Recordings of Past Events
Recordings of talks and presentations are available to listen to directly from our website or to download to listen to offline.

Using early plant remains to understand transmission of farming eastwards through Iran into Asia
by Hannah Caroe
on 29 January, 2025

Making Music in Iran from the 15th to the early 20th Century
by Amir Hosein Pourjavady
on 4 December, 2024

Examining the origins of Iran’s political and cultural ties with Africa under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
by Robert Steele
on 21 November, 2024

A Persian Paradise: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson in Iran 1925-1927
by Nicci Obholzer
on 16 October, 2024

Making and Remaking Empire in Early Qajar Iran
by Assef Ashraf
on 25 September, 2024

The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages
by Cameron Cross
on 17 July, 2024

Historiographical Controversies Involving the Rise of the Achaemenid Empire
by Reza Zarghamee
on 19 June, 2024

Staging Piety: The Takkiyya Muʿavin al-Mulk in Kermanshah
by Nahid Assemi
on 3 April, 2024

Reformulation of the Ideals of Heroism in Bahram Beyzaie’s Dramatic Worlds
by Saeed Talajooy
on 20 March, 2024

Poetry on the High Seas: Migration and the Making of an Early Modern World Literature
by James White
on 17 January, 2024

Uncovering Dr Hans E. Wulff Collection: A Life Contribution to the Study of Iran and Iranian Studies
by Pedram Khosronejad
on 6 December, 2023

The Reunification of Iran and the Reign of Aqa Muhammad Shah Qajar
by Maziar Behrooz
on 18 October, 2023