Ismailis of China: history, culture and tradition

1.Persian Empire’s 2,500th Anniversary Anthem Score Is Out The 2,500-year celebrations of the Persian Empire are among the most controversial events in the history of Iran during the Pahlavi era. Discussions and debates about the celebrations have almost always focused on their political aspects, whereas, alongside the celebrations, numerous cultural

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1. Daiber Collection II, MSS 1–50, has now been made available on “The Daiber Collection Beta Database “ The Daiber Collection Beta Database Project, “Team Daiber,” is pleased to announce that the fourth installment of images and metadata, covering Daiber Collection II, MSS 1–50, has now been made available online.

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Tobunken Seminar “Envisioning a Messianic Horizon: Ḥamūya’s Shīʿī-Inspired Eschatology and Its Impact on Kubrawī and Timurid Spirituality”

1. Panel for the Association of Persianate Societies Biennial Conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (9-12 August 2027).  Race-Making in the Premodern Persianate World While Critical Race Theory has established itself firmly in the methodological toolbox of the study of the modern Persianate world and its diaspora, there is a dearth of

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1. CFP: Seeking Medieval Middle East Studies Scholars for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology [Announcement] A decade after Nicole Seymour’s chapter “Trans Ecology and the Transgender Road Narrative” in The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism, following Susan Stryker’s foreword to the 2020 book Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature, and

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Bahrain re-arrests human rights defender Naji Fateel two years after royal pardon