The Cambridge Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies |

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The Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies has grown out of the Cambridge Shahnama Project, and represents the fulfillment of one ... more

Projects

At the core of the Shahnama Project is an online corpus of illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnama, the Persian epic poem composed by Firdausi ... more

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Members of the project who have been helping with work on the centre. more

News and Events

Inauguration of the Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies 24 May 2014, accompanied by the Exhibition of Mediaeval and Contemporary art dedicated ... more

Recent News

Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Cambridge Shahnameh Centre and commemorating the Millennium of the death of Ferdowsi 26 Sep 2019 (All day)

The short video about the video art exhibition 'Shahnameh Forever: Persian Heritage for the World' on contemporary interpretation of Persian classics in literature and art held on 26 September 2019 in Pembroke College, Cambridge to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the Cambridge Shahnameh Centre, the Twentieth Anniversary of the Cambridge Shahnameh Project and to commemorate the Millennium of Ferdowsi's death