In line with its mission, the Center has inaugurated a book award to be given every two years for the best scholarly monograph on topics in history, society, politics, economics, and cultures related to modern Iran and the Persian Gulf, broadly defined. The award will be granted by a committee of scholars of Iranian studies, appointed by the director of the center.
DISCONTINUED AS OF 2026
2024 Award
- Awardee: Pamela Karimi, Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice (Stanford University Press, 2022)
2022 Award
- Awardee: Arzoo Osanloo’s Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims’ Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2020).
- Honorable Mention: Talinn Grigor’s The Persian Revival (Penn State Press, 2021)
- Mikiya Koyagi’s Iran in Motion (Stanford University Press, 2021)
