Marking the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, the Amsterdam Initiative for Iranian Studies (AIIS) organises this conference to stimulate research on its causes, dynamics and global ramifications.

The Sadighi 9th Annual Lecture (Sadighi Research Fund), will be delivered by professor Abbas Amanat, of Yale University.

In this lecture, followed by Q&A, Dr. Soroush Dabagh (University of Toronto) will discuss religion' as a socially constructed concept. This means that there are different accounts of religion and religiosity in practice.

Prince Dr Sabbar Farman - Farmaian Research Project, in collaboration with The Amsterdam Initiative for Iranian Studies (AIIS) and the International Institute of Social History (IISG), is hosting the second annual ...

Nearly a year has passed since the Islamic Republic of Iran and the P5+1 countries (the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China) reached their landmark diplomatic agreement in Vienna. Under the terms of the deal, ...

As the elections for Iran's parliament and Assembly of Experts on 26 February draw closer, many new and old questions are raised.

After twelve years of political conflicts, economic sanctions and intense diplomacy, Iran and six world powers signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015. Much can be said about what this might ...

This meeting is organised by the Amsterdam Initiative for Iranian Studies (AIIS), recently formed as part of ACMES, which brings together scholars and students at academic institutions in Amsterdam (UvA, VU, ...