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.
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Online ZOOM lecture by Dr. Shiva Mihan | Washington University in St. Louis
“ʾVisualising Persian History: The Illustration of Persian Manuscript Histories.” The talk will take place on Tuesday 21st of November 2023, 6:16 pm (CET).
Shamsa: The Journal of the Persian Manuscripts Associationinvites submissions for the inaugural 2024 volume.
The journal focuses on Islamic manuscript studies in the historically Persianate world (including, but not limited to, Iran, Iraq, South Asia, Central Asia, and Turkey). We welcome submissions that focus on manuscripts and related media from the Late Antique up to the modern periods and discuss material written in Persian, Arabic, Turkish and other related languages like Urdu, Chagatai, and Uyghur. Submissions include articles and research notes that contribute to the fields of history and art history, literature, codicology, conservation, historiography, and museum and library studies.
Submission deadline is Friday, 24 February 2023. Find more details here.
