Past IQSA Sponsored Events and Conferences

* Inaugural IQSA Conference on Qajar Era Photography:

"READING EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS: Visual Sources for the Interpretation of Iranian Qajar History "

University of Leiden, Research School CNWS, Holland

May 17-19, 2001

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* One of the last pictures of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah, with four of his sons, (from right to left) Azod-os-Soltan, Mohammad Ali Mirza, Sho'a Saltaneh, one of Nasser-ed-Din Shah's sons and Salar-ed-Dowleh. (Source: Prince Abounasr Azod)

The inaugural conference of the International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) was held May 17-19, 2001, at the University of Leiden, Holland. The conference was jointly organized by the following organizations: Department of Languages and Cultures of the Islamic Middle East, Leiden University; International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA); Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies, Leiden University; The Genootschap Nederland-Iran.

Conference Agenda:

For the agenda of speakers, abstracts of papers presented, daily events, and additional information about the conference please click here.

* Second Annual IQSA Conference on Qajar Era Costume and Dress

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(Copyright Hermitage Museum)

"Dress and Costume of Nineteenth-Century Iran"

University of Leiden, Research School CNWS, Holland

June 20-21, 2002

Leiden University Research School CNWS Conference Page: Conference Program and Abstracts

Papers and Presenters:

What is Dress? Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

Elements of Qajar Era Dress, Bahman Bayani

Aspects and Meaning of Royal Attire and Regalia, Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar

Dress for Special Occasions in Qajar Iran, Jennifer Scarce

Clothing of Rural Groups, Pastoral Nomads, and Minorities from Travelogues of the Qajar Era, S. Shahshahani

Images of Lur and Turk Nomads on Qajar Period Gravestones, P. Khosronejad

History of Women's Dress in Iran, Houri Moghadam-Mostofi

Qajar Dress Collections in Leiden, Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

The Symbolism of Veiling and the Poetics of Unveiling, A. Seyed-Ghorab

Military Dress in the Qajar Era, A. Mashayekh

Military Uniforms in Early Qajar Era, Graham Williamson

Range and Role of Imported Cloth, Willem Floor

Role of the Bazaar, L.A.F. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn

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IQSA has published the Catalog of this conference in the form of a book Introduction to Qajar Era Dress, available for purchase. For further detail please click here.

* Third Annual IQSA Conference on Health and Hygiene in the Qajar Era

"Health, Hygiene and Beauty in the Qajar Era"

A Conference held at the Cantonal Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland

June 20, 2003

Abstracts of Conference Papers and List of Speakers: For abstracts of papers and list of speakers at the conference, please click here.

IQSA has published the Catalog of this conference in the form of a book Qajar Era Health, Hygiene and Beauty, available for purchase. For further detail please click here.

• Conference Location: Fé Bland Forum, West Campus, Business/Communication Bldg., Santa Barbara City College, Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (Free Parking by Business/Communication Building on West Campus Reserved for IQSA Conference)


• Conference Time: July 23 10:00 am to July 24 5:00 pm
• On-site Registration and Book Tables: July 23 9:00 am to 9:45 am at entrance to Fé Bland Forum

• Call for Papers: Scholars wishing to present at this conference with the prospect of having their papers published in IQSA publications, should contact Prof. M.M. Eskandari-Qajar, chair, or Mr. Ferydoun Barjesteh, co-chair of the conference, respectively, by clicking above or at the e-mail addresses below.

Conference Program:

~ Fifth Annual IQSA Conference ~

IQSA

The Cambridge Security Programme

Centre of International Studies

If you wish to correspond with us, our address is as follows:

The International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA)
P.O. Box 31107
Santa Barbara, CA 93130, USA

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For further questions regarding the Association and all its activities, please contact:

Dr. Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
President, International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA), at: president@qajarstudies.org

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