The Cambridge Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies |

About

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

People

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

Unveiled: Three Tableaux of Maryam 16 Jun 2023, 6:00pm

Introducing newly designed Persian lute (Bi-pardeh) in a Tale of 'Woman, Life, Freedom', text by Mirzadeh Eshqi, music by Hossein Hadisi
Friday, June 16, 2023 - 18:00 Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London