On May 30-31, 2014, the International Qajar Studies Association held its Fourteenth Annual Conference. Twenty-two distinguished historians and researchers from around the world gathered at the Iranistik Institute of the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany, to present their scholarly work on topics related to “Literature and Writing in Qajar Iran.” The keynote speech on “Poet-Laureate Bahar in the Constitutional Era” was delivered by Professor Homa Katouzian (University of Oxford), and was followed by several engaging panels including presentations by Professor Abbas Amanat (Yale University), Dr. Roxane Haag-Higuchi (Bamberg University), Professor Todd Lawson (Toronto University), Dr. Tomoko Morikawa (Hokkaido University), Mira Xenia Schwerda (Princeton University), and Dr. Simin Fasihi (Al-Zahra University). Several of these papers will be published in the IQSA Journal in 2015. The conference also included a reception by the Deputy-Mayor of Bamberg at the historic townhall, a visit to the Islamic Art Museum and meals. About seventy individuals attended the conference on each day. Please click on the link below to view the full conference program.
Pictured are: (top left to right) Professor Homa Katouzian (University of Oxford), Professor Abbas Amanat (Yale University), and Professor Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar (President, IQSA) and the Deputy-Mayor; (bottom left to right) Dr. Tomoko Morikawa (Hokkaido University) and the Islamic Art Museum.