The Foundation for Iranian Studies is an American non-profit institution founded in 1981 in
Washington DC
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, and later moved to
Maryland
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, dedicated to educating the public about Iran/Persia.
Since 1982 they host an oral history program.
The director of the foundation is
Mahnaz Afkhami
Mahnaz Afkhami (Persian: مهناز افخمی; born January 14, 1941) is an Iranian women's rights activist who served in the Cabinet of Iran from 1976 to 1978. She is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), executive direc ...
, former women minister in Iran.
The foundation was founded with the support of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi. It has organized various Persian cultural events with cooperation of American universities, museums and academic institutions in the United States, including George Town University, National Museum of Asian Art (formerly known as Freer, Sackler Galleries of Smithsonian Institutions), Society of Iranian Studies, Pacific Museum, Middle East Studies Association, etc.
Oral History project
In early 1980s the foundation launched its oral history project to save the memories and information of pre-revolutionary Persian artsis, politicians, diplomats, etc. This project was directed by
Gholam-Reza Afkhami.
Iran Nameh
Since 1982 until 2016 the foundation published the Persian-language journal ''Iran Nameh'', edited by Jalal Matini.
Foundation for Iranian Studies has published over 20 books in English and Persian. It has also offered a prize to the best PhD dissertations on Persian/Iranian culture and art.
See also
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Iranian studies
Iranian studies ( fa, ايرانشناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...
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Iranology Foundation
The Iranology Foundation is a scientific and research institute in Iran and Iranian studies is the main field of its activities. The Foundation's studies and researches are all topics and issues related to various manifestations of Culture of Ir ...
References
Sources
Foundation for Iranian Studies, Dissertation of the Year AwardsFoundation for Iranian Studies' publications in WorldCatC-span: Gholam Reza Afkhami of Foundation for Iranian Studies
Educational foundations in the United States
Iranian studies
Oral history
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