Conference, Lecture and Paper Presentations


2022
Göttingen Georg August University

"The Emergence of Visual Arts in the Context of the Current Protests in Iran" Talk held on October 19, 2022.

2021
Rome

“Vāq Motif from Manuscripts to Carpets: The Formation of the New Myth about Death and the Afterlife in Safavid Grave Rugs” Ernst Herzfeld Society, 16th Colloquium.

2019
Berlin

“Men of Farang in Illustrated Martyrdom Stories from Safavids to the Qajar Period: An Invitation to Islam or a Quest to Legitimize Shiʿi Beliefs?” Ninth European Conference of Iranian Studies. Freie Universität Berlin.

2019
London SOAS

“Rethinking Injuid Painting School: Inju Style in Context.” Research Seminar in Islamic Art, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology; SOAS University. Talk held on April 25, 2019.

2019
Tehran Malek Museum

“Saʿdi’s Poems in the Frames of ʿAli-Qoli Khuʾi, the Prolific Illustrator of the Early Persian Printed Books.” Talk held on May 5, 2019.

2018
Tehran Art University

“Iconography of a jawānmard in the Illustrated Manuscript of Samak-e ʿayyār.”Talk held on January 8, 2018.

2018
Strasburg

“Qajarian lithography: Creating images not for privileged few” Ernst Herzfeld Society,14th Colloquium.

2017
Cambridge

“Prophecy and Propagating Shiʿi Islam among the Folks: A Survey of Illustrated Lithographed Books of Qajar Period.” Third Biennial Symposia Iranica.

2017
Vienna

“Reconstruction of Shiʿi Islam among the folks: A survey of illustrated lithographed books of Qajar Period.” Ernst Herzfeld Society,13th Colloquium.

2016
Vienna

“Irregular’ Illustrations: Mirzā ʿAli-Qoli Khoʾi’s Visual Representation of Saʿdi’s Poems.” Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference.

2015
Cambridge

“Is There a Visual Code for Recognizing a Follower of Chivalry?” Second Biennial Symposia Iranica.

2014
Hamburg

“Narrative Images and the Art of Narration in Representing the Chain of Events in Parde-khāni Performance.” 10th Annual Symposium of the Ernst Herzfeld Gesellschaft.

2013
Göttingen

“Visual Representation of an ʿayyār: A Model or a Rival for the Prince?” International Conference: Mirror for the Princes.

2012
Istanbul

“Concepts and Images in Samak-e ʿayyār Romance.” 9th biennial of Iranian Studies, Istanbul.

2011
Krakow

“Painters’ Interpretations of Ferdausi’s Twelve Rukh Scenes with a Concentration on Two Inju Manuscripts.” 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies.

2010
Marburg

“The St. Petersburg Shāhnāme, an Admiration for Monarchy or Manliness?” 31. Deutscher Orientalistentag.

2010
Heidelberg

“The Symbolic Language of Victory and Defeat in the Manuscript of Samak-e ʿayyār.” In the workshop The Way I See it: Transcultural Perspectives on Image, Gaze and Perception, Asia and Europe in a Global Context.

2008
Tehran-Zabol

“The Mystical Language of Victory and Defeat in St. Petersburg Copy of Shāhnāme.” International Conference of illustrated Shahname manuscripts.

2004
Tehran

“Fractals Geometry and Its Concept in Islamic Art.” International day of Islamic Art, Faculty of Arts and Crafts, Art University. Tehran.