13 May 2003

The Society for Iranian Studies (SIS)
The Society for Iranian Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Self-description: "The Society for Iranian Studies was founded in 1967 as a professional society to support and promote the field of Iranian Studies at the international level. SIS is a private, not-for-profit, non-political organization of persons interested in Iranian Studies in the broadest sense. The Society is run by an elected council and executive council. The objectives of the Society are to promote high standards of scholarship in the field, to encourage the teaching of Iranian Studies at the graduate and under-graduate levels, to encourage and facilitate scholarly exchange amongst its international membership."
Site contents: * The Society for Iranian Studies (Executive Committee, Council, Iranian Studies editor and editorial office, SISNews Editor, Honorary and Life Members) * Membership application and renewal forms * SISNews - on-line access to back issues; * Iranian Studies submissions and back issue requests; * The Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies * May 24-26, 2002 Bethesda, Maryland; * Saidi-Sirjani Book Award information and nomination proceedures; * Other links: The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS); The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIS); The Foundation for Iranian Studies (FIS) annual Dissertation Prize;
URL http://www.iranian-studies.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.iranian-studies.org
Link reported by: Marzieh Dashtak (dashtaki[use"@"]asia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300