Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS

Art in exile on show at London’s Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale | By Katayoun Shahandeh for The Conversation UK

Art in exile on show at London’s Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale The show brings together communities separated by migration, sanctions, censorship and political borders.

What Iran’s absence from the Venice Biennale reveals about art and politics | By Katayoun Shahandeh for The Conversation UK

What Iran’s absence from the Venice Biennale reveals about art and politics Rather than existing outside politics, the Venice Biennale has become a site where geopolitical tensions are actively staged and contested.

Iran has been threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz for years – it’s a key part of Tehran’s defence strategy | By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam for The Conversation UK

Iran has been threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz for years – it’s a key part of Tehran’s defence strategy Iran has used its ability to close the waterway many times over the past 40 years.

Applications for the Kamran Djam scholarships are open! These scholarships are available for the MA in Iranian Studies at SOAS.

Find out more: https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/student-life/finance/scholarships/kamran-djam-scholarships

Iran’s cultural heritage in the crossfire - By Katayoun Shahandeh (SOAS) for The Conversation UK

Iran’s cultural heritage in the crossfire – expert explains what has been damaged and what could be lost When war damages historic monuments, more than architecture is lost.

The 2025 SOAS Artist-in-Residence Fellowship of the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies presents a new major solo exhibition of Karl Singporewala’s sculptural interpretations of Zoroastrian symbolism.

Karl Singporewala: Cosmos, Memory, Scale The 2025 SOAS Artist-in-Residence Fellowship of the Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies presents a new major solo exhibition of Karl Singporewala’s sculptural interpretations of Zoroastrian symbolism.

SOAS China Institute podcast - 'China, Iran and the Middle East — After Trump's Airstrikes'

China, Iran and the Middle East — After Trump's Airstrikes - China In Context The shockwaves from Donald Trump’s airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear programme continue to reverberate. China condemned the attack as violating the UN Charter and warned that it risked destabilising the Middle East, an area where Beijing has fast-...

Kamran Djam Lectures 2025 | The Wisdom of Iran: From the Gāthās of Zarathushtra to the Masnavī of Rūmī

7–8 May 2025 at SOAS.

Register here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/kamran-djam-lectures-2025-wisdom-iran-gathas-zarathushtra-masnavi-rumi

The Persian Film Awards 2025 will be hosted at SOAS on 22 and 23 March 2025

Persian Film Awards 2025 - London Persian Film Awards is a prestigious annual event celebrating excellence in Persian cinema and content creation worldwide.

The English edition of Tabnak News featured an interview with Arshin Adib-Moghaddam about the representation of the Iranian role in Palestine. The interview centred around the claim of Prof. Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University that Iran does not support the Palestinian cause.

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam: Diminishing HAMAS to Iranian proxies is false Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam tells that from a historical and analytical perspective, it is simply wrong to say that Iran supports the Palestinian cause for the interest of the state or society without establishing how that interest is defined in the first place.