SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies

About

The Institute has been created to support and expand Zoroastrian studies at SOAS through the establishment of an endowed lectureship, a scholarship fund, and a fund for outreach activities.

Our aim at the Institute is to offer students and scholars from around the world, as well as the wider public, an opportunity to learn about Zoroastrian history, culture, and religious traditions. We do this on campus and online through various interlinked activities: teaching, short courses, research, events, and through our growing repository of audio and visual materials.

The institute was launched in June 2018 thanks to the generous donation from a Parsi benefactor, Mr Shapoor Mistry, in the name of his grandfather, Mr Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry.

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Past events

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