The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) is a non-governmental, non-political, not-for-profit professional organization for researchers and scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area.
It publishes the Journal of Persianate Studies, a collection of scholarly articles, book reviews and conference reports, and the semi-annual ASPS Newsletter. The Association’s biennial conferences have been held in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Pakistan, Georgia and Armenia since its inauguration in Tajikistan in 2002. Twelve regional branches give ASPS an international presence.
The Association supports the efforts of scholars around the world. It has
supported the travel of scholars from Iran and Central Asia to take part in its conferences. The Central Eurasia Research Fund provides funds for scholars from Central Asia. The Association also posts announcements of job openings and upcoming conferences relevant for its members.
ASPS bylaws can be accessed here. Our tax-exemption certificate (as a US-based 503 (c) (3) organization) is available here. Our OFAC license number is: [IA-2016-332302-1] and is available here.
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
Officers and Board of Directors
President
Sunil Sharma (2019-2021)
Boston University
Vice President
Kazuo Morimoto (2019-2021)
The University of Tokyo
Secretary and Acting Treasurer
Daniel Beben (2019-2021)
Nazarbayev University
Past Presidents
Said Amir Arjomand (Founder)
SUNY Stony Brook
Parvaneh Pourshariati
New York City College of Technology (CUNY)
Rudi Matthee
University of Delaware
Directors of Regional Branches
See Regional Branches…
ASPS Bylaws
See ASPS Bylaws
Board of Directors
Said Amir Arjomand, ex-officio
JPS Editor
SUNY Stony Brook
Ghazzal Dabiri (2019-2021)
Mehdi Faraji, ex officio
Newsletter Editor
New York University
Golriz Farshi (2019-2021)
Student Member
University of Michigan
Alyssa Gabbay (2020-2022)
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Jo-Ann Gross, ex officio
CERF Director
The College of New Jersey
Neelam Khoja (2020-2022)
Yale MacMillan Center
Mana Kia (2019-2021)
Columbia University
D Gershon Lewental, ex-officio
JPS Associate Editor
Shalem College
Louise Marlow (2020-2022)
Wellesley College
Matthew Melvin-Koushki (2018-2020)
University of South Carolina
Daniel Sheffield (2018-2020)
Princeton University
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
Regional Branches
Armenia
Garnik Asatrian
Institute of Oriental Studies
Russian-Armenian State University
Yerevan
Republic of Armenia
E-mail: caucasoiranica@gmail.com
Council for Eurasia
Florian Schwarz
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Iranian Studies
Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 8-10
1040 Wien, Austria
E-mail: florian.schwarz@oeaw.ac.at
India
Salma Farooqui
H.K Sherwani Center of Deccan Studies
Maulana Azad National Urdu University
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032
India
Email: salmafarooqui@gmail.com
The Mediterranean Region
Carlo G. Cereti
Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
Dipartimento di studi orientali, primo piano, studio 2
P.le Aldo Moro 5
Roma 00185
Italy
E-mail: carlogiovanni.cereti@uniroma1.it
Russia
Pavel Basharin
Department of Iranian Studies
Russian State University for the Humanities
Miusskaya pl., D. 6, Bldg. 2, office. 506-508
Moscow 125047
Russia
E-mail: pbasharin@yandex.ru
Balkans
Ahmed Zildzic
The Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
Kampus Univerziteta: Ul. Zmaja od Bosne 8b
71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Phone/Fax: +387 33 225 353
Website: www.ois.unsa.ba (for now available only in Bosnian)
Email: ahmed.zildzic@ois.unsa.ba
Georgia
George Sanikidze
Institute of Oriental Studies
The Ilia State University
3, Acad. G. Tsereteli Street,
0162 Tbilisi,
Georgia
Email: gsany@yahoo.com
Iran
Tehran
Kourosh Kamali
Keshavarz Blvd, Vesal Shirazi Street
Koucheh Shahed, 8, unit 1
Tehran
Iran
E-mail: kkamali2001@yahoo.com
Japan
Kazuo Morimoto
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033
Japan
E-mail: morikazu@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Pakistan
Muhammad Saleem Mazhar
Department of Persian
Oriental College
University of the Punjab
Lahore
Pakistan
Email: saleemmazhar@yahoo.com
Tajikistan
Umed Mamadsherzodshoev
ASPS/Umed Mamadsherzodshoev
20 Khubonshoh Street
Khorog, GBAO, Tajikistan 736000
Tel: 992-35222-2-44-04
E-mail: umed66@list.ru
Links
Besides the links below, please see our announcements of upcoming conferences and job postings related to Persianate Societies, and information about the Central Eurasia Research Fund (CERF).
- Afghanistan Digital Library
- Association for Iranian Studies
- American Institute of Iranian Studies
- Bukhara Magazine
- Centre for Iranian Studies, Concordia University
- Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia
- Central Eurasia Research Fund (CERF)
- Central Eurasian Studies Society
- Central Eurasian Studies Worldwide
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- Houtan Scholarship Foundation
- Iran Heritage Foundation
- Iran Nameh Journal
- Journal of Persianate Studies
- Persian Dictionaries
- Roshan Center for Persian Studies
- Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
- The Foundation for Iranian Studies
- The Gulf 2000 Project
- The Iranian Studies Initiative NYU (ISI/NYU)
- The Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA)
- Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies
- Visiting Arts: Iran: Resources
Contact Us
The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS)
c/o Prof. Sunil Sharma
Dept. of World Languages & Literatures
Boston University
745 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617) 358-6253
Journal of Persianate Studies (JPS)
Department of Sociology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York 11794-4356
Tel: (631) 632-7746
Fax: (631) 632-8203
http://www.brill.nl/jps
For questions about submitting to the Journal, please contact the editor, Saïd Amir Arjomand and/or associate editor D Gershon Lewental.
For questions regarding Membership and receipt of journal, please contact the treasurer, Daniel Beben.
For submitting items to the Newsletter, please contact the newsletter editor, Mehdi Faraji.
For all other enquiries, please contact the secretary, Daniel Beben.