Thursday 23 June 2011 (Date changed)
The Azarbaijan Crisis of 1945-46: the catalyst of the 50-year Cold War
Dr Fereydoun Ala (Private historian)

Thursday 19 May 2011
Stars, Water and Time: the use of stars for timing in traditional irrigation
Harriet Nash (Iran Society travel scholar)

Wednesday 13 April 2011
History and nationalism: the relationship between history and national identity in modern Iran
Professor Edmund Herzig (Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies, Oxford)

Tuesday 15 February 2011
Is the world running out of oil? The oil market, OPEC, Iran, ......
Dr Manouchehr Takin (Senior analyst at Centre for Global Energy Studies, former official of OPEC)

Tuesday 25 January 2011
In Search of the Shahnameh: images and talk about his journey across the Persian-speaking world
Nick Jubber (Winner of the Dolman travel book award)

2010

Thursday 25 November 2010
Curzon and the Persian Question
David Blow (Journalist, editor of Persia Through Writers' Eyes, author of Shah Abbas The Great)

Wednesday 20 October 2010
Iran and Central Asia
Dilip Hiro (Author and journalist)

Wednesday 23 June 2010
The life and times of Muhammad Mossadeq
Christopher de Bellaigue (Journalist and Historian)

Wednesday 19 May 2010
The historical journey of Shii philosophy, from Muhammad to 21st century Iran
Ahab Bdaiwi (PhD student of Islamic philosophy at Exeter University and Iran Society travel scholar 2009)

Tuesday 20 April 2010
IGAT1 - the laying of the world's biggest and highest gas pipeline over the mountains from the Persian Gulf to the Russian border
David Pickford and Hal Lister (IMEG, the contracting company which built the line)

Thursday 04 March 2010
The culture of contradiction in Iranian society
Goli Taraghi (Writer based in Paris)

Tuesday 16 February 2010
From pulpit to podcast: the 20th century Persian media and their approach to reporting facts, fictions, conspiracies and revolutions.
Baqer Moin (Journalist, broadcaster & former head of BBC Persian Service)

Thursday 21 January 2010
The Theory of Evolution - From Aziz Nasafi to Charles Darwin
Dr. Namdar Baghaei-Yazdi (Microbiologist and CTO of Biocaldol Ltd)

2009

Tuesday 8 December 2009
Omar Khayyam: Poet, Rebel, Astronomer
Hazhir Teimourian (Political Analyst and Commentator,
former Times Correspondent)
This lecture will be followed by a Persian buffet dinner.
Tickets £25 + SAE in advance from the Secretary.
100 places only.

Tuesday 17 November 2009
A special lecture at the RGS
(See Events section)

Thursday 22 October 2009
Retrospectives of Royalty, Political and
Personal Power: the Zill al-Sultan,
or Questioning the Anti-Hero
Dr Heidi Walcher BA (Tübingen) MA PhD (Yale)
(Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East, SOAS)

Tuesday 16 June 2009
Shiraz-Persepolis arts festival 1967-1978
Arby Ovanessian
(Stage and Screen Director)

Thursday 21 May 2009
From Nezami to Puccini: The story of Turandokht
Professor Peter Chelkowski
(Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, NYU)

Tuesday 21 April 2009
Shah Abbas The Great and his 1000KM walk from Isfahan to Mashhad
Caroline Mawer
(Student)

Wednesday 18 February 2009
Iraj Mirza: The poet of love and humour
Dr Homa Katouzian
(Scholar)
To listen to the lecture click here.

Tuesday 20 January 2009
Why is Iran not an Arab country?
Professor Hugh Kennedy
(Professor of Arabic at SOAS)

2008

Wednesday 19 November 2008
Zoroaster and the gifts of the Magi
Paul Kriwaczek
(Author)
To listen to the lecture click here.

Tuesday 14 October 2008
Tribute to Shusha Guppy
Dr Chip Stoddard Martin talking about Shusha Guppy's life followed by Shusha Guppy's film, "People of the Wind".
To listen to the lecture click here.

Wednesday 25 June 2008
Persian Fire
Tom Holland
(Historian)
To listen to the lecture by Tom Holland, click here.

Thursday 22 May 2008
The Impact of HIV on the lives of Iranian Women
Alexi Trenouth (Student)
Followed by round table discussion with Drs Mohsen and Maryam Shahmanesh
Evening starts 6 pm with drinks and lecture at 6:30 pm

Thursday 24 April 2008
Iranian adventures in a Landrover
Genette Dagtoglou
(Independent Traveller)
To listen to the lecture by Genette Dagtoglou, click here.

Tuesday 19 February 2008
Cultural co-operation between Britain and Iran
Sir Richard Dalton KCMG
(British Ambassador to Iran 2002-2006)
To listen to the lecture by Sir Richard Dalton, click here.

Wednesday 23 January 2008
Farrukh Husain alias Farrukh Beg: The Wanderings of an Iranian artist beyond Iran in the 16th century
Robert Skelton
(Former Keeper of the Indian Department, V & A Museum)

2007

Thursday 22 November 2007
The Art of Omar Khayyam: Illustrating Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat
Bill Martin and Sandra Mason
(Authors)

Tuesday 23 October 2007
Persia in orientalist literature and art
Robert Irwin
(Independent scholar and novelist)

Thursday 21 June 2007
British consulates in Iran: Their rise and fall
Hugh Arbuthnott CMG
(retired Ambassador, Council Chairman)

Thursday 31 May 2007
The Jester and the Shadow of God: Naser al-Din Shah and his fools
Professor Vanessas Martin
(Middle Easterm History, Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Thursday 26 April 2007
Pattern , cognition and contemplation: Exploring the geometric art of Iran
Richard Henry
(Artist and Sessional Lecturer, Birkbeck, Univesity of London)

Thursday 22 February 2007
The centenary of Iranian Oil: An historical perspective
Dr Mohammad Ali Ala
(Petroleum Geoscientist, Lecturer, Imperial College, London, Council Member)

Thursday 18 January 2007
Denis Wright and "The English in Persia"
Sarah Searight (Writer)

2006

Wednesday 29 November 2006
Through the mystic's eye: A visual translation of ten poems from Hafez
Jila Peacock (Artist)

Tuesday 24 October 2006
Images of a journey: Recent photographs from Iran
Mr Jason Elliot
(Author of Mirrors of the Unseen, Journeys in Iran)

Tuesday 10 October 2006
The Sir Denis Wright Memorial Lecture: Through the Persian Eye - Anglophilia and Anglophobia in modern Iranian history
Professor Abbas Amanat
(Professor of History, International and Area Studies, Yale University)
This is a Public Lecture at 2 Belgrave Square. Admission by ticket only, starts 7pm