We encourage end-stage doctoral students & early-career scholars to look out next year for the call to submit original and unpublished work for the prize to be awarded at our next convention in 2027.

casting them as both personal expressions of gratitude & instruments of political legitimacy.

The biennial prize seeks to encourage & reward scholarship about the broader Persianate world by individuals at the beginning of their careers.

linking his theological writings to his personal piety, royal favour, & broader Īl-khānid religious culture. It makes effective use of lesser-studied texts to show how the Īl-khānid vizier framed his charitable works as divinely-inspired,

Dr. Farshi will receive a cash prize of $250 & have her article published in the Journal of Persianate Studies.
Dr. Farshi's submission was a well-argued & thoughtful study offering original analysis of Rashīd al-Dīn’s theological & political conception of charity,

This wasn't any stuffy recital. The ASPS is still the most fun you'll have at an academic conference.

Tomorrow the halls of Tashkent State University of Orient Studies will be filled with the ASPS.

If you plan on being in Tashkent next month, it's not too late to register.
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