Ottoman sources teaching session

By Special Collections, SOAS Library|25th September 2015|Collections & Research, Teaching & Learning|0 comments

This week’s blog has been written by Rosa Vercoe, Projects and Operations Manager at LCSS, London Centre for Social Studies, and co-ordinator of the recent Training Programme on Ottoman and Archival Studies, which took place in London and Oxford, and included a visit to SOAS Archives on 5th August. The LCSS Ottoman Programme is designed to fill the gap for so much-needed short-term courses to help researchers and Master’s /PHD

Dr Cyrus Ala’i’s Map Collection of Persia

To mark the opening of a new exhibition in the Brunei Gallery, Maps of Persia 1477-1925: A graphical journey through the history of Iran, this week’s blog highlights the recent acquisition of unique Persian maps, which are now catalogued and available for consultation in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. In January 2013 Dr Cyrus Ala’i presented part of his unique map collection to the Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS

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Ottoman sources teaching session

Dr Cyrus Ala’i’s Map Collection of Persia