Featuring Mohammadali Mirzaee Jadideslam, Sara Mashayekh, and Radman Rasooli Mehrabani
Register at forms.gle/YFENy7uJwiqW...
This wasn't any stuffy recital. The ASPS is still the most fun you'll have at an academic conference.
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This wasn't any stuffy recital. The ASPS is still the most fun you'll have at an academic conference.
Day three of the 10th Biannual Conference is closing with a concert of traditional Uzbek music.
August 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Day three of the 10th Biannual Conference is closing with a concert of traditional Uzbek music.
Pictures from the ASPS opening ceremony and the meeting between ASPS and Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies leadership. Many thanks to our gracious hosts.
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Pictures from the ASPS opening ceremony and the meeting between ASPS and Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies leadership. Many thanks to our gracious hosts.
Day One of the 10th biennial convention of the ASPS is underway at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies. Today we have three sessions with 21 panels, two sessions of book talks, a film screening, and the opening ceremony complete with food and music.
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Day One of the 10th biennial convention of the ASPS is underway at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies. Today we have three sessions with 21 panels, two sessions of book talks, a film screening, and the opening ceremony complete with food and music.
Tomorrow the halls of Tashkent State University of Orient Studies will be filled with the ASPS.
August 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tomorrow the halls of Tashkent State University of Orient Studies will be filled with the ASPS.
We have arrived in Tashkent and preparations are under way for the start of the 10th biennial convention.
August 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We have arrived in Tashkent and preparations are under way for the start of the 10th biennial convention.
The upcoming Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies, which will take place in Toronto in May 2026.
April 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The upcoming Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies, which will take place in Toronto in May 2026.
The Unexpected Persianate: Exploring a Concept’s Diverse Echoes in the Present
Join us for a virtual discussion of the upcoming Ajam and ASPS collaboration, “The Unexpected Persianate,” a call for articles exploring overlooked and unexpected traces of the Persianate past in the present.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the upcoming Ajam and ASPS collaboration, “The Unexpected Persianate,” a call for articles exploring overlooked and unexpected traces of the Persianate past in the present.
April 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Unexpected Persianate: Exploring a Concept’s Diverse Echoes in the Present
Join us for a virtual discussion of the upcoming Ajam and ASPS collaboration, “The Unexpected Persianate,” a call for articles exploring overlooked and unexpected traces of the Persianate past in the present.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the upcoming Ajam and ASPS collaboration, “The Unexpected Persianate,” a call for articles exploring overlooked and unexpected traces of the Persianate past in the present.
Call for Proposals
The Central Eurasian Studies Society’s 2025 Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop (GEIW) will be hosted by the History Department at Ohio State University on September 12–13 2025.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society’s 2025 Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop (GEIW) will be hosted by the History Department at Ohio State University on September 12–13 2025.
April 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Call for Proposals
The Central Eurasian Studies Society’s 2025 Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop (GEIW) will be hosted by the History Department at Ohio State University on September 12–13 2025.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society’s 2025 Graduate and Early Career Scholar Interdisciplinary Workshop (GEIW) will be hosted by the History Department at Ohio State University on September 12–13 2025.