The Iran Heritage Foundation is a non-political UK registered charity with the mission to promote and preserve the history, languages, and cultures of Iran and the Persianate world. The objectives of the Foundation are achieved by organising and supporting activities of cultural or scholarly merit. IHF programmes include sponsoring teaching posts and fellowships at universities and museums, giving grants for academic research and cultural activities, and organising regular events and conferences, both in the United Kingdom and abroad. ​
The Amazing Windcatchers of Yazd
Talk by Dr Susan Roaf
​We take so much for granted when we look only at the visible structures of buildings, but windcatchers demonstrate that their invisible attributes may often be more important.
​Wednesday  4th March 2020 - 18.30
Slavs and Tartars: Régions d’être
This is the third lecture in a series hosted by Dr Sussan Babaie and co-organised by the Iran Heritage Foundation with the Courtauld Institute of Art.
​Monday  9th March 2020 - 18.00
Persian Calligraphy, Nasta'liq Script
The Iran Heritage Foundation is delighted to partner with the Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS to offer a course in Persian Calligraphy.  This will be taught in two classes of ten on Monday and Wednesday evenings, as follows:​
Mondays 6:00-8:00pm 20 January 2020 — 23 March 2020.
Wednesday 6:00-8:00pm 22 January 2020 — 25 March 2020
Tappeh Sialk: the Glory of Ancient Kashan
Book available to order
A selection of papers delivered at the first two conferences is published in this volume. This is the first volume in a series of IHF special studies.
The Nahrein Network Visiting Scholarship Scheme
2020 applications now open
The Iran Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce that it is assisting the Nahrein Network, based at University College London, to identify and select applicants from Iran for the Nahrein Network Visiting Scholarship Scheme.​

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