The British Institute of Persian Studies

| BIPS is now accepting applications for Research, Research Assistant, and Travel grants! If you are based at a UK HEI and have an interesting project, we would love to hear from you.

Deadline: 18 May 2026
Full information: https://www.bips.ac.uk/apply-for-grants-rap/

| Register for the latest events in the BIPS 2026 Webinar Series!
More information: http://bips.ac.uk/events

Brady Hill was the recipient of a 2025 BIPS Travel Grant. His report ‘Kani Shaie Archaeological Project (Iraqi Kurdistan’ is now available online.

Read more at this link: bit.ly/4kuHiON

| Our January 2026 webinar with Julia Hartley is now online!

📺 Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4amk4FZ
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/4tpZMUG

| The third workshop on subalterns across the entire Persianate world in the Zand and Qajar periods will be held at the University of Edinburgh, UK, on 27-29 October 2026.

Deadline: Wednesday, 30 June 2026.
Full information: bit.ly/45urPYU

| Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, RNS Medallist for 2025, will deliver a talk on the significance of coins as an important propaganda tool for the Parthian and Sasanian dynasties to promote an ideology that is deeply embedded in the intricate relationship between kingship and religion.

🗓️ 16 December 2025, 6 PM GMT
📌 In person, at the Royal Asiatic Society London and On Zoom
👉 Register: https://bit.ly/4q8xsDV

| BIPS is now accepting applications for our Master’s Dissertation Award! If you have submitted a Master’s dissertation in the field of Persian Studies or a related subject to a UK HEI during the 2024-2025 academic year, we would love to hear from you.

Deadline: 12 December 2025
Full information: https://www.bips.ac.uk/masters-dissertation-award/

| BIPS is now accepting applications for Outreach Project Grants! If you are based at a UK HEI or museum and have an interesting project, we would love to hear from you.

Deadline: 12 December 2025
Full information: https://www.bips.ac.uk/outreach-project-grants/

The British Institute of Persian Studies welcomes applications for Outreach Project Grants, the Masters’ Dissertation Award, and the BIPS Research Fellowship! Full details are on the BIPS website.

| 2025 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture

In this lecture, Mr Nicholas Hopton, former ambassador to Iran, Qatar, and Yemen, discusses A British Diplomatic Perspective on Iran’s Position & Policies in the Middle East Since 7 October 2023.

The Ann Lambton Lecture series is jointly organised by BIPS and University of York.

🗓️ 12 November 2025, 3:30 PM GMT
📌 In person, at University of York
👉 Register: bit.ly/4hE5tJ8

| In this lecture, Aria Fani examines how the literary cultural forms of Iran and Afghanistan arose from a shared Persian heritage and sustained cross-cultural exchange.

🗓️ 15 October 2025, 5PM
📌 On Zoom
👉 Register: https://bit.ly/4m1a9tb

Ellie Martin was the recipient of a BIPS 2025 Travel Grant. Her report ‘Travel to Ashmoleon Museum for pXRF Analysis of Pins for Dissertation Research’ is now available online.

Read more at this link: bit.ly/3WgCKjP