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The Iranian Studies Initiative at Yale University is organizing a workshopin May 2014 to explore the dimensions of Persianate Studies as an academicfield. The workshop asks whether the term ³Persianate² works as a conceptualframework beyond language and literature to such areas as habitat, economyand trade routes, and political and material cultures. Are there tangiblehistorical ties in the pre-modern and early modern eras among such diverseregions as Anatolia, the Iranian plateau and the greater Khorasan region,the Caucasus, the southern rim of Central Asia, Western Xinjiang, and theIndian subcontinent? Can these ties create a viable field of study beyondMiddle Eastern, Central Asian, South Asian and East Asian studies tounderscore subtle interregional connections and longue durée commonalities?What circumstances, on the other hand, reoriented these regions and helpedbreak up the Persianate oecumene in modern times?Papers may explore novel conceptual and theoretical approaches as well ascase studies with broader historical implications.Please send proposals (synopsis and a resume) by October 31, 2013 via emailto Ms. Lora LeMosy (lora.lemosy@yale.edu), Council on Middle East Studies,MacMillan Center, Yale University.