The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order - Session 1 | SOAS

The Idea of Iran: Iran in Transition to a New World Order took place online on 28 November 2020. Further info: https://bit.ly/2VvYZCS

Session 1

1) Welcome by Sarah Stewart (#SOAS University of London) and Charles Melville (University of Cambridge)

2) Safavid Nostalgia in Early Qajar Historiography - Assef Ashraf, University of Cambridge

3) Russo-Persian Cultural Diplomacy in the Early Qajar Period - Firuza Abdullaeva, University of Cambridge

4) Iranian Statehood and the Safavid Legacy: Views from the Caspian Sea, 1732–1785 - Kevin Gledhill, Yale University