Conference Topics

• Comparative-Literary Studies

Iranian expatriate writers and poets

Indian Style poets (Khan Arezoo, Saeb Tabrizi, Azad Bilgrami, Bidel Dehlavi, Kalim Kashani, Ghaleb Dehlavi, Hazin Lahiji ...)

Persian-speaking Indians (Amir Khosro Dehlavi, Hasan Dehlavi, Ghaleb Dehlavi ...)

Iqbal studies in Iran and India

The role and influence of Persian language on Indian schools (especially Delhi, Lakhano, Azimabad, Rampur)

Examining Sanskrit translations into Persian

Allegories and other prose and poetic literary figures in India and Iran (Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit)

Analysis and literary criticism

Comparative studies in Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit mythology and literature (The Kalileh and Dimneh, The Mahabharata, Ramain, Indo-Iranian mythology ...)

linguistic similarities and differences among Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Local Hindi languages

Mythological symbols (Homa, Simurgh, Phoenix, Gurda…)

• Religious Studies, Philosophy, Mysticism

Sects and a series of mysticism in India

Philosophical schools in India

Hinduism and Hindi Mysticism

Parsis (Zoroastrians) of India and their rites

Commonalities among religions (appearance, miracles, martyrdom, worship, prayer, man, creation, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, life and death ...)

The role of Shiite leaders in the development of spiritual culture

Jurisprudence and theology in India

Prevalence of Mysticism  and Sufism in Iran and India

Theological and philosophical schools in India

Religious rites and customs in the Indian holy places (mosques, doorways, shrines, monasteries, temples)

Ashura and its culture in Iran and India (especially in Banaras and Lakhano) and the role of non-Muslims in Muharram mourning, morality, spirituality and beliefs in the Quran, Upanishads and other holy books of Hindi religions

The role of religion in social life of Muslims and other Hindi religions

Religious festivals and ceremonies, and their roles in the development of spirituality (Islam and other faiths)

Human Rights in Iran and India (especially ancient times)

Religious and reformist movements in Hindi faiths

• Historical and Cultural Studies

History of Science in India

Preserving the Persian heritage in India

Lexicography and lexicographers in India

Dictionary writing and dictionary writers in India

Educational and self-help books published in Persian in India

Persian newspapers and magazines in India

Persian grammar in India

Iranians' travel accounts to India (vice versa)

Reasons for the Persians' (Zoroastrians') migration and to India (after migration so far in India)

Customs, common culture, religious rites, appearance and the savior, customs of birth, marriage and burial

• Textual criticism and bibliographic studies:

Libraries of manuscripts  in India

Islamic manuscripts in India

The cultural and religious effects on Hindi manuscripts (AUM letter, Shiv whisk Kyshn Syng·h, Bhgt Nvnyt Mala ...)

Islamic-mystical terms and interpretations of Hindi manuscripts

Hindi manuscripts and stylistic distinctions

Text illustration and copy writing in India

Kashmiri style (illuminated)

Paper making in India

Manuscripts’ table of contents of in India (Iranian Persian and Arabic books)

Writing Cataloges in India

Lithographic publication of Iranian and Persian books in India

Do's of research in calligraphy in India

Characteristics of textual criticism of manuscripts relating to the common Indo- Iranian works (the language of literary works in Persian - Urdu - Hindi – Sanskrit)

• Art-Musical Studies

Influence and effect of Persian poetry on the music of India

Concept of art from the perspective of poets and writers of Iran and India

Review and criticism of music books

Ghavali and Hindi Ghavals, Bajan and Bajan poets (Hindus’ religious hymns)

Amir Khosro and Music

Position of theater in Iran and India

• Architectural-Comparative Studies

History and building the mosques and religious places (temples, doorways, Hosseiniehs, tombs), and the influence and effect of Iranian architecture on Hindi architecture (Ancient Period)

Architectural art of Muslim rulers in Iran and India

Iranian architects and Hindi architecture

The role and influence of symbols on the architecture of Iran and India (Islam and other faiths)

The role of plants and religious trees on the temples and religious places in India (temples, doorways, Hosseiniehs, tombs)

Architecture of Indo- Iranian gardens

Persian stone inscriptions in India

• Scientific, Technological, and Medical Studies

The Iranians’ role in development of science and technology in India

Traditional medicine (Indo- Iranian); commonalities and differences