The Persian Manuscripts Association (PMA) is an international academic organisation dedicated to the study of manuscripts from the vast Persianate world. This includes Greater Iran, and all regions historically engaged in the Persian language and culture.
The PMA is a welcoming institution supporting interdisciplinary research and discourse in Persian studies across all relevant fields, including but not limited to history, literature, music, art, architecture, archaeology, codicology, paleography, philosophy, and the sciences.
We facilitate researchers’ access to crucial resources held in Iran and globally. We also organise biannual conferences and regular talks (delivered in English and Persian), and publish scholarly articles via our peer-reviewed journal, Shamsa, as well as monographs and conference proceedings through the PMA Press.
We are particularly committed to the support of graduate students and early-career scholars in the field, particularly by awarding research grants and publication prizes.
The PMA is and will remain a non-profit, non-political, and non-governmental organisation.