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Call for Papers for International Qajar Studies Association ConferenceHosted by Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, the International Qajar Studies Association (IQSA) will hold its 14th annual conference on Friday May 30th and Saturday May 31st 2014 in Bamberg, Germany. The theme of the conference is “Literature and Writing in Qajar Iran.” Proposals for academic papers on Persian literature (including the Persian press) and non-Iranian writing on Iran in the period from the 1790s to 1925 are welcome by all scholars of literature in Qajar Iran. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send an abstract (500 words) along with your academic affiliation, a brief academic resumé, inclusive of relevant publications, by January 8th to Dr. Nahid Mozaffari at nnm2@nyu.edu