Dear colleagues,

It is only five weeks before the start of the Fifteenth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference from 5 to 8 August 2026 at Utrecht University. Please find the final program and the abstracts below. Please be informed that for the sake of legibility, we have shortened a few biographies and removed bibliographies which were attached to a few abstracts. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you at this international gathering in the Netherlands in August.

We wish you a wonderful summer and a safe journey to the Netherlands!

Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and Dominic Parviz Brookshaw