The International Society for Iranian Studies
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR IRANIAN STUDIES www.iranianstudies.com ISIS Newsletter Volume 36, Number 1 May 2015 EDITOR’S NOTE Dear ISIS Members, The new year has begun with hopeful news of an agreement on the repercussions on the work of our organization and its members in the United States, in Iran, and beyond. It has also begun with new leadership at ISIS, as incoming president Touraj Atabaki has taken the reins from Mehrzad followed by excerpts of speeches given at the recent symposium honoring Professor Ehsan Yarshater on the occasion of his 95th birthday, a highly vivid report of the recently held symposium “Hedayat in Mumbai,” research, member and dissertation news, a list of recently published monographs in Iranian Studies, and much more. We hope you will enjoy the many contributions so generously provided by members of our vibrant community. Finally, a friendly reminder that members can now submit panel, roundtable and paper abstracts for the ISIS 2016 Conference to be held in Vienna by logging in to the ISIS website and following the instructions for submission and conference pre-registration. Warm regards, Mirjam Künkler, Princeton University PRESIDENT’S NOTE It has been a privilege to be trusted by the members of the International Society for Iranian Studies to assume the position of the Presidency of an academic institution, which, with nearly fifty years of history, stands out as one of the oldest associations of its kind in West Asian studies. It is also a privilege to assume the position of the Presidency of the society, when the past-president, in this case my good friend Mehrzad Boroujerdi, has left a management system that eases my tasks enormously.
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